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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: Idahomike251 on August 20, 2015, 01:18:00 PM

Title: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Idahomike251 on August 20, 2015, 01:18:00 PM: A Japanese sword collector/dealer asked me to make him a 5" fighter at the last Oregon Knife Show. Not my cup of tea, but he challenged me to use somewhat different construction technique than "normal", so I became interested. D2 tool steel (Rockwell 60.5) with stabilized redwood burl handle inserts.
(http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt31/mokamura_photo/Kaji%20Integral_zpsycsvjnab.jpg) (http://s595.photobucket.com/user/mokamura_photo/media/Kaji%20Integral_zpsycsvjnab.jpg.html)
(http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt31/mokamura_photo/Kaji%20Integral-1_zpsebdhemmo.jpg) (http://s595.photobucket.com/user/mokamura_photo/media/Kaji%20Integral-1_zpsebdhemmo.jpg.html)
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Lin Rhea on August 20, 2015, 04:21:00 PM: That is great. I really like it!
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Steve Nuckels on August 20, 2015, 10:53:00 PM: Mike, that is most interesting! Really great job on that, you should be proud. I can't stop looking at it!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation
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Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: just_a_hunter on August 21, 2015, 04:24:00 AM: That is one of the coolest fighters I've ever seen.

Todd
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Track on August 21, 2015, 10:56:00 AM: Really nice looking knife. Something different from the other fighter designs posted here.
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Izzy on August 21, 2015, 10:59:00 AM: Astounding creativity and craftsmanship!
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Idahomike251 on August 21, 2015, 11:38:00 AM: Thank you fellas. Customer's exact words were:
"Make me something that I don't already have in my collection". When you are creatively challenged like that, you can not help but get a little excited.
Mike O.
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: Doug Campbell on August 22, 2015, 01:50:00 PM: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: akaboomer on August 22, 2015, 05:26:00 PM: Very slick. I like it.

Chris
Title: Re: 5" Integral Fighter
Post by: LONGBOWKID on September 24, 2015, 08:53:00 AM: I've always wanted to attempt an integral like this. You knocked it out of the park. Great work.