I’m starting to show improvement

[godogs57]

A few off the bench this week. Trying my best folks…promise.

Don’t see this very often. Quilted sapele wood handle (stabilized) with a blue liner. This model is named “Dan’s Hunter”…named for a dear friend on this forum. CPM154 stainless here. Sapele was obtained from the Congo!


Two Damascus blades that showed pretty lines I thought. The blue handled one is my Kinchafoonee Hunter and the smaller is a downsized Personal Hunter.






Two Hunters headed out to NM with me next week on a mule deer hunt. Stabilized blue cottonwood on one and desert ironwood on the other. CPM154 again on the blades.


Canadian skinner with 1960’s Westinghouse micarta for the handle. The handle material is unobtainable now. The dark streak is the result of 50-60 years of uv rays. Folks like for that to remain on the finished work to show what it looked like before I sanded it down.



Thanks for looking folks. Hope everyone’s hunting season is starting off well!

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Awesome !!

 

[Railroader]

Yep, what he said! ^^^

 

[Dan DeBord]

That No 1 is the cats meow .

 

[Buck70]

I'm thinkin' you got this knife makin' thing down cold. But that's just my opinion.

 

[godogs57]

That No 1 is the cats meow .

I had a block of this stashed for 15-20 years and just dug it out for this blade. I’m glad I did. I buffed this one to a satin, rather than gloss, finish, which helped show the 3D quality of the wood’s figure. The figure looks really deep on this blade.

 

[godogs57]

I'm thinkin' you got this knife makin' thing down cold. But that's just my opinion.

I’m my worst critic….I still have a way to go. . I haven’t made a perfect knife yet….you keep striving for perfection….that’s what keeps any Knifemaker going. My mentor that taught me had a clever saying: “I’ve never made a perfect knife. If I did you couldn’t afford it.”

 

[ddavis1120]

Those are really nice! Makes me want one of each.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Those are all works of art. I especially like that smaller damascus.

 

[tjchurch]

I like em all. Beautiful.

 

[wvdawg]

You'll get the hang of it some day! Beautiful work!

 

[bullgator]

Impressed every time I open your posts.

 

[Big7]

Very nice !!

Even a layman like me could tell they were not store bought.

Output of 1- 1 1/2 a day @ $500.00 each would be a pretty good living.

Have you ever made something similar to a Ka- Bar ? That would be cool and likely fetch more money.

 

[fatback]

Tremendous. Beautiful work for sure. Good luck on your mule deer hunt.

 

[GeorgiaGlockMan]

I’m my worst critic….I still have a way to go. . I haven’t made a perfect knife yet….you keep striving for perfection….that’s what keeps any Knifemaker going. My mentor that taught me had a clever saying: “I’ve never made a perfect knife. If I did you couldn’t afford it.”

Thank the Lord you have a "crooked eye" both of mine are indeed perfect knives.

 

[godogs57]

Thank the Lord you have a "crooked eye" both of mine are indeed perfect knives.

Thanks so much! Trying hard every day.

 

[snuffy]

Art!!!

 

[trad bow]

Beautiful knives. That blue Kinchafoonee has my hand a jerking

 

[4HAND]

Absolutely beautiful.

 

[Nicodemus]

Hank, you can quit trying. You`ve already reached perfection with this one. Followed closely by The Littermates.