New knife being born...

[JonathanD]

Been waiting for this one for ages. Stu has had a nightmare getting the perfect giraffe bone slabs for me. I commissioned this baby in Feb of 2009, and due to the giraffe being a problem, ended up with different variations with the blades that had been made (carbon fibre and sambar).

It's good to see the giraffe bone RWL with full flat finally heading towards the finish line.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Tantalising.I like the bench.

 

[JonathanD]

Tantalising.I like the bench.

That's Stus famous coffee table. Seen a fair few knives being born, that ole thing.

 

[Ph34r]

Love the Deval bushcrafter. Looking forward to seeing it in camelbone (finished). Not far off though

 

[Wilderbeast]

Looking good jon!

 

[Stuart Mitchell Knives]

It has moved on a little since that photo

 

[JonathanD]

It has moved on a little since that photo

Sweeet......

 

[Stuart Mitchell Knives]

We may as well show these then eh mate?

We had a choice of scales, we went with the ones on the left...

I cut some RWL34 to Deval Bushy shape...

Then ground some of it away, tang and bevels...

Then thought it might look nicer a little shinier...

It did, so as you saw earlier I stuck some old bit's of Giraffe bone onto it...

I think that Giraffe needs it's corners knocking off though....

 

[Retired Member southey]

I like the look of the grind, there's something about well engineered metal that pleases my eye.

 

[JonathanD]

Whats the giraffe like compared to the sambar Stu?

 

[Stuart Mitchell Knives]

Whats the giraffe like compared to the sambar Stu?

Not sure yet mate, early indications are that it's very close though... We'll know for sure over the next couple of days

It's tough, hafting/shaping is slow going, that has to be a good thing though eh?

 

[JonathanD]

It's tough, hafting/shaping is slow going, that has to be a good thing though eh?

Certainly is. You know the dodgy places my knives get.

 

[Stuart Mitchell Knives]

Certainly is. You know the dodgy places my knives get.

I am using a good quantity of Giraffe at the minute mate, this gear seems in a different league...

 

[JonathanD]

I am using a good quantity of Giraffe at the minute mate, this gear seems in a different league...

The quality of giraffe seems to vary quite a bit. I've seen some really dense stuff like those pieces you have and some really porous stuff, with everything imbetween. Even between those two, the grain looks much tighter on the left hand piece. Although that piece did look superb on the finished knife you made.

 

[Ryan Woods]

wow, cant wait to see the finished product!

 

[Shewie]

Lovely looking tool JD

 

[Stuart Mitchell Knives]

I wasn't expecting to make it into the 'shop today as Mrs M was called to work and as it's a nice day decided to spend the day with my little one, anyway, we went out this morning and heading back I/we called in, no camera but got these terrible shots with my phone, this is how the knife was left last night and is now...

 

[JonathanD]

Looks like there are some superb contrasts emerging with the bone colour. I was hoping that was what would happen with those pieces. Cheers Stu.

 

[Stuart Mitchell Knives]

Looks like there are some superb contrasts emerging with the bone colour. I was hoping that was what would happen with those pieces. Cheers Stu.

I'll get better photos tomorrow mate....

By the way, I had a job on getting George away from the 'shop, can't think why....

 

[JonathanD]

Hehehe, he found your Action Man collection! Well I hope you gave them to him, you spend far too much time playing with them when you should be making knives. He's growing fast Stu, and he even has Converses..... cool. Hope you covered your calender up.