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Bruce Bump said:
Wow, that is nice koa. Is it wet? Can you keep it that bright and deep?
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Hi Bruce. No it isn't wet there and yeah, it stays bright like that for the most part. It might lose just a tad of its luster as it gets handled a bit. But for the most part, that's what it looks like. I just have a hard time taking a good photo of it and having the rest of the knife look right. :)
 
Just finished this one. 8inch Chef in AEB-L. Pommelle Koa handle (from the illustrious Mr. Doyle himself) with black and white spacers.

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just finished this one this morning...now for a flipper I think..

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Some beautiful kitchen cutters going on guys.
OK so after close to 40 knives I had the dreaded brain fart and glued up this knife with only finishing the front of the scales to 120 grit.
I decided to go ahead and finish it and in my sulking mood of going through the motions I decided to attempt a John Doyle inspired work on the but of the knife. Tricky but I did the best I could and being it was a full tang it was hard to transition to the tang

Still not sure what to do about the front of the scales so this one might be mine.

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That looks really good Justin. Hope the front turns out well.

John

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Been sick for a couple weeks but got back to it and put a hour or so into the Folder Giveaway kit, I'm really enjoying this build, I love it!
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Here I am pressing the detent bearing in, Boss sent a 3/32" detent so I drilled a #44 hole and pressed away. I used the drill press to this and it worked really well, also I modified a 3/8" drill bit for a pressing rod and it worked like a charm!(those detent balls are a pain to keep track of though:)!!)
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I then clamped up the liner and used a crescent wrench to bend the lock bar( I should have clamped it in the vise different but I didn't....live and learn I guess)
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Then I set about bringing the lock bar into final fit(it's getting really close in the picture) I don't have the angles right but I'm still really happy with it for my first go!
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and here it is now...you should have seen the grin on my face when I assembled it and clicked it open for the first time...IT'S AWSOME!! I just love it! and there are so many little things that aren't right but it's just cool!
I also added the thumb shredder thumb stud I have just for the picture.
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Sorry I'm going so slow on this build, but I'm really enjoying it!! This is a great kit! Highly Recommended!

There's allot to clean up and I have to grind the blade and harden it and a million other things...and add scales.

This is Fun!

Daniel Rohde
 
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Almost done with my first completed knife. I had 1 before this one that snapped while trying to correct a bend post heat treat and 4 others that weren't worth finishing. This is also my first attempt at a hamon.
 
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That is beautiful! I love the handle. I snapped an 8in chef trying to straighten it after HT not too long ago, too.
 
Thanks John! The handle is stabilized Hackberry I got from dream burls. I've never seen stabilized Hackberry before this. I'm hoping to find some again someday I really like the look of it, and I'm hoping the tru oil I got will really bring out the grain.

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I'd buy all of that handle material you can get your hands on! That stuff is special.

I love TruOil and put it on anything that will take it. I wish cocobolo and african blackwood would take TruOil. It looks so good when you put it on, only to find out a day and half later the stuff just won't cure.
 
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