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Twin hunters
This is a twin set (fraternal) of cocobolo hunters for a marine and his old bunk mate.
If i hadn't broken two carbide bits they would both have bolsters the first has a sharp distal taper to the front and rear, it is made from aldo's 1084. differencially heat treated. OAL 8.5" with a 3.75" blade home made mosaic pins Cocobolo handle hand sanded to 800 grit tooled 8OZ leather sheath This one is also made from aldo's 1084 3/16" OAL 8.5" with a 3.5" blade SS bolster home made mosaic pins Cocobolo handle hand sanded to 800 grit tooled 8OZ leather sheath |
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Beautiful job on the fit and finish, Jason! I like the original choil cutout and the leather looks terrific. If I have any criticism at all it would be that the handle and guard might benefit from even more rounding than is already evident ...
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I agree with you on the roundness near the guard. It does round more the further it gets away from the guard. But this was my first time installing bolsters on a knife and i was worried that if i took any more material off the bolster the pins would not have enough lip to hold everything together. Being that i ruined 2 carbide bits to get those drilled, and my deadline was so close I couldn't chance messing those ones up. Even though it looks blocky, it felt really nice in the hand.
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excellent work !! The finish on the blades are top notch! Troy
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Top shelf finish for sure, and I echo the comments on rounded features. I really like knives to have less mechanical and more organic feels--but that's just me. They look awesome!
On a side note, 5 more minutes of file work, and the choil on the first one would be an awesome bottle opener! __________________ Andy Garrett https://www.facebook.com/GarrettKnives?ref=hl Charter Member - Kansas Custom Knifemaker's Association www.kansasknives.org "Drawing your knife from its sheath and using it in the presence of others should be an event complete with oos, ahhs, and questions." |
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Jason nice work buddy !!
__________________ R.Watson B.C. Canada |
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I'm with Ray on the corner rounding. Have picked up and used a lot of "squarish" handled knives that felt very good in the hand........initially. Take the knife out and use it for 30 minutes to an hour and you will find your hand has some hotspots maybe even blisters (if not a conditioned user). That will tell you where and how you need to shape your handle. I realize a lot of folks will not use a knife that long at a time, but if you happen to give/sell to someone that does, well, they won't use it long.
It is a very handsome knife with nice detail and functional design. It should be used. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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Thanks for all the compliments everyone. The only thing better than complements from the customer is a good peer review. I'm not too disappointed as it was the first time I tried it, I will work on the rounding on V2.0
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1084, awesome, blades, bolsters, design, file, file work, first time, guard, hand, handle, heat, hunter, knife, knives, leather, made, material, mosaic, notch, pins, sell, sharp |
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