Couple of patch knives

[lonehunter]

His and hers patch knives
4 1/8" Blades of 0-1 Tool steel, Lightly aged
3 3/8" full tang handles with Curly Maple slabs
Iron pins
As always, Thanks for looking and comments welcome.
James

 

[Little Wattsy]

Mooch-O Nice-O!

 

[vcm3]

Those are gorgeous James. Thank You for showing them,-Vince

 

[smo]

Very nice :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Very nice! I like the clean lines and beautiful wood. :thumbsup:

 

[M. De Land]

Mighty purrrrrrrrrrty knives! How do you cut the heart in the blade? EDM? MD

 

[RushCC]

Very good work! :hatsoff:

 

[lonehunter]

Thanks all!
M.D. I start by drilling two intersecting holes and do the rest with files.

 

[M. De Land]

That's impressive! It was cut so sharp and clean I was almost certain it was EDM'd or water jetted. Nice work! MD

 

[ladysmithtrading]

And just when I thought your work could not get any better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking good there James!

 

[omarick1948]

WOW!....and WOW again!

Look at that flame grain in those handles! __ Your getting so darn good James, that you might turn into one of those fantabulass Master Craftsman people and not talk to me anymore!.... :rotf:

Beautiful craftsmanship there dude!

Rick :hatsoff:

 

[lonehunter]

:haha: No worries there Rick, still have a loooong way to go.
They say it takes 25 years of knife making to realize that ya dont know anything.
Thanks all for the kind words, good to hear from ya Beaverman. :v

 

[M. De Land]

I would guess you heat treat your own knives as well if your cutting holes in them and filing. Can you share your regimen or is it a trade secret? I do a good bit of heat treating my self what with tool and gun part making and am always curious and looking for a better way of doing things.
I got three heat treating furnaces now and wonder how that happened. The latest is digital and was needed for my gun action case coloring projects but is advertized as a knife making furnace from Evenheat Inc. MD

 

[M. De Land]

I really like the looks of that old style of knife and have seen some large ones made from forgings in the same shape. I have always wondered though why the old dead guys who invented this style did not put the handle tang/haft on the bottom side so they wouldn't tend roll over in your hand when you have to put heavy pressure on the cutting edge. MD

 

[GreyWhiskers]

Great lookin knives! :thumbsup: And some nice photography too. GW

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: "JUST PLAIN WOW".Griz

 

[lonehunter]

M.D. I do a 1250 soak then ramp up to 1475 followed with a oil quench.
I believe you recieved a P.M. with the details. :v

 

[MSW]

wow - those look great ... what's the finish on the handles?

 

[M. De Land]

I did and thanks to you and your friend Wick! Great information I will keep and use. MD

 

[lonehunter]

wow - those look great ... what's the finish on the handles?

Fiebings Leather dye and Minwax Antique oil finish.