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Started by kbaknife, March 19, 2009, 10:01:00 AM

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kbaknife

March 19, 2009, 10:01:00 AM
In light of the recent thread on where to find handle material, I would like to post this one!
This is another piece of Walnut that I salvaged from a demise of doom in the fireplace!
While splitting some firewood to sell two years ago, a friend of mine discovered a piece that had some strage "goin's on" inside it!
So, I cut it into blocks and dried them in the ceiling of my shop for two years and then sent to K and G to be stabilized.
My customer chose this one for his 5160 hunter to use in Colorado where he lives.
Hot blued guard and finial in a take-down assembly.
I just keep wishing I had a truck load of that walnut!
 
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist,
When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Chief Joseph

Tim Fishell

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March 19, 2009, 10:47:00 AM
Man that is another beauty Karl!!  Some day I will hopefully get one of your knives!!   :thumbsup:
Dreams can not be bought; they are free to those who have lived. -Mike Mitten

We must go beyond the textbooks, go out into the untrodden depths of the wilderness & travel & explore & tell the world the glories of our journey

TGMM Family of the Bow

Over&Under

#2
March 19, 2009, 11:54:00 AM
That has got to be one of my favorites so far from your shop!!!  Beautifull!!!!!
"Elk (add hogs to the list) are not hard to hit....they're just easy to miss"          :)
TGMM

skullworks

#3
March 19, 2009, 11:58:00 AM
Beautiful as always Karl!
'cuz deer huntin' ain't catch & release!

kbaknife

#4
March 19, 2009, 01:55:00 PM
I got asked for an upper and lower view of this knife:

When the last deer disappears into the morning mist,
When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Chief Joseph

Brad Singley

#5
March 19, 2009, 02:04:00 PM
Karl,  That is beautiful,  look forward to meeting you at the Blade Show.  Brad
Brad Singley
ABS Journeyman Smith

OconeeDan

#6
March 19, 2009, 03:25:00 PM
Fine job, Karl.  Your photography is to be commended too.  Dan

mwmwmb

#7
March 19, 2009, 04:25:00 PM
Wow You Burn walnut  :eek:  

Do you stabilize all wood?

prarieboy

#8
March 19, 2009, 04:26:00 PM
As always The Karl He dunn good ! Thanks for sharin!
Look up!It's ALL above us.

kbaknife

#9
March 19, 2009, 05:12:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by mwmwmb:
Wow You Burn walnut   :eek:  

Do you stabilize all wood?
No - just those that require/benefit from it.
If I have wood that will benefit from the stabilizing process - it gets it.
I don't stabilize Desert Ironwood, African Blackwood or Ebony.
There are others that do not benefit from it, but I probably don't use them.
I don't stabilize curly maple if it's going to receive wire inlay, but then it gets a deep soaking gun-stock finish after being stained.
Stabilized wood does not receive stain well.
I do have some stabilized curly maple that I will be using soon!
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist,
When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Chief Joseph

beaver#1

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March 19, 2009, 05:22:00 PM
i like that handle profile.  knowing that you do it all by hand sure shows some skill
have i not commanded you? be strong and of good courage;be not afraid or discouraged:for the Lord your God is with you where ever you go. joshua 1:9

Bodork

#11
March 19, 2009, 11:25:00 PM
I don't understand it, Karl. ALL of your knives are my favorite one!
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