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Old 12-03-2013, 03:43 PM
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My 4th Knife - Christmas Gift

This is my fourth knife, a Christmas gift for a friend's son. Although it's pretty much the same knife as my #3, it represents a lot of firsts for me. It's my first 1000?C heat treatment in my homemade oven with a foil pouch and copper quench plates. My first attempt at a vine filework on the tang. It's a first for my stencils from Ernie and using my DIY etcher/marker, which seems to do the trick.

It's shaped from 5/32" 154CM stock at a hair over 8" long. The scales are book matched "Hades" maple pinned with 1/8" mosaics.

It seemed to take an eternity to finish, but building all those tools along the way was an awesome experience!





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Old 12-03-2013, 03:54 PM
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This should be a Christmas that kid will remember for the rest of his life!


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Old 12-03-2013, 06:49 PM
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Absolutely gorgeous. I hope my fourth knife is half that good lol.


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Old 12-03-2013, 08:14 PM
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Dang that is beautiful


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Old 12-03-2013, 10:11 PM
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Very nice sir!
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Old 12-03-2013, 11:13 PM
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Very nice work! Someone is getting a gift of a lifetime.


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Old 12-04-2013, 11:12 AM
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Very nice work! The sheath looks good too.


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Old 12-04-2013, 11:14 AM
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Mighty Fine! Thanks for posting


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Old 12-06-2013, 01:13 PM
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Good job, that sir is a beautiful knife. Is the maple stabilized or is it sealed with CA.
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Old 12-06-2013, 02:46 PM
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Thanks for your comments guys.

The maple was heat stabilized and has several coats of Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil. I don't know the exact procedure used but the company claims to roast the wood at 365?F to collapse the cellular structure and enhance the figure. Google 'hades roasted maple'. It was hard and pretty much smelled like burnt wood when I was working it. The Tru-Oil really brings out the depth, but it's a little too shiny for my liking right now.

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Old 12-07-2013, 12:33 PM
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Hit it with some 0000 steel wool
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