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    First knife off the bench for 2023 , 1084 German high carbon steel, composite handles of black G10 and pins with desert ironwood.
    Already has a couple of deer under it's belt , always nice to see them out being used.
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    Just out of curiosity 1084 is an AISI number.
    Why is it German steel?
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    Quote Originally Posted by viper View Post
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    First knife off the bench for 2023 , 1084 German high carbon steel, composite handles of black G10 and pins with desert ironwood.
    Already has a couple of deer under it's belt , always nice to see them out being used.
    that is very very nice indeed
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    Quote Originally Posted by littlemorepork View Post
    @viper
    Just out of curiosity 1084 is an AISI number.
    Why is it German steel?
    Because that's where there particular 1084 steel is made , it is regarded as some of the worlds best 1084. I would imagine you can get it made in various countries but the German high carbon steels are excellent.
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    New arrivals, just tested and I happy for both of the quality and...the price
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    So be it

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    Broke my wee Svord peasant knife so I gave it a new lease on life as a fixed blade
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    270 is a harmonic divisor number[1]
    270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
    270 is a practical number, by the second definition
    The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
    270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
    Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
    10! has 270 divisors
    270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst View Post
    Broke my wee Svord peasant knife so I gave it a new lease on life as a fixed blade
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    Nice. I changed out my plastic handle for an antler one too.

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    Made right here in sunny Nelson!

    I wanted a Loveless style 'dropped hunter' ( see this thread for some beautiful things https://www.lovelessknives.com/hunting/ )
    So Steve 'knocked' this up - but for less than a genuine Bob Loveless original! (January 2, 1929 – September 2, 2010)

    ATS-34 Stainless tool steel @ HRC 61

    Green Canvas Micarta

    Mirror polished, in a 4mm Russet leather hand stitched sheath.

    As with Loveless knives, you may be able to make out the wafer thin red in-lay just visible around the micarta. And I particularly like the way the steel is tapered back through the handle.

    Anyway, have a nosey and see what ya think.

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    Orkot-handled Elmax drop point.

    This weekend just past finished off an Elmax blank I made four+ years ago (Uddeholm Elmax: C 1.7%; Si 0.8%; Mn 0.3%; Cr 18%; Mo 1.0%; V 3.0%).
    Overall length 243 mm, blade length 120 mm, blade thickness at spine 3.3 mm.
    Heat treated by me (last time I'll do that, as the furnace's thermocouple burnt out at 1100C), tests out at HRC 57.
    Hollow-ground blade, tapered tang, (lead-free) soldered brass guard, hand-made knifemaker's bolts, Orkot (kind of like micarta) handle.
    Hard to get a decent photo. Inset shows detail of tapering and fit at guard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst View Post
    Broke my wee Svord peasant knife so I gave it a new lease on life as a fixed blade
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    Good. Best improvement you can do to those things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    Good. Best improvement you can do to those things.
    My thoughts exactly.
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    Experience. What you get just after you needed it.

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    I have always wanted a classy camp Knife fork and spoon set so commissioned Justin Williams ( under the Judge brand out of Auckland) to make a set.
    Stainless, stablished Gidgee scales, canvas and deer skin roll. Very pleased with the result.

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    Should have added a close up of the knife above as well.

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    Lovely knife by Sam Harrison.
    If the photos don't come through I'll fix in the morning.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MCCPRO View Post
    Lovely knife by Sam Harrison.
    If the photos don't come through I'll fix in the morning.


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