Fred Rowe
Well-Known Member
Jeff is my friend. He was the fist person to walk down our long driveway and introduce himself back in the early 80's when we were basically hunkering down by the fire to stay warm, you know, pre living quarters no house days, we have been friends ever since. Jeff is the kind of friend that helps out in the knife shop from building the building, to wiring the electric panel, to helping with the many projects that get built in a knife shop; in other words a valued friend.
He has spent a lot of days in the smithy, both talking and working, but has never forged a blade or set at a grinder until now.
He made the hunter pictured, to carry deer hunting this fall.
The blade steel is W2 the guard is silicon bronze. Handle is sea cow rib bone with a spacer made from a bowling ball. He took the finish down to 400 grit before he etched it.
Jeff did all the work on the knife from forging the blade, grinding it, through finishing it out. We just talked him through it. The knife is 9 1/2 inches overall.
When he finished with the knife he asked why I had not ask him to make a knife earlier. He said he's ready to make another one.
Here's to good friends in the shop, Fred
He has spent a lot of days in the smithy, both talking and working, but has never forged a blade or set at a grinder until now.
He made the hunter pictured, to carry deer hunting this fall.
The blade steel is W2 the guard is silicon bronze. Handle is sea cow rib bone with a spacer made from a bowling ball. He took the finish down to 400 grit before he etched it.
Jeff did all the work on the knife from forging the blade, grinding it, through finishing it out. We just talked him through it. The knife is 9 1/2 inches overall.
When he finished with the knife he asked why I had not ask him to make a knife earlier. He said he's ready to make another one.
Here's to good friends in the shop, Fred
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