@JWinAZ posted a while back about this knife and I ordered one immediately from Lee Valley.
Ended up being out of stock, but the Missuz found them back in stock while Christmas shopping and bought me one!
JW's thread:
www.artfulbullet.com
I reshaped the bottom of the handle and the butt just a tad and dug through my cool firewood chunks I've found and saved, antlers, and then found a couple slabs of natural linen Micarta I've had for years. Grubbed some more and found my vulcanized liner material, but I was out of epoxy, so I had to order some and wait. Picked through the knife stuff and found a pair of nickle-silver Corby bolts and some nickle-silver tubing, thought about it and decided to go with the tubing in all three holes.
Finally got a chance today to rough in the shape and sand to 800 grit to find the ugly spots. I might be getting lazy. The ugly spots don't bother me much, so I may or may not sand some more. Still have to sharpen it and make a sheath though.
My intended use is as a general-purpose outdoor knife/bird-n-trout sort of thing. It will be plenty for fire-prep/starting and general cutting chores, but the flat grind will make it a great slicer, so if one to find oneself in a pickle, it could easily cut up to 1 1/2" saplings using a tension-cut for emergency shelter-building. Wouldn't want to do a lot of that with the skinny handle, but for 98% of all other uses, its pretty handy.
Ended up being out of stock, but the Missuz found them back in stock while Christmas shopping and bought me one!
JW's thread:
Handle for Hock Knives
The paring knife has an Arizona Black Walnut handle. The other knife, Mesquite from a piece of firewood. The large knife has not entered the rotation yet. The paring knife is very good, gets used daily as the patina on the carbon steel blade shows. Very sharp. The handles are one piece, I...
www.artfulbullet.com
I reshaped the bottom of the handle and the butt just a tad and dug through my cool firewood chunks I've found and saved, antlers, and then found a couple slabs of natural linen Micarta I've had for years. Grubbed some more and found my vulcanized liner material, but I was out of epoxy, so I had to order some and wait. Picked through the knife stuff and found a pair of nickle-silver Corby bolts and some nickle-silver tubing, thought about it and decided to go with the tubing in all three holes.
Finally got a chance today to rough in the shape and sand to 800 grit to find the ugly spots. I might be getting lazy. The ugly spots don't bother me much, so I may or may not sand some more. Still have to sharpen it and make a sheath though.
My intended use is as a general-purpose outdoor knife/bird-n-trout sort of thing. It will be plenty for fire-prep/starting and general cutting chores, but the flat grind will make it a great slicer, so if one to find oneself in a pickle, it could easily cut up to 1 1/2" saplings using a tension-cut for emergency shelter-building. Wouldn't want to do a lot of that with the skinny handle, but for 98% of all other uses, its pretty handy.
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