Tantos, a camp knife, and a chubby kwaiken

[Stormcrow]

Some smaller work from the Blade Show.  All of them are forged from 5160 with wraps of paracord over a foundation of neoprene and impregnated with West System marine epoxy.

This o-tanto has a blade 13" long and an overall length of 18 3/4".

This shorter one's blade is 7 3/4", OAL of 13".

Camp knife is a 7" blade with an OAL of 12 1/2".

And this chubby kwaiken sold before I could get any decent pictures, but the new owner started posting pics of it on Facebook the next day, already out in the woods with it.  I was able to retain more power hammer texture on this one than I usually do and it lends an almost reptilian look to the blade.

With a 12" Wrecker he picked up from me last year:

I didn't get to measure it, but I'd estimate a 6 1/2" - 7" long blade.

He picked up a couple of these belt loops from RMJ at the show.

He told me it would be getting wet, and sure enough, it got rained on its first day in the woods.

Here it is next to the remains of an old moonshine still that he found in his wanderings.

Always glad to see my blades out getting used. 

[boisdarc]

great knives, and great pics.

[Gergely]

Hi James,

No surprise: very cool knives and stuff you got there. That kwaiken is really beautiful, no wonder it selled so fast. 

Back to 5160 or there just was some of it laying around?

Bests:

Gergely

[Mark Ling]

I really like your style of knives; kind of rough along the spine but not to much. very nice work!

                                                                                                   Littleblacksmith

[Stormcrow]

Thank y'all!

 

Gergely - Back to 5160 at least for a while.  Having some issue with not getting 80CrV2 to consistently harden.  Got some advice at the Blade Show I'm going to try out.