Justturnin
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Well, I doubt my mistake...er...um......design is anything revolutionary but I'm happy with the final result.
This is my first attempt at a knife. I cut the blade out of a 10" TS blade. I think I went through all of the steps to get it right but who knows. It was more of a test run all the way around. The blade was about 1" longer but I broke it after I forged it, don't ask. The handle is Stabilized (by me) Texas Pecan Burl finished w/ BLO. I filled the cracks as best I could with Crushed Turqouise, I wish I would have filled them w/ instant coffee. Then there's the Pins. They are swapped, the one w/ the hole for the leather strap should be in back:blush:. I didn't have the correct bits for the pins so they are a bit large. I used Perma-Blu on the steel the darken it.
All and all I am very happy with it and learned so much during this. I doubt this will be my last knife. I just need to build a forge now for tempering.
This bad boy is scary sharp right now. I may go cut some wood to bring it down a notch.
C&C always welcome.
This is my first attempt at a knife. I cut the blade out of a 10" TS blade. I think I went through all of the steps to get it right but who knows. It was more of a test run all the way around. The blade was about 1" longer but I broke it after I forged it, don't ask. The handle is Stabilized (by me) Texas Pecan Burl finished w/ BLO. I filled the cracks as best I could with Crushed Turqouise, I wish I would have filled them w/ instant coffee. Then there's the Pins. They are swapped, the one w/ the hole for the leather strap should be in back:blush:. I didn't have the correct bits for the pins so they are a bit large. I used Perma-Blu on the steel the darken it.
All and all I am very happy with it and learned so much during this. I doubt this will be my last knife. I just need to build a forge now for tempering.
This bad boy is scary sharp right now. I may go cut some wood to bring it down a notch.
C&C always welcome.