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Burl Maple and ATS-34

Started by Bladepeek, September 25, 2012, 03:09:00 PM

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Bladepeek

A friend ordered 6 small hunting knives for a family hunting group. They had to be all the same and have a handle indigenous to Michigan's Upper Peninsula where their camp is.He kept talking Fir and Pine and I kept saying "You're kidding". I asked him if there were no maple trees and he admitted that there were a few.I ordered 8 sets of burl maple and picked the most closely matched set of 6.



60" Bear Super K LH 40#@28
69" Matt Meacham LH 42@28
66" Swift Wing LH 35@28
54" Java Man Elk Heart LH 43@28
62"/58" RER LXR LH 44/40@28

wood carver 2

Beautiful knives! Hardwood over softwood...always!
Dave.
" Vegetarian" another word for bad hunter.

Lin Rhea

Great job. It's not easy to make several looking alike.
"We dont rent pigs." Augustus McCrae
ABS Master Bladesmith
TGMM Family of the Bow
Dwyer Dauntless longbow 50 @ 28
Ben Pearson recurve 50 @ 28
Tall Tines Recurve 47@28
McCullough Griffin longbow 43@28

Steve Nuckels

Very nice x 6

Steve
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Potomac Forge
W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation

Keefer

I don't drink anymore but that's what I would call a cool 6 pack! Great job...

RkyMtn Joe

Those knives will be priceless to their new owners.  Beautiful job there.

amar911

Ron,

Those look great and very well matched. Could you give us more details on size, metal, leather, etc.?

Allan
TGMM Family of the Bow

Bladepeek

Well, the metal was ATS-34 and I sent it out to Paul Bos for heat treating to RC-60. Think they were 5/32 stock and the blades were 3 1/4" long.

Not my normal style of sheath. I usually do a pouch style, but these were a bit easier to fit. Cut them all out at the same time and then adjusted the fit with the snap placement. I like the pouch style better. The blade snaps in and no snap or strap to get cut or wear out.

Definitely decided I don't like batch work   :(
60" Bear Super K LH 40#@28
69" Matt Meacham LH 42@28
66" Swift Wing LH 35@28
54" Java Man Elk Heart LH 43@28
62"/58" RER LXR LH 44/40@28

BrownA5


Bodork

Those guys will be thrilled! Great job!!

joekeith


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