Wedding Present

[sasquatch]

Hello all, I haven't posted anything for some time so I thought I'd put up the most recent knife I made for a mate getting married. It's 3mm O1 carbon with a full flat grind done by hand with a file. It took some time I can tell you! We had a bushcraft staggy do and I handed it over to him then. He was loving it, though I'm not sure his wife will appreciate it as much as him...

Sorry for the poor quality pics, I still haven't got the time or skill for this side of things. It's got red liners but you can't tell from the blurred handle and the sheath wasn't finished at this stage. It was nice and shiny when finished but I didn't have time to get any photos of it, I was too busy packing kit for the weekend away. Thanks for looking!

 

[nolightweight]

Nice one, Chad.

 

[Ronnie]

Beautiful knife - are those bone scales?

 

[cletus]

very nice work love the sheath.

 

[ex-member Raikey]

oooh,..i like the constant curve of the spine on this one,....

how did you get the effect on the blade??

Stu

 

[Mesquite]

That's a lovely bit of work Chad.

 

[johnnythefox]

very nice indeed.

 

[sasquatch]

Cheers fellas. The scales are corian as it'll be used for a lot of food prep I reckon. The patina was achieved by mixing some vinegar into mustard, cover the blade in mustard and sheistily wrapped cling film to get the pattern and left overnight. I tried it out before handing it over, it battoned seasoned logs with no bother and made a mean featherstick with the full flat grind on 3mm steel. Thanks for the comments gents!

 

[MartinK9]

Very nice indeed Chad.

 

[SimonD]

i like that alot buddy. i had no idea you made knives. so how many hours did that little beauty take???