Thread: Various Knives

@Von Gruff Knives Yeh that is a similar model,l have had/used mine for over 2 Decades now so they do not have any cross cut etc .No worries just wanted to check it is something you would look at .I will PM you in the New Year ,l could even send you one of mine to physically model off if it is a goer & makes it easier.

Originally Posted by bunji

@Von Gruff Knives Yeh that is a similar model,l have had/used mine for over 2 Decades now so they do not have any cross cut etc .No worries just wanted to check it is something you would look at .I will PM you in the New Year ,l could even send you one of mine to physically model off if it is a goer & makes it easier.

I believe that 80CrV2 is a better steel for the toughness that style of knife may need

Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives

I believe that 80CrV2 is a better steel for the toughness that style of knife may need

Yep l will leave any of those sort of decisions & input up to your expertise

This pair of Light Hunters are away to Texas for a father and son. Flat back buffalo horn bolsters with Hickory Burl scales on the 1084 blades.

Decided to have a play on the power hammer this morning so the remains of my fathers 1950's era wrecking bar was the starting point for something with a bit of persian influence. Got it flattened and rough shaped the went through the normalising before marking on the desired shape and going to the grinder. still a bit thick at 3/16 full so will take it back to about 5/32 before contuing with build.

Finished up the seax with copper and mystery wood. Added a bit of simple decoration with my 3 pin mark on the handle with both copper pins and black dots. (ok so I forgot to mark the blade so this was a reasonable work around.

Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives

Two of the new design Heavy hunters all done. Blades are 5 inch of .170/4.3mm with the first one being a new personal knife with a lovely piece of exhibition grade walnut over CB buffalo horn on the 1075 high carbon blade.






Second one has OD canvas micarta over orange liners on a NitroV SS blade

Beautiful knives !!!!!!!!

Finished the Persian this morning. Was a fun project with some difficulties to keep it interesting.
Forged from old wrecker bar with brass bolsters and pomel, brass and blue G10 spacers and a nice piece of spalted Buckeye for the scales. Had seen some sheaths with the D rings so made a form and bent a couple up. Leather laces to tie to belt.

The San mai blade (1084-15N20-1020) I re-ground down from a saber grind J T Ranger to a FF grind generic hunter to better show the san main line and it came out nicely as well. Spalted buckeye bolster with walnut scales.

Nice ! Must be bloody hot work in these temps

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Nice ! Must be bloody hot work in these temps

Can see near 40 degrees when the forge is cranking

My knife from post # 20 finally in action.



It worked a charm

A couple finished this morning. A Bearded Chef with dyed giraffe bone on the NitroV SS blade. It has a 9 inch blade while only being 10 1/2 inches over all. This is my own design and offers many advantages over standard chef knives, chinese vegetable knives and the serbian knife. The second knife is a PH EDC with Koa over CB bronze bolsters on the 1075 blade. This knife was designed for and collaboration with the African PH's and this one is away to africa next week.

Some new Karelian Birch handle blocks arrived from the Ukraine this morning. I am quite partial to the gold flecks in the blue and green blocks and the red and black will have a variagated finish that will make a nice visual on the handle.



I have traded with a taxidermist friend in South Africa for these and he is just waiting on the cites paperwork before getting them away to me. Costly but my customer base loves giraffe bone with the previous lot I got being used in short order . Makes for a very nice handle either on its own or complemented with contrasting bolster

A set for a friend / worker in the inward goods section of a natural/organic store and the lever is often used for wood boxes where the nipple nose is used against the side of cardboard boxes to prevent over penetration against the product packaging inside. The knot hook is not sharpened as in a gut hook but is used to get into knots where produce is tied with rope/string. This set is dreived from my light rescue set.