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Working in the shop this morning and "Beautiful Day" by U2 was playing, I thought it really is a Beautiful Day today....had to share.
Working on the CCK Pig Sticker saya
Working on the CCK Pig Sticker saya
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A few of the knives that shipped out this week
Restoration of a Schrade 735 Mariner with new Koa scales. This was for the uncle of one of our members, a former member of the United States Coast Guard.....my dad was also USCG, so this was a special project.
Two Kato 210's...fun anytime to have 2 identical blades and see the minute differences. Knife top in the first pic has a spalted jatoba handle and the other knife is mammoth ivory and bog oak.
Restoration of a Schrade 735 Mariner with new Koa scales. This was for the uncle of one of our members, a former member of the United States Coast Guard.....my dad was also USCG, so this was a special project.
Two Kato 210's...fun anytime to have 2 identical blades and see the minute differences. Knife top in the first pic has a spalted jatoba handle and the other knife is mammoth ivory and bog oak.
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Here is a matched set of Konosuke Keiai NT's, a 210mm gyuto and a 150mm petty. Handles are Australian spindle mallee with horn and nickel accents. The sayas are ribbon sapele.
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Here is the finished CCK Butcher Knife "pig sticker". This is a large heavy knife that seems like it would be a lot of fun, if you had proper sized ingredients and space. The handle is 3,400 year old Ukrainian bog oak with buffalo horn and nickel-silver accents. The saya is walnut with a hand turned and knurled nickel-silver pin. The factory edge was similar to a hardware store machete. I sharpened it up to a stropped 6k edge and it shreds paper with ease. I didn't think it would respond to the higher grit stone, had initially planned on stopping at 2k, but was pleasantly surprised. After the initial heavy lifting with a Atoma 140, it progressed up through the grits quickly.
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NONE...nothing....nada.
Maybe I will grind....oh, the 5 gallon water bucket for cooling is a solid block of ice.
Maybe I will polish blades.....nope, my Windex (used as a lubricant) is blue ice.
Maybe I will sharpen....naw, the spray bottle for wetting the shop Shaptons is froze up.
Maybe I will drink....bingo! My whiskey is good to go.
Just sitting around waiting on this cold weather to pass....was 12F in the shop this morning.
Maybe I will grind....oh, the 5 gallon water bucket for cooling is a solid block of ice.
Maybe I will polish blades.....nope, my Windex (used as a lubricant) is blue ice.
Maybe I will sharpen....naw, the spray bottle for wetting the shop Shaptons is froze up.
Maybe I will drink....bingo! My whiskey is good to go.
Just sitting around waiting on this cold weather to pass....was 12F in the shop this morning.
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Good eye Andreu....yes it is a River Jump....I have 2 more coming for the same customer.
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A customer sent this to me for a handle install....I don't even know what this is...Doesn't he know I'm the kitchen knife guy!
Someone sent it to him as a gift.....we don't know what it is.....any ideas??
Someone sent it to him as a gift.....we don't know what it is.....any ideas??
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Hahaha scapmascus sporting nightmare grinds (alot of them)
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"Frankenstyle" comes to mind.....
If God wanted me to be a vegetarian he wouldn't have made animals taste so good.
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There are no markings on it. Don't think I am going to try and sharpen...it is probably sharp enough and given the weight, "it will kill"
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It makes me think if a Jay Fisher design. It's remarkable how overdesigned combat knives are. I guess knowing what it was like to be an 18 year old boy I probably would have had a few of these if I had gone a-soldiering, too, but if they like sharp things the joke is on them; almost every knife I own has seen hours more intended use than almost every combat knife ever made.