African Blackwood Hunter

[Casey Brown]

African Blackwood Hunter
1075 Blade with a radiused spine
416SS guard, black G10 and fluted 416SS spacers
African Blackwood handle with a 416SS pin

 

[Dennis Morland]

Beautiful!

 

[tkroenlein]

That's reeeeeal nice!

 

[John Wilson]

super clean! i love the contours in the handle.

 

[Sean Jones]

That's a beauty! Well done!

 

[John Wilson]

Casey, just curious if you intended the tip to be soft like that. It's such a simple adjustment to bring that to a tack-sharp tip that I'm curious as to why you didn't.

 

[Casey Brown]

Casey, just curious if you intended the tip to be soft like that. It's such a simple adjustment to bring that to a tack-sharp tip that I'm curious as to why you didn't.

I wouldn't say intended. I might have rounded the tip slightly during sharpening. However, I have generally made my drop point hunters with a little softer tip, and my straight back hunters with a little more aggressive tip. I wanted this one to be more of a slicer for skinning, so I had the edge continue to curve all the way to the tip.

 

[Casey Brown]

Casey, just curious if you intended the tip to be soft like that. It's such a simple adjustment to bring that to a tack-sharp tip that I'm curious as to why you didn't.

John, that tip bugged me so much that I finally reground the tip today and got it back to a sharp tip. Had to go back and resand everything, but it looks much better now.

 

[John Wilson]

That tiny adjustment made a noticeable improvement imo. looks great!

 

[Doug Lester]

Real nice work, Casey. African Blackwood is one of my favorite handle materials.

Doug