Knife for my son

[gudspelr]

This knife started out several months ago and finally made it to the finish line. I may be the slowest maker around. After not being able to get a drawing that looked "right" that was modeled after one of Karl's that he was kind enough to let me do, I shelved it until I could get it looking better. Lin was equally as kind and this knife emulates one of his full tang hunters. It's stock removal 80CRV2, heat treated using my salt pot. Blade length is about 3 5/8", overall is about 8 1/4". My son looked through my handle material and picked a block of stabilized California buckeye burl. It has 3 stainless pins and black liners. There are a fair number of issues with the knife-the front pin placement ended up being higher than I wanted, the finish is not the best I've ever done, and some more little odds and ends. But, it looks like it should do the job it was made for and my son sure likes it a lot. Hopefully it lasts him many years and it was a fun project to do with him. Any thoughts, good, bad, or otherwise are appreciated.

Out of the quench:

       

Cleaned up:

       

Finish ground and hand sanded:

     

Block split:

     

Epoxied:

   

Handle shaping:

         

           

Finished:

           

   

 


Jeremy

[TrackerNy]

Great looking knife Jeremy. I'm sure he'll like it and get a lot of use out of it.

[Lin Rhea]

A very fine looking knife. I appreciate the views from the top too. It says a lot about the work that goes into a good knife.

[gudspelr]

Thanks for the kind comments. Even though this one was stock removal, I wanted to be sure I had some of the aspects  that I find important, including distal taper. I'm a little bummed that I didn't take the handle thinner, though. Aesthetically, I like the thinner handles, but I have also messed up enough stuff taking just that "extra bit" off, that I wanted to ensure I didn't do that on this one. It feels nice in the hand and my son will certainly get bigger-I suppose I should just be okay with it and call it good   .

Jeremy

[bjansen]

Nice work!

[Roughcountry]

Good looking knife Jeremy
I like the way you got rid of some weight in the tang, how's the balance?
Looks better than good to me  

[gudspelr]

Thanks, guys.

Robin, it balances just a fuzz behind the front pin. One thing I'd do different would be to thin the tang more on the taper. That, plus the holes in the tang would make it even lighter. Now I just need to make some pants for the knife...not may favorite part. Too bad I didn't live by you l-could get some help on some cool scroll work   .

Jeremy

[KSCATTRAPR]

Great looking knife! I'm sure your son will love it.

[ron w]

 so far so good...!!!

[Thadbow]

Very nice Jeremy!

[gudspelr]

Thanks, gentlemen.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Nice one!  Good work.

[stujay]

Those buckeye burl handles are awesome.

[flyflinger]

Nice work. Your son will surely love it.

[Idahomike251]

Nice clean lines on the well executed knife.

[TrackerNy]

That's a keeper for sure!