fatchap Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 I have been working on a Bowie Knife in the back ground sort of thing, when tempering a blade for instance I spend an hour or two on the bowie knife etc etc you get the story, Well I finally believe my Journey from flat stock bar of 01 tool steel , to "that's not a Knife this is a knife" is almost at an end. I still have a fair bit of polishing to do and I am seriously considering doing the whole handle again, maybe Theyla Burl doesn't take a CA finish but either way I'm not 100% happy with the handle finish. The brass still needs buffing an I have to make a sheath but I believe its looking pretty damn fine even if I say so myself. Note apologies for the pics, but that's a mirror finish and trying to keep my ugly mug out of the reflection was not impossible but did effect the final result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 It looks very good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 fantastic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 As paul Hogan once said thats a knife!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 That looks superb. I personally think the wood on the grip looks fine.The finish on the blade is amazing.All in all a fantastic useable knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 That's a knife,a very nice knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 I'm not really into big knives , so i had to go away and think about this one , and I've come to the conclusion , that it's a stunning knife 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 3 hours ago, mel b3 said: I'm not really into big knives , so i had to go away and think about this one , and I've come to the conclusion , that it's a stunning knife 👍. Thanks for that, it really deserves a posh tooled leather sheath, I can make a plain one for it no problems but was just wondering.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, fatchap said: Thanks for that, it really deserves a posh tooled leather sheath, I can make a plain one for it no problems but was just wondering.....? Her good self can do posh tooled leather work ,unfortunately, she can't do it quickly enough to make it profitable, so she rarely does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 19 minutes ago, mel b3 said: Her good self can do posh tooled leather work ,unfortunately, she can't do it quickly enough to make it profitable, so she rarely does it. Thats a no then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm in a teacup Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 That's awsome, I watched a bit of crocodile Dundee last night and have been Google the knives this evening. One could make its way into my collection one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted October 9, 2019 Report Share Posted October 9, 2019 9 hours ago, fatchap said: Thats a no then? Pm on way Gary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 Top flight knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 22:36, storm in a teacup said: That's awsome, I watched a bit of crocodile Dundee last night and have been Google the knives this evening. One could make its way into my collection one day. We watched it a while back, they had cut out "that's not a knife" bleeding do gooders. Some skills in that knife fella, 👏👏👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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