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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: Lin Rhea on January 17, 2016, 02:37:00 PM
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It's for hunting brutes. :)
The blade is 4-1/2 inches and the steel is 80crv2 steel and the stag was dyed for me by Culpepper's.
I think this one turned out especially nice.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/24416865686_b179e28209_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DcCPuS)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1657/23814909504_e914d5e7e0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ChrCU1)
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You're right Lin. That's is exceptional.
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That's my favorite full tang I've seen of yours. Not that any of the others weren't awesome.
An absolute perfect knife in my oppinion. What a beauty.
WOW!
Todd
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Great work Lin!
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Outstanding Lin. You know I really like the rat tail brutes you do. The longer, leaner profile with the stag makes this one my favorite of them to date. Thanks for sharing.
Chris
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Outstanding work. I love the rat tail design and the stag is awesome. One thing that I'm still not a huge fan of on most brute knives is the excess space between the scales and the plunge line, but that's just a part of that design that can't be avoided I guess. I believe you actually addressed that very issue on one a while back with a sort of seashell shaped piece there, I think made from brass or copper. I guess you'd call it a bolster for lack of a better word. In my opinion, that one was the brute style perfected. But I wouldn't mind carrying this one around either. ;)
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That's very nice!
All kinds of interesting details!
Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith
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Thanks guys. :campfire:
Matt, That is something that I am working on because I would like to squeeze the whole thing a bit tighter together. Notice the scales on this one are rounded a bit in front to avoid the abrupt square shape. We will see what develops.