antigoth24 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Here is a recent project that I just finished up, as the title says it's a camp chopper. I forged this knife up last week and just got around to finishing it yesterday, but still need to make the sheath for it. The only thing that I dislike about this knife is that the hamon is a bit faded near the choil, the hamon is there but you can only see it when you are looking at the knife up close (so frustrating) but otherwise I am pleased with how this knife turned out and performs, I will post a video later showing its performance. The handle of this knife was a new challenge for me as I haven't done a multi-lamination before but I decided I would give it a shot. The woods I used in this knife are Australian red mallee gum burl, zyrcote, desert ironwood, and Bolivian rosewood. It was a pain trying to get all the angles lined up and to stop sliding, but eventually I got it. This was a fun project and I will post more pictures as it is finished up with the sheath. Let me know what you think! Specs: 1084 with hamon Blade: 8 3/4 inches Blade width: 1 3/4 inches Handle length: 6 inches Overall: 14 3/4 inches Thanks for looking. Robert Burns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Olivo Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Very nice, like it alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Nice job..I like how you pieced the handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antigoth24 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks for the comments everyone :) Okay so I still need a lot of improvement on my leather work but here it is with it's sheath. This was my first inlay and I used stingray skin which dulled about 5 of my exacto knife blades before cutting the pieces I needed... I'll post the performance video later tonight if I get time. Thanks for looking! All comments and criticisms are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antigoth24 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Well here is the knife performance test video I promised, let me know what you think.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSEu4rRZuRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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