Fresh from the shop: "the Raptor"

I have just finishhed this piece and wanted to show it to the "world".

Handle is Amboina and the steel is ATS-34 1/4". grooves and holes are mirropolished by hand, flats are handrubbed to 400 grit and hollows are handrubbed to 800 grit. When I fininish the sheath it will be sharpened on both edges.



let me know what you think!

It looks mean, Jens! How big is it?

Holy Cow Jens, that is one wild looking knife. I don't even want to think about sharpening it. Can you post a pic of the sheath when done as well?

ghostdog

Jens, looks great! Also looks like the same batch of Ambonia I got when you have the sheath ready you should show a new picture, also show the original consept drawing you did on Rhino3d! a start to finish (before after kind of thing)

Thanks for all the nice replies. I was one tough bugger to grind.....had to handfinish most since the finer grits on the beltgrinder was very hard for me to control. And yes...it has bitten me a few times...that point is Dangerous!

here is the working drawing:



and here is a pic of it in my hand (note: it is not finished in this pic):





it measures about 3" from tip to the small hole just behind the edges