Karl B. Andersen Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I figured I'd toss in a few knives I've been working on lately. Here's a San-mai with Ringed Gidgee and Mammoth tooth: A Transition Damascus Bowie with Koa and wrought iron: A San-mai hunter with sentimental Walnut provided by the customer: Cru-Forge-V and African Blackwood: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl B. Andersen Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 A laddered Ws and Ironwood Cowboy Bowie: A Bubinga, San-mai and Wrought iron "Short Bowie: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl B. Andersen Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 W2 and Curly Oak: Single Twist, Gidgee, Wrought Iron and Ivory inlay: San-mai and Bakelite: Laddered Ws and Koa: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Craft Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) Very nice, to say the least!!! I especially like the one with the Mammoth tooth. When I first got into knife making your name and one other are two names that my adopted mentor gave me, He said when I saw anything connected to these two names to pay attention. He sure was right, every time I look at your work, I see how much more I have to go!!! The one thing I have learned is that the camera doesn't lie. I have taken pics of a piece and see a flaw that I did not know existed. I had to go back to the piece and sure enough it was there but, my eye had overlooked it before!! Where in the world did you find bakelite in that large of piece to be able to make the entire handle from it!! If that is a trade secret don't worry about answering! Your work is flawless Karl! Edited April 8, 2017 by C Craft C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Payne Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Some mighty fine blades there my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl B. Andersen Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, C Craft said: Where in the world did you find bakelite in that large of piece to be able to make the entire handle from it!! There were some large sheets of this bolted to a wall in a basement building in Wisconsin. It's 1 1/8" thick. The fuse boxes - dated 1918 I think - were bolted to the sheets of Bakelite. The building was under re-hab and some of the workers were cutting this up and tossing it in the dumpster when a friend of mine, who was part f the re-hab, noticed this and had them throw the pieces into his truck instead!! I was lucky enough to get some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCROB Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Karl they're all gorgeous but that curly oak is killer brother !! "Never Quit On Improving" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 When you said a few, I was thinking two or three, but that was a treat! Gorgeous knives, but I especially love the W2/Curly Oak, and the San Mai/Bakelite knives. “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...
Karl B. Andersen Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 I wish I had a bushel basket of that curly oak. I've never seen another like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Simonet Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 nice! i love the curly oak one and the last one. i have some curly oak like that that i found out in my field, but it has a bunch of insect holes bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 All I can do is stare in awe at this stuff !!.............. If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Craft Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Karl, thanks for the heads-up. I knew I had not seen anything like that in years! I did construction for years and when I think of some of the stuff I tossed in a dumpster because it was part of the job........... it makes me sick sometimes!!! I love your work and the finished product does all of the talking. Superb pieces!! Top shelf indeed!! C Craft Customs ~~~ With every custom knife I build I try to accomplish three things. I want that knife to look so good you just have to pick it up, feel so good in your hand you can't wait to try it, and once you use it, you never want to put it down ! If I capture those three factors in each knife I build, I am assured the knife will become a piece that is used and treasured by its owner! ~~~ C Craft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) Karl - I have one sheet of curly oak, and I LOVE it. I am staining it with Aqua Fortis, and doing a grain filling finish with oil like you would with an old English shotgun. It is beautiful stuff, isn't it? The piece I lucked into is 1/8" x 7x24. So, it really only makes slabs. But man, what cool slabs it makes. I pinned some on a knife this morning. I will be done if a few days with it. I love your output. Those are all great. I like the transition Damascus the best, but that is because it is a cool trick. They all look very nice. kc Edited April 10, 2017 by Kevin (The Professor) please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 OMG -that curly oak is the tits. Well done on these blades. That San Mai transition is so crisp and sharp. Cudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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