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My first knife
oversee:
Beautiful knife. What you have done to that wood is gorgeous. The blade is nice too. I think you might have a new business here.
Stretch:
--- Quote from: oversee on September 13, 2011, 01:21:50 am ---Beautiful knife. What you have done to that wood is gorgeous. The blade is nice too. I think you might have a new business here.
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Thank you. Wood finishing is something I know well (I did an apprenticeship to learn that), but really it was just a matter of using a special piece of wood and not messing it up. All I did was shape, sand, and spray with a few coats of rattle can Helmsman Spar Urethane, scuff sanding between coats. The metal work is new, fun, and very relaxing. I'm hoping to turn this into a bit of a side gig to earn a bit of money now that I'm going back to school...again. :P :)
bowtarist:
Sweet work. Sometime check out 4ester's (?) how-to etch a blade cheap. I like the lanyard hole too. Great job!!
jonathan creason:
That looks very nice. What kind of edge does it take?
Stretch:
--- Quote from: jonathan creason on September 14, 2011, 11:17:18 am ---That looks very nice. What kind of edge does it take?
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Once I got the bevel angles on it right, it took a very good edge. I pushed a burr back and forth on it with my oil stones then polished it on the power strop I use for my carving chisels and I had it popping hairs off my arm. The only thing left is to see how long the edge lasts. I tried to get a pig over the weekend to give it a workout as a skinner, but the pigs didn't cooperate. >:(
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