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[Alden Cole]

Tactical knife for Marine. Nitro-V and Nat. Micarta.

 

[Alden Cole]

Now that Christmas is over, I can post this one! My brother ordered a Nessmuk with an elk handle. Live etched D2, Elk, and hammered copper.

 

[Dennis Morland]

That is beautiful!

 

[Alden Cole]

That is beautiful!

Thank you Dennis, I appreciate that! I really love grinding nessmuks.

 

[tkroenlein]

Real nice!

 

[Alden Cole]

Here is what I've finished up in the last few weeks: a Classic Hunter in live etched D2, brass, and Cocobolo, a Truncated Nessmuk in D2, and my first lockback folder made from scratch.

 

[Alden Cole]

Some recent knives.

 

[Dennis Morland]

You have been busy...

 

[Alden Cole]

These are from February and March. I just finished the last three. The very last has some really cool, I guess vintage Nat. Micarta from a stick a friend gave me.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Very nice!!

 

[Alden Cole]

Very nice!!

Thank you!

 

[Alden Cole]

I've been working a lot of hours in the shop this spring/summer.

 

[Randy Lucius]

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A lot of really nice stuff Alden! I especially like that vintage micarta. Gorgeous.

 

[Alden Cole]

A lot of really nice stuff Alden! I especially like that vintage micarta. Gorgeous.

Thank you and yes, it is some cool stuff!

 

[Alden Cole]

Some recent knives.

 

[Alden Cole]

This summer's work so far.

 

[soundmind]

super nice! I like the straight grain. what steel did you use for the drawknife?

 

[Alden Cole]

super nice! I like the straight grain. what steel did you use for the drawknife?

Thank you, the drawknife was made out of an old nicholson file. The person I received it from had annealled it. I quenched my first try in water and it cracked. I treated this one like 1080, quenched in canola oil and it got hard enough for my purposes.

 

[soundmind]

Thanks, just curious. A drawknife is o

Thank you, the drawknife was made out of an old nicholson file. The person I received it from had annealled it. I quenched my first try in water and it cracked. I treated this one like 1080, quenched in canola oil and it got hard enough for my purposes.

Thanks, a drawknife is on my '1000 things I want to make sometime' list.