a few to be getting on with

[mark.177]

a few to be getting on with! postman brought these for me today, four rwl34 blades, heat treat thanks to Richard at Barmond
a few stabilized scales from another forum member as well.
my partner an i spent a day out in a near by forest collecting pine resin and fat wood yesterday where it sank in i dont actually have a bushcraft blade to call my own right now! will just have to be keeping one of these!

 

[samobaggins]

Nice. Look forward to these!

 

[mark.177]

completed one today, just nead to add makers mark, scales are stabilized walnut




and a new toy to accompany it!

 

[Samon]

Perfect knife mate! Anyone would be happy with one of those on their belt.

 

[Robbi]

You've done it again Mark !

Beautiful

 

[Duggie Bravo]

That is very nice. I like the blade shape.


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[samobaggins]

Yup! Really like this. I must say I do like your work! What are the specs of the knife?

 

[mark.177]

thanks, this one i will be using the other three are the same spec, rwl34 stainless 60-61hrc with cryo. blade thickness 4mm, blade length 115mm, overall length 250mm, blade depth 30mm with a secondary convex bevel

 

[samobaggins]

What's the finish on the blade?

 

[mark.177]

What's the finish on the blade?

its the surface finish of the rwl34 stock, has a dimpled like texture i quite liked. instead of sanding it back i left it till after heat treat and buffed it with a satin mop. it gives a nice dulled subdued work horse finish. i only did two out of the four that way, the others will be sanded to a satin finish.

 

[samobaggins]

Can you do a close up? I like the finish.

 

[mark.177]

Can you do a close up? I like the finish.

its been too overcast for my phone camera to take a pic but this one from yesterday my help?

 

[greencloud]

Very nicely done. That wallnut looks lovely with the touch of texture kept on it.

 

[Tommyd345]

I really like that!

 

[mark.177]

managed to get another one finished today, second with olive canvas micarta scales and stainless pins

 

[reedx]

Both look great.

Colin

 

[samobaggins]

What would one of these cost in the style of the first knife?

 

[mark.177]

What would one of these cost in the style of the first knife?

i havnt fixed any prices yet for these, waiting till i finish the four of them. trouble is rwl34 + paying for heat treat isnt cheap also depends on scale material. sheath

 

[Trencakey]

Proper job.

 

[BushBob]

Superb.

Where do you source your RWL 34 from? I'm only using tool steel at the moment but want to move on to the stainless as I get a bit more consistent with things.

Cheers,

Bob