rhitee93 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I had someone ask for a knife that had an owl theme, and this is what I came up with. The blade is 1095 sandwiched by 15N20. The handle is redwood burl with a naval brass guard that has been shaped to look like a raptor talon. I had some struggles with this one. The first blade delaminated, and got relegated to being broken to check the grain size. I had to make the guard 3 times because I kept getting it too hot and turning the brass into into cottage cheese. Here are a few in progress shots if you are interested: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Lovely, great lines and the tallon guard is a nice touch. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS3900 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Man that looks great! The guard really flows with the clean lines on the blade. How did you do the owl pendant in the handle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 What TC said. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 So impressive!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 amazing job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhitee93 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Thanks everyone! CMS3900, the owl inserts are pins (Like a lapel pin) I found online somewhere. I just removed most of the backing pin, and inset them in the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Takes some endurance going through such a project...and overall very nice work on the steel and blade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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