My Latest Knife... Your opinions please

[Nic16]

Hey all! This is my latest knife, please tell me what you think! The blade is 1/8th inch 1084 with a Scandi ground bevel with a polished satin finish. Scales are redwood burl finished with boiled linseed oil and paste wax. Big thanks to Wick Elbery for his heat treat recipe!

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Very nice looking knife!!

Twisted_1in66
Dan

 

[ncmtmike]

Very Sharp!(pun intended) You have the skills :thumbsup:

 

[omarick1948]

Nothing much to say, but it is a fine job and made for the working man....keep it up!

Rick :hatsoff:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Looks good and looks like an excellent usin' knife that would be comfortable in the hand. I like. :thumbsup:

 

[Nic16]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the complements! I was super happy to have that redwood burl, it's gorgeous. Thanks again!

 

[MSW]

great looking knife!

 

[M. De Land]

I really like the shape and scales. I use a knife a fair amount on game in the fall and have come to appreciate drop points and blades not much over four inches in length.
One thing that I would have done is checker the burl scales so your hand won't slip so easy when it gets covered in blood and fat.
A small border-less point pattern of each scale half would add both functionality and decoration.

 

[Silky921]

I'd be happy to have it on my side! :thumbsup:

 

[Nic16]

Thanks guys!!! Wow, checkering would be cool... But I think that's a bit above my skills...have you done this and could show me how?

 

[Grumpa]

I like it a lot. Beautiful and all business at the same time. :thumbsup:

 

[Nic16]

Thank you!

 

[M. De Land]

No, on knive handles but have checkered many rifle and pistol stocks.
All one needs is some hand tools from Dembart and lay out the pattern shape you want in grease pencil.
Then cut the master lines,generally at 6o degrees to each other and fill in with criss-cross checkering lines bringing then to a point until the full pattern laid out with the grease pencil is completed.
Add the same wood finish and work it in with a tooth brush, let dry and your done.
You will need a right and left hand spacing tool and a 60 degree V tool.
20 lines to the inch would be about right for a knife handle I would think.
Practice a bit on a piece of walnut to get the hang of it as these will be small patterns and relatively easy to do.
Hear are some master line examples;




As you can see the full grain color comes right through the checkering.

 

[Nic16]

Ok, neat. And that checkering looks beautiful! Thank you, I'll look into tools and prices and stuff. I appreciate the advice!