A few new knives - available to purchase

So I keep tinkering around making knives, maybe its an obsession, maybe its just an excuse to hang out in my man cave and escape reality, whatever I have some available, well one is available now, or at leat will be this afternoon once it receives its final sharpen, it was sharp but as I was putting the sheath together I nicked the edge with a drill bit, as you can see in the photos, so this morning I polished the nick out and now need to resharpen it before it goes out, the others are a bit different...

These other knives are a variation of my neck knives, a mark 2 if you like, you see the idea behind the neck knives came from a request from a well known hunter down in Ross, I made him one and sold the remaining stock, then Josh James posted a video oh himself using the neck knife, and I started getting orders for a kiwi bushman neck knife, so I made a dozen, filled the orders and I have a few left, these blades are finished in that they have been cut, shaped, drilled and rough polished, but I have not handles them yet and thats because I have a choice for you in handle materials:
G10, 1 mm thick in either orange or green (or one each side) - this makes the knife very slim
Micarta, 3 mm thick, in what they call natural, which is a red colour - makes the handle ticker but with better grip
Curly maple, 2-4 mm thick, very pale gold, almost white colour, hard wood - good grip but will stain with use
and then I make a kydex sheath, I have black or orange, once finished I sharpen them and do an internal paracord wrap for extra grip and put a length of cord for a necklace on them.
These I am selling for $75 including shipping in NZ, and you get to customise the handle and sheath, they are all roughly 125mm long with a 50 mm drop pint blade and are made from 3 mm thick O1 tool steel that has been professionally heat treated to 58 on the rockwell scale.
Oh, and I probably won't be bale to get them finished until late May.

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This other one is one of my GBK recurves, I actually made it for myself to replace another I sold, but I now need a new sharpening system thats coming from Russia (I know, just about as far away as it could be), its the biggest one I have made yet with a full 6 inch blade (150 mm) and a 115 mm handle. Its made from 4mm thick O1 tool steel that has been professionally heat treated and double tempered to rockwell 59 C.

The ergonomic wood handle material is very special - its lignum vitae, the hardest and rarest wood on the planet, it grows in the Caribbean, it has a hardness on the janka scale of hardness of 4500 lbf, the highest the scale goes to, by comparison pine is around 700lbf.
Shaft bearing on submarines used to made from it, the old British truncheon was made from it, and so to was Merlins wand, according to legend.

What I can tell you is that it is a pig to work, its damn hard, sinks in water, is naturally oily, but takes an amazing finish and has a very distinctive, but not unpleasant, aroma, oh and its colour changes slightly over time as its oils slowly comes to the surface, because its so oily it will prevent staining from use, it also feels fantastic in the hand. Its also damn hard to get and is insanely expensive when you can get it!

I coupled this with green G10 liners, stainless and brass loveless bolts and a stainless lanyard tube.

I made a hybrid green kydex and leather sheath and have included a diamond rod sharpener in its own holder attached to the sheath, the sheath has a tension adjuster on it, but its extremely tight already and you may not need to play with it, the belt loop is set up on the right hand side but with my hybrid sheaths you can unscrew it and reattach it for left hand carry.

The total weight is not light, at 566 grams in the sheath with diamond rod its a serious package, but its strong enough to be able to handle battoning, light chopping, skinning, butchering, food prep, carving...well you get the picture. In short this is the best knife I have made so far. The photos I took before I have repolished the blade and before I give it its final sharpen.
Price on this is going to be $225, that will include shipping in NZ with a tracking number.

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Shelley

@Shelley can you make the handles out of glow in the dark material? Help to find it in the bush if lost or on the boat at night etc cheers terry

Nice work there mate. Where do you source your kydex from?

Thanks

Jase

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Originally Posted by Blisters

@Shelley can you make the handles out of glow in the dark material? Help to find it in the bush if lost or on the boat at night etc cheers terry

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you can purchase glow in the dark powder cheaply off trademe......mix it into clear nail polish and slap a bit on what ever you want to ....well glow in the dark....torches/lightswitches..blahdeblah.

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Originally Posted by jasec

Nice work there mate. Where do you source your kydex from?

Thanks

Jase

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I got the dies to form the eyelets from the states but the kydex comes from Aussie, although I suspect they bring it in from the states as well!

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Originally Posted by Blisters

@Shelley can you make the handles out of glow in the dark material? Help to find it in the bush if lost or on the boat at night etc cheers terry

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Hmm not sure where to get the stuff from, also not sure how it would react to being bonded to epoxy, what the strength is, what the shaping would be like and what the durability is, might work for liners nut not sure if it would be any good for the actual handle.

Here is my GEC T1W with its glow in the dark scales :thumbsup:


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Here is my GEC T1W with its glow in the dark scales :thumbsup:


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Weird,tilt the screen,it glows

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Originally Posted by Shelley

I got the dies to form the eyelets from the states but the kydex comes from Aussie, although I suspect they bring it in from the states as well!

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Thanks mate. Looking for a bit to make up a cheek riser for my rifle.

How much do you need?

i guess with the glow in the dark does it need to be charged with some form of light to work, i recall having stuff glow real bright just as dark set in and then fade as the night went on. If this is the case it could be an issue to keep it charged??

Hamish

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

i guess with the glow in the dark does it need to be charged with some form of light to work, i recall having stuff glow real bright just as dark set in and then fade as the night went on. If this is the case it could be an issue to keep it charged??

Hamish

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Most of it does, i.e if you leave it in the draw for ages it wont glow when you pull it out, needs light to 'recharge' so to speak.

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Most of it does, i.e if you leave it in the draw for ages it wont glow when you pull it out, needs light to 'recharge' so to speak.

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So it begs the question around the practical application of a glow in the dark knife unless worn with handle exposed??

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So it begs the question around the practical application of a glow in the dark knife unless worn with handle exposed??

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Yeah guess so, or you could give it a charge up with the torch just before using it at night?

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So it begs the question around the practical application of a glow in the dark knife unless worn with handle exposed??

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I'd assume it's most likely practical for after been used not to leave it on site?

So you'd have the head torch on doing the business gutting an animal etc at which point its charging whilst being used, you put it down on the ground while packing, think you're finish but wait there's this weird bright green thing glowing at me.

I guess the only way to know would be buy one. Not a lot of charging going on In ya hand though while using most of handle will be covered up??

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Where are you getting your leather stock from @Shelley? Gameco seem expensive and most saddlery supplies seem to only have massive lots. Also what did you use for foam in your kydex press? I have a couple sheets to play with but need to build a press next.

Like the handle shaping on that recurve, looks like it would fit the hand very well

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Originally Posted by Nick-D

Where are you getting your leather stock from @Shelley? Gameco seem expensive and most saddlery supplies seem to only have massive lots. Also what did you use for foam in your kydex press? I have a couple sheets to play with but need to build a press next.

Like the handle shaping on that recurve, looks like it would fit the hand very well

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I used to get mine from Lapco and buy a whole side, now I get a double shoulder from nz leather supplies. How much are you after, if just enough for 1sheath I could possibly help??

Hamish

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@HNTMAD cheers man I will probably buy a bit as I will make a couple, I'll get you to do me up a good sheath when I've made knife worthy of it:thumbsup:. I'll give nz leather a shout in the meantime, Cheers.

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Where are you getting your leather stock from @Shelley? Gameco seem expensive and most saddlery supplies seem to only have massive lots. Also what did you use for foam in your kydex press? I have a couple sheets to play with but need to build a press next.

Like the handle shaping on that recurve, looks like it would fit the hand very well

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Yeah, pick up my leather from Lapco, but they are a pig to deal with lately, used to be able to walk in and lock up small pieces and hardware, now they want you to buy a whole hide, got some pieces you could have a bit though, veg tanned (don't ever get chrome tanned) green one one side, black on other.

For foam I used mats of stuff I bought from mitre10, sort of garage flooring mats, Have left over you could have too, or an old foam camping mat will work.

Build a press, not hard, just make sure it's strong and go bigger than you think you need by a bit 30 x 30 cm minimum, 45 better.
Again if you want I can do the pressing for you, or if you are in Auckland let you use my equipment.

Yeah, I like ergonomic handles, feel in the hand is amazing, but you need to know roughly the hand size, kind of like a glove, not quite that precise but roughly so.

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Originally Posted by Shelley

Yeah, pick up my leather from Lapco, but they are a pig to deal with lately, used to be able to walk in and lock up small pieces and hardware, now they want you to buy a whole hide, got some pieces you could have a bit though, veg tanned (don't ever get chrome tanned) green one one side, black on other.

For foam I used mats of stuff I bought from mitre10, sort of garage flooring mats, Have left over you could have too, or an old foam camping mat will work.

Build a press, not hard, just make sure it's strong and go bigger than you think you need by a bit 30 x 30 cm minimum, 45 better.
Again if you want I can do the pressing for you, or if you are in Auckland let you use my equipment.

Yeah, I like ergonomic handles, feel in the hand is amazing, but you need to know roughly the hand size, kind of like a glove, not quite that precise but roughly so.

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Awesome thanks man, I actually have some floor matting around so will give that a go. Ill get a few under my belt then maybe we should meet for a brew and to compare notes. Would love to have a look at your grinder, the 1x30 and files works but sure takes a while

Until I get into it I think I'd need a piece somewhere around 150mm x 120 mm. Would you have a bit for sale? Thanks, Jase

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How much do you need?

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I am going to be ordering some more soon, costs me around $12 for courier and then around $25 for black, and more for coloured, around $30, then the camo stuff comes out around $75...colours there is black, green, orange, grey and brown.
Next time I do an order I can grab an extra sheet if you want a specific colour, if you just want black then I probably have a piece that size at the moment.

Thanks mate. Blacks fine if you have it. PM me your bank account and total cost and I'll deposit the money.

Jase

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I am going to be ordering some more soon, costs me around $12 for courier and then around $25 for black, and more for coloured, around $30, then the camo stuff comes out around $75...colours there is black, green, orange, grey and brown.
Next time I do an order I can grab an extra sheet if you want a specific colour, if you just want black then I probably have a piece that size at the moment.

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I do some work for a leather company, I'll ask if they sell smaller bits or if they have offcut bins I can raid perhaps.

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Thanks mate. Blacks fine if you have it. PM me your bank account and total cost and I'll deposit the money.

Jase

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Send me your address so I can work out postage.