Various knives

[Von Gruff]

Seeing as I have a few knives to show on a semi regular basis I though I would just paste them in the one thread.

This is the first pair.

Big Game Hunters in4 3/4 in x .156 blades of 1095. Both have buffalo horn bolsters with one having walnut scales while the other has eucalyptus

 

[Von Gruff]

Another Buffalo Skinner from 1095 with curve backed buff horn bolsters and walnut handles ready for final sharpening before heading off to Ohio

 

[Von Gruff]

A Safari Knife with brass and buffalo horn on the 1095 blade ready for an edge and shipping off to Missouri.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

Do you EVER sleep? Those are sweet lookers.

 

[Kevin Zito]

Those are beautiful!

 

[springer82]

Good afternoon Gruff. Those are some fine knifes. So,,,,, I'm waiting for the 45cal combo sets. Well,,,,,,

 

[Jason Volkert]

Nice work Gruff!

 

[Von Gruff]

I had a tag end of 1075 so decided to make a pattern for a camp knife/butcher knife. I had made myself one a long time back with a 8 1/2 inch blade for dicing meat etc when breaking down an animal but found it was more blade than I needed so thought this one with a 5 1/5 in blade would be more user friendly

I had a bowie marked out as well so had the two of them to do

Ground and ready for heat treat

I wanted to try for a hamon so mixed up some very fine potters clay (for slip mix usually) with some wood ash and applied it to the blade.

I know in hindsight that I had way too much on there which lead to the less than successfull hamon but at least there is the showing of one on the camp knife. The bowie not so much

For the handle on the camp/butcher knife I started with a copper bolster and added black paper micarta, some blue G10 and another blaco paper micarta spacer before finishing with the walnut handle

 

[izafireman]

lovely work as always.

 

[Chris Railey]

Awesome work sir. By too much clay do you mean too thick or too close to the cutting edge?

 

[BrandantR]

Nice work, Garry! Always a pleasure to see what you're up to.

 

[Kevin Zito]

Beautiful! How is the handle attached on the smaller knife?

 

[Von Gruff]

Awesome work sir. By too much clay do you mean too thick or too close to the cutting edge?

Yes next time I will keep it back further

 

[Von Gruff]

Beautiful! How is the handle attached on the smaller knife?

The tang has a series of V notches ground in using the edge of a 120 grit belt so there is plenty of grip for the epoxy and no need for a pin. The copper bolster was a tap fit and tight to the tang and ricasso so a couple of heavy rubber bands over that and the top of the handle was all that was required to hold it tight together till the epoxy set.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Lovely.

 

[Von Gruff]

These are three I did for a repeat customer with his supplied wood walnut, rosewood and olivewood with brass on .156 1095 scandi ground blade. I forgot to take pics before sending them off so coppied the pic he posted on the forum when he recieved them this week.

 

[opaul]

Great work as always.

 

[Chris Railey]

These are three I did for a repeat customer with his supplied wood walnut, rosewood and olivewood with brass on .156 1095 scandi ground blade. I forgot to take pics before sending them off so coppied the pic he posted on the forum when he recieved them this week.

Mr. Gruff, When you do the Scandi grind do you go to zero with the bevel or is there a secondary angle? I love those by the way...

 

[Von Gruff]

Mr. Gruff, When you do the Scandi grind do you go to zero with the bevel or is there a secondary angle? I love those by the way...

Zero edge Chris. I take it there with a wire edge and use stones to finish it off.

 

[Von Gruff]

The knives the sheaths were hot waaxed this morning for. Pig sticker with fiddle back eucalyptus, Hunter Skinner and Light Hunter with Accacia in the first pic and a pair of Field scalpels with Buffalo horn in the second