It’s A2 steel Tahr. Present from the Mrs….she did well.
If my memory serves me correctly you don’t recommend using steel on them and I presume the same applies to the lansky style sharpening kits?
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It’s A2 steel Tahr. Present from the Mrs….she did well.
If my memory serves me correctly you don’t recommend using steel on them and I presume the same applies to the lansky style sharpening kits?
A steel will work ok on the A2 'cos it's not as hard as 3v. Lansky will upset the convex profile, but will sharpen it ok. Don't worry about it too much. They are made to be used so use the method that best suits you.
If it was 3v I would be saying take more care.
Your "Mrs" made a good choice.
So here a few I made, the blank I designed and scales pre made and ready to go, my go to knife is the mircata handled one, I like it, I was going to start making knives here full time as I used to have a small forge in Ireland while I was there but there's not a lot of money in custom knives for the hours put in.....
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The second shot is my A1 Falkvin camp workhorse, it has had a beating over the years and is in need of a cuddle :) the other is a victory knife, great shape, light weight for the pack as a spare and blue.... Also Swiss army's are great for general camp stuff, I like victorniox hunting knives too, they make 2 great folder droppoint style hunters, I like them.
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Go the Victory :thumbsup:
A free tux knife beat that!!
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Mate of mine started making knives about a year ago, I've got some of his early ones and he has recently started listing them on Trademe: Trade Me - Listings from hennyjvv
This is my favorite, its even been to Africa once:
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Last night
Bark River, Mini Rouge
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I always wanted some Damascus blades there pretty cool quite well made iv only used 1 to butcher a sheep so haven't really given them a decent test yet.
Handles are made of camel bone , rose wood ,bufflow horn , antler and something else...
I used to import a lot of knives from India and 99% of the them are average at best, they may look nice but trying to get them to hold or take an edge is fruitless.looks to me like a few of them are exactly that, if you want a good Damascus blade you need to spend a few hundred min and often over a grand, it's a pointless steel nowadays, Damascus steel was in the old days the best steel for cutting flesh because of the microscopic bubbles in the steel that acted as a natural micro serration, this created unsurpassed flesh cutting in those days, today there are steels that are far better and cheaper, it's "pattern welded" steel and for my money it's just nice to look at, as a tool for hard work, not really.
the true Damascus art form is lost, they used to make the ingots in the ground and used plant matter of some sort which is believed to have helped the micro bubbles ( so to speak ) you can find true Damascus steel in different places like huge pillars in India that were made from it...... But impossible to Aquire and pretty soft as well, there is a shit load of info on This steel if you look for it, and as a person who used to forge it was an obsession for a while :thumbsup:
Nice collection Thanks for sharing.
Its stained Maple Burl
nice knife looks like a mini Natchez bowie
Here is my new beast, think i got a problem (But not as bad as Tahr:thumbsup:)
Ripi John Worthington. Skinner is N690 SS with steel is 5160 carbo steel, Ebony Handle. Managed to find a dude to make a decent leather sheath
Hamish
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At least I get blood on mine :)
Thats a good-un, and N690 is nice. I've got an ENZO in 690 and given it a good work out and it has performed very well.
By the way, shit sheath :D
Here's hoping this weekend I can get some blood on it;-)
Awesome, look forward to your feedback!
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Similar shape to mine but with a wooden handle. I really like it
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This beauty arrived this morning, almost too pretty to get bloody. Almost... :-)
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that looks about ' perfect '
Made from chainsaw chain
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Oregon-na be ordering one or not?
Pioneering a new way to make knives ;)
An echo-nomical way to use up old chains, hah