Knife #28 - Bog Oak Hunter

[Erin Burke]

Good afternoon Dogs... hope everyone had a great weekend. I've been working on the knife below for the past few weeks. I had originally planned to make a matching pair of these little hunters (I've been told that this knife may be more appropriately called a "fighter"), but one of them had some issues in heat treat that blew that idea out of the water. This is my first time using bog oak; this is a piece of 5460 year old wood that I picked up from Mark at Burl Source. Very cool.

Some Stats:
Length: 10-5/8"
Blade : 5-3/8" (Tip to choil)
Steel: 1095 (from Kelly Cupples)
Handle: 5460 year old bog oak (Burl Source)
Fittings: 416ss with black G10 spacer

Erin

 

[Brad Lilly]

Nice knife!! I love the smooth lines and clean look

 

[rhinoknives]

Nice fighter,
I have a WIP with some of that Bog Oak that will be finished up soon.
It does have a classic look that is appropriate for a piece like yours and others.

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com

 

[Mark Behnke]

WOW, That's a Beauty

Clean and simple. So hard to do.

 

[Lagrange]

I like this knife a lot. Impressively clean and sharp looking piece. Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

[ArtinNC]

Yes, clean and sharp , very nice. and like the wood.

 

[Erin Burke]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I appreciate the kind words.

Originally I was a bit nervous about this wood. It's kind of a novelty, but I wasn't sure how it would look on a knife. Seems like it was tailor-made for this one though. It can be a bit tricky to finish… but well worth it.

Thanks again.
Erin

 

[Ausbrooks]

Very nice - really like the clean lines and bog oak is great- nice work.

 

[dallas1]

Very nice

 

[NPD]

Clean and simple i like it.

 

[Stormcrow]

That's gorgeous work. There is no aspect of it that I don't like.

 

[Burl Source]

I really like the clean look of this one Erin.
Very sleek, understated beauty.