Steve Sells Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 A friend asked me for a blade as a present for his 25 yr old son. 260 layer pool & eye. Drop point of 1095/L6. Grip is box elder, with nickel silver and white marble. 5 inch cutting edge, 10.5 inch over all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 sweet. I like the marble. Is that stuff a pain to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 YES ! lol carbide mill and lots of water to keep the stone cool, I didnt actually drill but scrape the holes in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Don't think I want any part of that stuff right now. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yeah really came out pretty but that sounds like a royal pain to work with. Gunna be doing that again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 How about a wip? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I keep coming back to this post - I love the majority of your work, and the materials on this one are spectacular... but it looks like the customer designed the handle and blade to me... how'd you settle upon that shape? I ask because the waver in the cutting edge bugs me... and I'm not even sure why haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Of course I will use stone again, this is my 4th time using stone, the first was jasper, and I made 4 before I got it right, shattered the first 3. I am sure there will be more oportunities for stone. This was my first for marble though. The odd design is copied from an old American Revolution time period blade. The wave bugged me too, perhaps it was from over sharpening in the past? The handle is shaped to fit his hand. I added the pommel to visually balance it out, and to prevent the blade from slipping while cleaning game. this is the second pommel for this one, the first stripped out the threads when I tightened it, so had to re make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Frisse Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Super cool blade, Steve! I like that blade shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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