commissioned camp knife just finished

[mark.177]

I dont like or often take commissions but made an exception for this one
6 1/4" blade in 5mm 80crv2 with olive wood scales. the olive wood scales arnt book matched but the customer gave the ok.
hope you like it

 

[stevejm]

very nice work

 

[John Fenna]

Beauty!
I love Olivewood but it seems to hate glue....

 

[Janne]

Beautiful work!
Mr Fenna, why? Is the wood oily/fatty?
( I have never worked with olive wood)

 

[mark.177]

Beauty!
I love Olivewood but it seems to hate glue....

thanks yes its oily, the best way to get a good bond with the epoxy is to clean it with thinners then soak the glue side with acetone just before applying the epoxy and the epoxy gets drawn in for a better bond

 

[Janne]

I use some dense and oily local woods, and what I do to improve the adhesion is (in addition to cleaning with solvents) is to drill a series of holes, 1.5 mm in diameter, 1-2 mm deep, in the scales.

I suspect it is not needed in reality, as many of the kitchen knifes I work on have oily exotic wood scales hold on by two brass rivets, without glue.
I like the 'belt and suspenders' approach though!

 

[robevs73]

Lovely work as always.
I'm making one at the moment and it's taking forever, no shed time recently.
I'm sure your customer will be chuffed!

 

[redneck]

That is utterly stunning..and I really like the steel choice, 80crv2 is a really under rated steel.. lucky man whoever it goes to.

 

[Robson Valley]

That's about right for a camp knife. Both the blade length and the thickness gives it some mass.
I like the profile and the grind = nothing exotic at all. Simple leather sheath to go with that?
Your customer should be pleased.

 

[Navek]

That looks very nice , I like working with 80crv2 , do you get it from ground flatstock uk ? I have used them in the past and there good to deal with , what grit did you use on the finished blade edge ?