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Title: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: kbaknife on March 22, 2014, 08:11:00 PM
A knife I'll be taking to my next knife show in Janesville, Wisconsin next week.
It's been a pretty tough go of it for a while.
Without going into a lot of detail, I burned off the membrane in the eye that covers the cornea. I was totally blind for a while in that eye. Pain level of 10 on a 1-10 scale. Poor sleep. So, not much knife work got done.
Luckily, the eye tissues are the fastest healing tissues in the body.
Still not healed, but I managed to get this done.
A W1 blade with natural hamon and fabulous African Blackwood handle material.
See ya' in Wisconsin!

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Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: bretto on March 22, 2014, 08:57:00 PM
That's pretty dang good work for a " One Eyed Fat Man " LOL.

Hope you see the humor in that Karl. I'm glad to hear your on the mend.

Beautiful work as always.

bretto
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: kbaknife on March 22, 2014, 09:10:00 PM
A little True Grit humor?
I don't mind being compared to Rooster Cogburn.

QuoteOriginally posted by bretto:
That's pretty dang good work for a " One Eyed Fat Man " LOL.
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: D.Ellis on March 22, 2014, 11:21:00 PM
Fill your hand you son of a...........!
Nice work Rooster! I mean, Karl.   :D  
I really like the sculpting you did on that blackwood.
Heal fast.
Darcy   :campfire:
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: Lin Rhea on March 23, 2014, 08:07:00 AM
That's a beautiful knife Karl. Blackwood is one of my favorites.
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: akaboomer on March 23, 2014, 09:31:00 AM
Sorry to hear of the eye injury. While the eye may heal fast, eye injuries are very painful. I hope you have a full and speedy recovery.

Beautiful knife though. Thanks for sharing.

Chris
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: Doug Campbell on March 23, 2014, 05:30:00 PM
Another good'n buddy, hang in there and take better care of yourself. Made me hurt just hearing you describe it the other day.
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: cacciatore on March 23, 2014, 07:02:00 PM
I am glad you are healing Karl,take care.
Another nice work.
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: Bladepeek on March 23, 2014, 07:43:00 PM
Really graceful curves and the bottom of that handle looks great. I Like that one a LOT!
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: Bigriver on March 23, 2014, 08:30:00 PM
Wow nice! I will get to see this beauty next weekend I hope. I plan on being there Saturday, cant wait. Good luck on the healing process Karl.
Title: Re: W1 Hunter for Janesville
Post by: fmscan on March 23, 2014, 08:43:00 PM
You will appreciate your sight much more now. Very happy that your sight is getting better.
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