Micarta Handle (Pro Photo Added)

[Lin Rhea]

Yep. Shore do.
     

[Steve Nuckels]

Good Info Lin, and an interesting technique.  I'm finishing a hunter with green canvas micarta, my two 3/8 slabs worked well for my size knife, I can see how that would work well for a large knife.

That is a great looking Bowie!

What is that Micarta called?  I like the color.

Steve
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Potomac Forge

[Lin Rhea]

Ivory Paper is the color. Thanks

[Kevin Evans]

Nice Lin ,good imformation,I just finished one with that material,mine was in block form .It certainly does work different than other stuff doesn't it? Mine was kinda like chalk
(the kind on chalk board)while shaping and very soft.
Question Lin ,When handle is finished what do you think would work to put high gloss finish on it?
Kinda looks like Ivory after a couple of weeks.LOL

[Lin Rhea]

The only thing I do is buff it a little. Mine was not chalky but worked nice.

[akaboomer]

Very nice, Lin. I was wondering about the technique you had mentioned for this aplication.  I may try it on one.  Thanks for the tutorial. I love that knife. Can't wait to build a Bowie. I have a couple new files just for it. Not confident enough to try to grind one that size.

[Lin Rhea]

Thanks Chris.

Guys, Chris (akaboomer) acted as my striker when I forged this blade. It's all forged by hand from a 1 inch X 6 inch W-1 round bar. I held it with tongs and struck with my 2 lb hammer and he followed in cadence with a 8 or 10 lb sledge on a 400 lb anvil. We reduced the round bar to a rectangular bar and proceded to forge the blade as I normally would.

[Lamey]

Well hats off to Chris as well,   lot of hard work in that striking!

[akaboomer]

Lin is the master, i just hit where he showed me. It was a true pleasure getting to watch as he forged a round bar into an amazing blade. He forged it so close to final shape that even my beginer eye could see the diamond in the rough. I hope that before long I will have some that make me feel good enough about to show here.

Chris

[Lin Rhea]

Jeff,
      The clip is something I also do a little different than most. I grind and file it by eye. Having a straight blade to start with is the only way to get it looking right. Remember gentle curves. Some of the curves are not the same throughout it's length. The rate of curve changes. So I like to file and look, file and look, etc. This clip is sharp, so I hardened that area and this made the filing pretty tough.

[TheBigRedArcher]

Lin:

There is a reason you have the title of Master Smith. That knife is simply amazing. Thank you for sharing this with us.

TBRA

[Lin Rhea]

[kbaknife]

Looks like you know what you were doing there, Lin.
Inspiring, indeed.