Miles Hebbard Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Love the wild olive, hard as nails and polishes up beautifully, feels like glass! The blade and tang took a nose dive in the quench, used a mix of canola and palm oil, first time using it, however it fits the hand well and is growing on me... Thanks for taking a look! -Miles- Curious order and double pic, sorry! Edited March 26, 2014 by Miles Hebbard To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Plezia Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Very nice piece. I really enjoy the filework and "brut the forge" style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Noffsinger Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 You're not kidding about the wild olive, that looks beautiful, the mirrored patterns from the top view are really eye catching! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franck Meurou Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Really great...I love everything on it! And the filework!!! Superb...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Harris Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Chuck Norris' EDC Trying to make each knife just a little better than the last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Eggleston Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 You kicked that bowies butt Miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Bocker Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Very nice! And big... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Ullrich Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Well done! I also like that olive....wow! I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan.... - Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C. Lewicki Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Pretty slick there miles! I agree with the folks, that mirrored image olive wood is Dyno-mite! I had read that oil quenching leads to nose dropping but haven't really seen it much. Still I think it looks pretty natural like it is. Just curious, do you use files for bevelling? Good work dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Now that's a knife Nice one Miles. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim P Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The wild olive looks great, nice file work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Hebbard Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Thanks all, Johnny, on this one I hammerd most of the bevels the a tidy up with a 'flappy disc' grinder and squared it up with emery-cloth on a board, as I didn't want it to look to' precise' or factory made... To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James R.Fuller Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 That's pretty beast! Nicely done, Miles! -=JF=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Hebbard Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Ben, I sliced down the middle of a branch, then cut a scale from each side and attatched ' back to back' sometimes it works out perfecly... To become old and wise... You first have to survive being young and foolish! Ikisu.blogsot.com. Email; milesikisu@gmail.com mobile: +27784653651 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Crislip Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Miles, sweet! Love the whole package, looks really good! Fred Edited March 27, 2014 by Fred Crislip A bad day forging... is still better than pretty much anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salem Straub Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Good work, Miles! I really like the look of that olive wood, too. Please come and waste some otherwise perfectly good time, looking at my knives! www.prometheanknives.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBrackett Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Good artistic expression! A knife to proud of. ”Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor!” George Brackett American Bladesmith's Society, Apprentice Member Hialeah, Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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