Six Blades Quenched

opaul

opaul

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With the weather warming up I have been able to get out to the shop on a more regular basis. I just quenched and in the process of tempering these six blades. I like these blade shapes a lot and these will most likely be my go to style with a few tweaks here and there but I like the length and the feel of all three shapes in hand.
You'll notice I did not grind these before quenching. The advise on doing the grinding after heat treat is working well for me. Now..........what scales to put on each!! I also love that aspect of knife making.
Anyway I hope you like them!
 
I like the blade shapes OP but for me I have found that using a knife in the blade up position as when legging an animal anything with shaped finger notches becomes less usable. Your blade third from the left would be my pick for that reason alone although if I was able to have that handlle on the two blades on the right it would be about as good as a medium game hunting knife could get. Only my opinion so hopefuly you will see it for the intent behind the critique.
 
Von Gruff said:
I like the blade shapes OP but for me I have found that using a knife in the blade up position as when legging an animal anything with shaped finger notches becomes less usable. Your blade third from the left would be my pick for that reason alone although if I was able to have that handlle on the two blades on the right it would be about as good as a medium game hunting knife could get. Only my opinion so hopefuly you will see it for the intent behind the critique.
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Thank you Von, that's exactly the feedback I need! I appreciate your eye for detail, stay tuned on the next blade shape!
 
Nice work there OP wish or weather was getting better but we are expecting 5"to 8" tomorrow then 1 to 3" Friday not fun but I really like the knifes.
 
They all have nice lines...the far right one being my fave....

AND...it would look nice with black liners, stabilized Koa (high figure of course) brass mosaic pins with black fill, and a brass lanyard hole....

Short black para-cord lanyard.
 
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