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Little Ironwood beauty w/ filework and texturing...
Here's a small hunter/utility that I just finished. I've had this blade done and sitting on the bench for a LONG time now. I had a very small window with a bit of downtime between other projects and commissions so I thought I'd finish it up. This is nice and thin and ground to match. It features a thin edge and is a real slicer.
Specs: Ground from 1095 steel, clay quenched and etched 7 1/2" overall with a 3 1/4" blade, just shy of 3" of actual sharp edge, .120" thick at the ricasso Nice distal taper My "Twisted Steel" filework left slightly proud of the handle scales (feels great in hand) Premium Desert Ironwood scales Carved and textured scale panels Gold plated screws (and 6 hidden pins for shear strength and proper alignment All comments and discussion welcome and encouraged. __________________ John Doyle You have nothing to fear but fear itself...........and bears. |
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Very nice, love the file work. looks like a perfect little piece. What did you use to texture the handle?
Steve __________________ Stephen Vanderkolff Please come on over and check out my website. http://www.vanderkolffknives.com/ Thanks |
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That's a beautiful knife. I really like the filework and the handle. I also like the way you textured the sheath to match the handle.
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Thank you guys for the kind words. I appreciate it.
Steve- I used a 1/64" ball end engraving burr to do the texture. __________________ John Doyle You have nothing to fear but fear itself...........and bears. |
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As always, simply stunning work. I really love the roped spine on this one as well.
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I love this one! How much is it?
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Thanks again guys.
Eli, I sent you an email about the price. Let me know if you don't receive it. John __________________ John Doyle You have nothing to fear but fear itself...........and bears. |
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Nice work Brother John,
As Usual it is a pleasure to see your work . The attention to detail you put into your knives should give others something to work towards in their work . your work is an Awesome display of personal achievement in ones abilities to display perfection in ones work. Thank you for sharing with the community and giving us something to admire and work to achieve ourselves. __________________ R. Yates 13 & On Forge Live and Let Live , Do Not trespass on Life or Me! As we are not so kind or forgiving ! |
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If you wanted John you cod just throw that in my order as "advertisement" if you couldn't find anyone to take if off your hands. Jk beautiful work love the whole package.
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beautiful John ........
__________________ R.Watson B.C. Canada |
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I'm kinda finicky about file work-a lot of the time I feel like it's too busy or just doesn't seem to fit. Like we've discussed before, I really like your style of filing and will definitely be barking up your tree when I decide to finally give it a try. Thanks for posting it.
Jeremy |
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your work is inspirational love it
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Thank you again guys. I appreciate the feedback.
__________________ John Doyle You have nothing to fear but fear itself...........and bears. |
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Very nice John!
Jim |
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Now that is sweeeeeeeeeeet. I like everything about it!
__________________ C Craft Customs With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! C Craft |
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