justin carnecchia Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Hi, just finished this one up this morning. Blade is 10.5 inches of clayed and water hardened W2. Fittings areW's damascus and copper. Handle is bookmatched ironwood burl (one of the nicest I've seen). Thanks for looking, feedback is appreciated. -Justin 3 Visit wrencoforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Wilcox Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Loving the hamon. Not very often do you see them on bowies. And i agree, that ironwood burl is beautiful. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Great job on that knife. Love the handle. Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Beautiful work! That hamon turned out nicely “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...
Clifford Brewer Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 You sure picked the right piece of wood fer that piece of iron, nice work !!!.... 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 March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Good clean elegance with a hamon. Whats not to like!!!!!!!!!! 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...
Joël Mercier Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Wow, now that's a nice hamon! Everything else is also clean and elegant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidF Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Wow! That is a beautiful piece! Only feedback I have is great job! I have a question on the handle, but it is for my education and is not a point of feedback. It looks like you used a single pin. I know with today’s epoxy strengths you can go pinless. But I wanted to hear your feedback on the handle. Why did you go with a single pin? Or did you also place other structural holds in the handle? Did you only use the pin for alignment or is that best practice on a hidden tang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin carnecchia Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thanks a lot. David, for the handle I used a mortised construction. The handle is two pieces, chiseled out to fit the tang very closely, then glued back together. It's been my experience from the testing I've done that this is a very strong construction. I've seen the wood break, before splitting at the seams or coming off the tang. As for the single pin, I choose it for aesthetic value, but I believe it to be quite strong. I have kitchen knives, without any pin, that after years of banging against a chopping board for 4-5 a day still aren't loose. Also with a hidden tang, I would be concerned that with extra pins it could be weakening the tang itself. Especially with larger pins. But Yeah, ultimately I guess it comes down to aesthetics as long as it doesn't affect performance. Thanks again, Justin Visit wrencoforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 That's a real beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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