My new Bushy knife

[Shinken]

Here it is F1 blade with thinned out convex.

Scales are stabalised giraffe bone

This ones for me

 

[Bushcraft4life]

:Wow: That is excellent, definately a keeper.

BTW in this post i am writing how good i think it is, but in my head i am thinking 'lucky git'

Nice work mate

 

[Toots]

Oooh, thats nice. A fantastic pattern to it and an excellent looking piece of kit. Was the stabilised bone easy to work with?

 

[Dougster]

Lovely work - not seen the giraffe before. How does it feel - is it very smooth or contoured?

 

[redcollective]

Beautiful.

I'd like to see the same scales with White fibre and silver pins.

Really nice job I might give bone like that a go as I need to re-scale my F1, as the Thuja scales I have on it have developed a fine crack on one side.

 

[David.s]

I love the Bone Handle, looks very different, in a good way.

 

[British Red]

Very nice Ash - how much did you thin it down?

Red

 

[ddokkum]

Very nice...
One question why did you removed the fingerguard?

 

[SOAR]

I like it better without the finger guard. Very nice knife there.

Simon.

 

[Shinken]

Was the stabilised bone easy to work with?

Yeah it was a little easier to work than hard woods

is it very smooth or contoured

Both, it is smooth but has a slight porus surfice where the black acrylic couldnt get in. But i sanded and sealed so all is well.

Very nice Ash - how much did you thin it down?

A lot! it is like a razor

One question why did you removed the fingerguard?

Because i have no need for one, i dont ever use a stabbing motion with knives .

Cheers for all the comments guys, got the scales from per. Dont get too excited though they where nealy as expensive as the blade

 

[seany boy]

Hi Shinken,

you've done a great job there :You_Rock_

S.orry to take this slightly off topic but have you done anymore of

the knives in the thread below?

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20726

 

[Shinken]

Well my personal situation has changed and i think that there are plenty of good makers out there and my super cheap knives dont help them make a living. and my part time hobby shouldnt change that. So i am only going to make knives now and then!

 

[benp1]

Shinken, what did you do to thin it out?

As in what tools and how? Am very interested!

 

[Shinken]

I used a 1" linisher with a slack 240 grit belt and gently pushed the whole surface of th blade against the belt.

It took an age because i didnt want to ruin the temper

 

[benp1]

i'm guessing you only did it near the edge as the logo is still there. i guess doing something like that is only worth it with power tools, would take ages by hand!

 

[Shinken]

I dont think it would be too bad mate, it is laminated so the sides are quite soft. The edge would take a while though