A while ago i was talking with Stuart Mitchell about knives and things.
He mentioned that he would gladly make a blade up for me but would rather keep away from the typical Woodie style blade .
So we drew a bit, and sketched a bit and came up with a mixture of a design.
Stuart said he could do something with it and this is the result.
It is clothed in high grade York gum burl, with 4, 4 mm mosaic pins and a 5 mm thong tube.
The blade is made from 5 mm 01 that has been tapered along the tang, i don't remember what the grind is though, i taped it up as it bit me when i tested the edge (..... yeah ok with my thumb in a moment of iwonderhowsharphegetshisbladesitis)
At the moment it is at 320 grit finish and has not been oiled. There a a few papers to go before the oiling stage. It has white vulcan fibre liners and a deep pouch sheath ( thanks tiffers for the template the rest is my own work)
The sheath is just finished drying so obviously this has a fair amount of work before it is ready. I hope to get this done over the next few days.
Stuart and i have already decided on some other designs as well ( if the postal service ever deliver them) so we are going to be showing a few colaborations off in the not too distant future.
Stuart was in constant contact throughout the making process, with regulat pics for me to comment and make adjustment.
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He mentioned that he would gladly make a blade up for me but would rather keep away from the typical Woodie style blade .
So we drew a bit, and sketched a bit and came up with a mixture of a design.
Stuart said he could do something with it and this is the result.
It is clothed in high grade York gum burl, with 4, 4 mm mosaic pins and a 5 mm thong tube.
The blade is made from 5 mm 01 that has been tapered along the tang, i don't remember what the grind is though, i taped it up as it bit me when i tested the edge (..... yeah ok with my thumb in a moment of iwonderhowsharphegetshisbladesitis)
At the moment it is at 320 grit finish and has not been oiled. There a a few papers to go before the oiling stage. It has white vulcan fibre liners and a deep pouch sheath ( thanks tiffers for the template the rest is my own work)
The sheath is just finished drying so obviously this has a fair amount of work before it is ready. I hope to get this done over the next few days.
Stuart and i have already decided on some other designs as well ( if the postal service ever deliver them) so we are going to be showing a few colaborations off in the not too distant future.
Stuart was in constant contact throughout the making process, with regulat pics for me to comment and make adjustment.
Pics
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comments welcomed.
