A good friend of mine was nice enough to name a knife I made maybe five years ago as the "Chairman". It seemed to remind him of a cross between a Chute and an Airman.
Apparently, I have a customer who liked it as well.
He wanted a hunting knife with a hi-lo guard and settled on the Chairman that he found in my archives.
So we have the latest rendition here in W2, stainless take-down fittings, a crested spine, and stabilized and dyed Curly Maple.
I hope to see this thing get some use the Fall.

Lovely work on the spine...a real touch of class.  

Looks good Karl, I can see why he picked it and I like the way you did the front of the guard, ( soft rolling shoulders) keep'm coming
Dana

I like the name, not as much as the knife.  The spine does look great and once again great hammon.

Chris

Good stuff, as always.  You mention this is a take-down.  Do you have an inset screw in the pommel?

Rusty

Please allow me to re-issue the Chairman just completed.
I was happy with neither the Hamon nor the previous photo.
I needed to mix a new batch of etchant and also wait until I had a little sunshine to show off this extraordinary piece of maple.
The chatoyance in the material makes it literally look like velvet. In person, it seems as if you might be able to stick your finger down INTO the maple.
It is really fantastic.

QuoteOriginally posted by Rusty Snuffers:
Good stuff, as always.  You mention this is a take-down.  Do you have an inset screw in the pommel?

Rusty

Yes.

That is really nice!

Thanks for the break-down pic, Karl.  Good stuff right there.

Rusty

Karl, the pins sit vertically, inset in the front of the handle?

Those pins go .200" into the back of the guard and .425" into the face of the handle on either side of the tang.

She is fine. Ill have to borrow her when she gets to NY. I might not give it back if she performs half as good as she looks.

Once again another satisfied knife owner,thanks to Karl Andersen,from Andersen Forge,,,thanks for everything,Karl.The Chairman is more than what i expected,,,Excellent craftmanship,,,it was a pleasure to deal with u.