KITH for Brad Walker

[Austin Thrasher]

Finally getting around to getting this started. Life is hectic and I apologize for the delay but am excited to get some shop time! I picked out a few of my “best sellers” for @Brad Walker. Which one shall I go with??? The two Hunter/Skinner knives are Tony Bose patterns that he graciously let me steal from his pattern drawer. RIP Tony . The bigger knife is a Bushcraft knife of my own design. Lemme know if you guys prefer any one of these and we’ll go with the popular vote .

 

[Nick Schreiber]

1 or 3!

 

[TimGinMN]

1

 

[Sean Jones]

I'll say number three

 

[JeremyBartlett]

Same here 1 or 3

 

[tkroenlein]

2.

 

[Austin Thrasher]

Let’s say Brads vote counts for 3 when it comes in

 

[Brad Walker]

No pressure!!! I gotta say, I love the shape of #2 and #3, but I'd be proud to have either of them!!

 

[Austin Thrasher]

Gonna go with number 2.
Started out scribing the pattern onto the steel. Got it cut out with the ole trusty, dusty cut-off wheel on the angle grinder. Profiled her and then got my holes drilled and name stamped it. Then started rough grinding.
And yes, I am a bit of a country boy but not a southern boy. I am from Indiana and not the south but doggone it when they said I couldn’t have a Rebel flag, I went and got me one. Screw political correctness

I forgot to get pics of HT. But I got it out of HT and started finish grinding and that is where the big and annoying oops happened.... While grinding the flats, I ground out my name stamp... Ugh! Not the first time but hopefully the last lol. So..... take two. I done all the above again and got the handle material cut out. To be continued.....

 

[Smallshop]

Love that Bushcrafter blade! 3

 

[Brad Walker]

Looks awesome!!

 

[Greg Rice]

Gonna go with number 2.
Started out scribing the pattern onto the steel. Got it cut out with the ole trusty, dusty cut-off wheel on the angle grinder. Profiled her and then got my holes drilled and name stamped it. Then started rough grinding.

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And yes, I am a bit of a country boy but not a southern boy. I am from Indiana and not the south but doggone it when they said I couldn’t have a Rebel flag, I went and got me one. Screw political correctness

I forgot to get pics of HT. But I got it out of HT and started finish grinding and that is where the big and annoying oops happened.... While grinding the flats, I ground out my name stamp... Ugh! Not the first time but hopefully the last lol. So..... take two. I done all the above again and got the handle material cut out. To be continued.....

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