Curly Maple & W2 Camp Chopper. 10-1/4"l x 2"w blade, 15-1/2" overall. Forged from W2 round bar, differentially heat treated using clay with active hamon. Got to put a few more coats of finish on the Curly Maple over the next few days.
Any how, some quick pics,
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Very Nice Matt! I love the upswept blade, it has an old school butchers knife look.
thanks Ben... i havent made a blade shape like this in a long time... Cuts good too!
Love the Hamon detail! Beautiful work, sir!!
That's beastly! I bet she chops great.
Darcy :)
Very nice Matt. Nobody does the maple better. I love the maple and Hamon. Thanks for sharing.
Chris
thanks fellas, I really love maple, just cut up a fresh batch yesturday... loookin fwd. to seeing how it looks after finished etc. Gonna put some on my 'truck" Bowie.
Looks like something a well-heeled pirate might wear. Very nice.
Allan
That's not a moon! That's a SPACE STATION!
ha!!! headed to OK after some leather.
That sure is pretty Matt. :clapper:
Boy, I like that package! That looks like a hard-working tool. Excellent job, Matt! :thumbsup:
Very nice work and I'll wager that blade is thin enough you could do a lot of cutting without beating yourself up.