4 knives I just finished up.

[Rik Palm]

Well its been awhile since I last posted. I've been really busy and really happy. I got my ABS journeyman smith stamp in Atlanta this year. Anyway... I thought I'd share some recent knives.

See if I still remember how to do this.


Small Hunter

It has a 3 1/2 inch clay hardened 1084 blade with deep contrasting rope file work on spine (hard to make out in this shot). semi oval textured steel guard. The 4 1/4 inch handle is mortised stag scales, steel pins & thong hole.





Squash Blossom knife

I call it "Squash Blossom" (its along story)

Its a variation on my "shadow box guard" theme. Except this time I tried to do it with the dove tail iron bolsters. I haven't for along time (probably more than a year and half!) edge quenched a blade!! So this one is a trasher utility knife!

It has a 4 1/4 inch textured 1084 blade, the 4 1/2 inch tapered tang handle (that I forged to shape) has some kind of wood scales I don't remember what they are!. copper bursts, brass pins & thong hole.





This Shadow Box Guard knife is the sister to the Squash blossom.

It has a 5 1/2 inchish Clay hardened 1084 blade with Forged scrolls at the choil (boy I'm not sure I'd do that again) and has a full forged distal taper. The Guard is made up of 11 seperate pieces of polished / textured, copper & steel. The 5 inch (6 piece) stag handle has copper, brass, steel pieces with a texture craved pommel.

anyway... I need to take the pic at a different angle




Michael Price knife

One of 9 knives I'm finishing up for Blade West.

Its a 5 inch clay hardened 1084 blade with a forged distal taper, Full tang with one piece iron guard, stag scales.

(can you spot the trick?)



Off to make some sheaths!!!

thanx for looking

Rik Palm

[lune2ne]

Rik

All 4 knives are beautiful but i think i'm in love with the Squash Blossom knife LOL

Great work
Robert

[Chris Daigle]

Rik,

Awesome stuff man! I love that squash bottom knife too!

Trick huh? Yeah, I'll bite. The trick is how you got that guard over the "full tang".

Chris

[SharpByCoop]

I like every one of them! You take great pictures, too. Good for you.

Trick? I'll hazard a guess it's those crazy 'stag' pins you used on the handle... :confused:

Coop

[Rik Palm]

Thanx Everyone!

Good eye Chris, that's the puzzle putting a guard on a full tang knife thats not a frame knife.

Jim! thanx! I'm trying to do better with my photos.

Here's an old design/new knife, one that I tried to shoot better pics of.

My Pocket Arrowhead knife, its the size of a quarter.

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[Gabe Newell]

The hamon on the Price knife is interesting. Did you do anything special to get the white cloudy zone?

[Rik Palm]

Hi Gabe,
The blade was taken to 800 then backed down to 600 after a short etch (15 sec.) then I used Eagle one white polish paste to clean out the black (oxides). I was really happy with how wide the hamon came out and I think that helped alot. Normally I have to play around with them to get them to pop this one was easy, You can even make out the alloy banding in the hamon.

Rik

[whv]

welcome back to ckdf, rik. wanted to post this yesterday but had network probs.
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congrats on the js stamp! with work like this, i don't know how they could have refused you. nice stuff. really like the shadow box guards.
thanx