Doug Lester
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This is my latest attempt and the first knife that I put a guard on and the first one that I built the handle up from more than one material. The steel is 52100 that was austempered at 450 degrees and then oven tempered for 2, one hour cycles at the same temperature. The OAL is 10.5" with a five inch blade. It was the atler crown that made me go a little long on the handle which is built up of buffalo horn, recon stone, and moose antler with a mosaic pin. The guard was forged from a wrought iron bar. The blade is 5" long, 1 1/8" at the ricasso, and 1/8" thick.
Doug Lester
Due to the computer grimlins, the thumb nail picture where the blue font now appears (honestly it was there a while ago, I saw it) is not there. However, if you click on the blue letters the larger picture should appear ( at least it just did for me). I would sincerly appreciate any comments on the blade.
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