Two more knives for ICCE

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jkf96a

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I am moving from town to 15 miles out in the country the first week of August, and am scheduled to be at the International Custom Cutlery Expo in mid September. Since I have to tear my shop down for the move, I decided to go ahead and get all my show knives done before the tear-down, so as not to be in a bind rushing to get the shop back together and knives built before the show. Here are two that I finished this weekend. One is my Spicewood Special model, a knife I've built dozens of, named after the Spicewood, TX community where my great-grandparents ranched and where I've deer hunted my whole life. The blade is 3/32 CPM154CM with nickel silver bolsters and jigged bone. OAL is 7 3/4. This one is thin at 3/8" at the thickest point. The other is a one-off large hunter, 9" OAL. The steel is W2, heat treated with clay for a hamon. The bolsters are mesquite, and the handle is Texas ebony. I figure if I'm going to Kansas, I'd better represent Texas.
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Jason,

Both are great looking knives, but I really like the thin one with bone handles! Looks to be a great bird and trout knife and a real slicer! Would the bone happen to be Amber stag? Would I be out of line asking where you purchased the bone? Anyhow, great job!

Bill
 
Bill,
That bone sure came out staggy looking, but it is certainly bone. I got it from the estate of a knifemaker. I suspect it might be amber dyed bone from Culpepper. It was a set of scales, about 1" by 3.5" by 5/32 or so. I skin most if my deer with a knife this size, although it does fit the "bird and trout" genre pretty well.
Jason
 
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