Various knives

[Garry Keown 1,439]

Three ready to leave home.

A Grayling with a nice acrylic over black liner with 416 SS bolster and pomel on the cryo quenched NitroV SS blade in closed sheath with second closed sheath for previous knife that was in open top sheath.

A PH EDC with brown linen micarta scales over black linen micaarta curve back bolster on the 1075 blade with honing steel in open top sheath

And a Heavy Hunter with Tasmanian blackwood over curve back buffalo horn bolster on the 1075 blade in closed top sheath

 

 

[Garry Keown 1,439]

A pair of 1084 HC mini skiners. One has Koa and the other has spalted maple burl and have honing steels attached.

 

 

[Garry Keown 1,439]

A 5 1/2 and 7 inch chef. black paper micarta on the cryo quenched NitroV SS

[Garry Keown 1,439]

Sometimes it is the small ones that take the most to get right and this letter opener and stand proved that again.

Knife is NitroV with black paper micarta and resin ivory with the stand being a piece of black ivory with the resin ivory holder set into it. 

 

 

 

 

[Alan Longmire 3,796]

Nice!

[Garry Keown 1,439]

A general,purpose knife with NZ Rata over brass on the 5 inch 1084 HC blade in sheath with attached honing steel.

 

 

[Don Abbott 348]

I really like the classic lines of that one.

[Garry Keown 1,439]

3 hours ago, Don Abbott said:

I really like the classic lines of that one.

Thanks Don. When I started work in the late 60's on a the high country farming area. I was given a terribly illsuited knife to kill and dress some animal feed (dog tucker) and hated the knife so much I bought one very similar to this design and used it for the following years untill I left farming and entered the wood trades. A very usefull design for general purpose work.

[Garry Keown 1,439]

the 1084 mini skiner with karelian birch and honing steel.

 

A PH EDC with CB buffalo horn and desert ironwood on the 1095 blade.

 

 

and a bird and trout with antler scales, brass bolster and pomel on the NitroV blade.

 

 

 

[Alan Longmire 3,796]

I like them all, but the lines on that mini skinner really show you know how a knife is used. 

[Garry Keown 1,439]

7 hours ago, Alan Longmire said:

I like them all, but the lines on that mini skinner really show you know how a knife is used. 

Thanks Alan. It is one of my more requested knives by experienced hunters who know just how much (or how little) knife is needed to do the field work on an animal.

[Garry Keown 1,439]

Made a start on a new project the other day. A comission for a longer bladed companion piece to the tanto I did a while back. Not a traditional Wakazishi (will not have a habaki/blade collar or handle wrap etc) ) but lighlty inspired by that style with 20 inch blade and 9 1/2 inch handle in a back scabbard.
First was I needed to draw a pattern with the smaller (western styled) tanto for inspiration.

 

Make a sheet steel template and select a suitable bar of steel and in this case it is 4.3mm 1075

 

 

Scribe the template onto the 1075 bar and grind to dimensions

 

 

do the pre heat treat grind. My forge was not quite long enough to get the full length to temp so I cut a section from the closed far end to allow for "painting" the blade with the heat to ensure the full length was to quenching heat.

 

 

Have it in the tempering oven for its second 2 hr cycle so will get back to the finish grind after I do the handle shaping on another knife I have to get ready to go for engraving.