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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: kbaknife on June 24, 2011, 12:01:00 PM
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(I can see now I had some smears on that guard - but - oh, well.)
I've had this small piece of Ivory laying around now for nearly two years and decided to make a dressy little hunter out of it.
I hope you can spy the chatoyance in this blade. It's something I've been working on, and it exceeded my hopes, that only first-hand observation can appreciate.
Stainless guard sets off 1095/15N20 blade.
Faceted spine gives it an added touch.
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c247/kbaknife/Knives%202011/IHKa1.jpg)
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That is gorgeous!
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That's Nice Karl, you make a fine knife.
Dana
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great looking, Karl!!!
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Beautiful as always!
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That's a sweet looking knife. Love the ivory.
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Nice Buddy :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I love the shape of your knives!!
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Karl,
That is a cool lovin' knife!
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Really like the looks of that one. Just out of curiosity, what thickness is the material you used for the finger guard? I'm going to hopefully be ordering some soon and like yours.
Great job.
Jeremy
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Thats a sexy beauty Karl!
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Love it! Home run again, Karl.
Chris
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Really nice!
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Originally posted by gudspelr:
....what thickness is the material you used for the finger guard? Jeremy
Jeremy, I don't order bar stock for my guards very often. But I have used a lot of 1/2" X 1". I usually mill it down to about .430 - .450" for hunters 'cause .500 is just too thick.
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That is one beautiful knife WELL DONE Thanks for sharing
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Thank, Karl. I'm trying to get some of my proportions looking better and my guard/handle ratios could use improvement, to say the least. Is that an area you think the Golden Mean could be applied? Again, great looking knife.
Jeremy
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Me and the Golden Mean don't get along, especially as regards the ricasso.
I build mostly according to what looks proportionately appealing to my eye.
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Just the info I was looking for. Now to get my eyeball calibrated....
Jeremy
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Karl I really like that Faceted spine, I bet that was hand done with a file? Great looking knife.
Jeremy let me know how that goes and where I can get my eyeball calibrated.
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Originally posted by J Reeves:
Karl I really like that Faceted spine, I bet that was hand done with a file?
Yep - First I made sure everything was quite flat and scribed a center line using a height gauge and granite surface plate. This is necessary because of the acute distal taper in the blade.
Then, draw file with coarse bastard file, finish off with fine single cut file, than hand sand the facets with steel bar 220, 400, 800 and 1200 prior to etching.
Piece o' cake.
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Ivory is not easy to get anymore.What kind of Ivory is it??? Wonderful design
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Originally posted by 75diagg:
Ivory is not easy to get anymore.What kind of Ivory is it??? Wonderful design
Some ol' Walrus donated that. A long time ago.
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walrus is perfect for knife handles. did you look at my stone handle knives? only listed a couple.
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I saw the Onyx one and it is beautiful.
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theres one made from a Petrified Palm Tree bough also...have very little Palm. Used to have a couple tons of the Travertine Onyx. Fixin to make a couple White Jadeite ones. For the fun of it gonna show a Solid Jade one thats gonna be in Rock and Gem Magazine. seems nothing I've tried lets me show big pics...Terry Green told me to find a 10yr old.
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That is very nice Karl. Love the detail that you put into it.
Dan