Curly maple hunter

[Ty Adams]

Last year I was fortunate enough to spend a week in John Doyle's shop. He is very generous with his time and knowledge. And by generous I mean generous, he spent an entire week helping fix my mistakes! He denies it but I think he got tired of it and tried to poison me. I was sick (poisned) the last couple of days which left me alone to finish the knife at home. Well a year later i finally got around to finishing it.

Forged 1075, wrought iron guard, titanium spacer, and curly maple handle. Edited to add photos of the handle.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

That's a nice knife, Ty. Good job.

 

[Smallshop]

Ty...absolutely beautiful!

 

[Sean Jones]

Nicely done!

 

[Dennis Morland]

Beautiful knife.

 

[Gene Kimmi]

That one would be worth waiting a year for. Very Nice!!!

 

[Justin Presson]

Looks good Ty!

 

[J. Doyle]

I told my wife we didn't use enough poison.

Seriously, it was awesome having you here and you made a fine looking knife. Love those materials.

 

[highwall]

Really nice Ty!

 

[John Wilson]

Excellent work! what a beauty!

 

[bladegrinder]

Beautiful knife Ty, your fortunate to have spent a week in John's shop. that knife shows a lot of his influence.

 

[C Craft]

She's a beauty, love that curly maple handle! It has some serious even curl. A lot of times you will see a handle that looks good on one side and not so good on the other!!

A very good use of materials. Really like everything about it!

 

[opaul]

TY your work has always been excellent. You continue to reach higher plateaus and this one is going to be hard to beat!

 

[Ty Adams]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

 

[soundmind]

Beautiful knife, Ty.

 

[Kevin Zito]

Whoa!!! Ty, my man, that is beautiful! Really well done! I like style and color choice on the collar. I also want to say that the fit and finish on a knife like this is a battle.... and you won! Really, really fantastic (and inspiring ) work. I am still working on my first knife (made completely on 2 by 72) lol. Man, I’m jealous. Awesome job!

 

[Kevin Zito]

Also,
Nice dork!

 

[Ty Adams]

Whoa!!! Ty, my man, that is beautiful! Really well done! I like style and color choice on the collar. I also want to say that the fit and finish on a knife like this is a battle.... and you won! Really, really fantastic (and inspiring ) work. I am still working on my first knife (made completely on 2 by 72) lol. Man, I’m jealous. Awesome job!

Thank you Kevin. Having John walking me thru it helped a lot. He is great teacher, and by the time I had to leave felt confident that making a knife like this at home won't be that bad.
Good luck on completing that knife.

 

[Dusty One]

Very Nice !!