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Offline kbaknife

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Brut de Camp
« on: September 30, 2011, 03:02:00 PM »
Something I've been playing with for a while is the creation of a knife utilizing a great deal of forging skills, heat treating skills with decent quality tool steel, and assembly creativity all rolled up into one, and still ending up with a knife built for hard use and minimal care.
So, here we have, the "Brut de Camp".
Forged from large stock W2, given a clay treatment in the heat treating for a spectacular hamon, a Brut de Forge style full tang blade with polished spine, etched hamon and scaled finish on the flats, and topped off with re-cycled tire handle material that has seemingly never-ending grip.
I will finish off this package with a Kydex sheath.
 

 

 
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist,
When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Chief Joseph

Offline 2treks

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2011, 03:30:00 PM »
Very cool Karl. It just beckons me to chop something.Alot of somethings.
Tire for a knife handle eh? sounds cool to me.
Well done,I really like it.

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United States Navy.
1986-1990


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Offline kbaknife

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2011, 04:46:00 PM »
Not tire - recycled tire.
It's ground up tire that's been re-formed into flat sheets.
When the last deer disappears into the morning mist,
When the last elk vanishes from the hills,
When the last buffalo falls on the plains,
I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
Chief Joseph

Offline 2treks

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 06:30:00 PM »
Oh I see, Feels good and grippy eh? Do you glue it down? or just pin it?
Great looking knife Karl.

Chuck
C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.”
~ Francis Chan

Offline Lin Rhea

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2011, 07:51:00 PM »
That's a handsome brute!
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Offline joekeith

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2011, 11:58:00 AM »
WOW..........................whatta hamon.  :saywhat:

Offline GWV

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2011, 03:53:00 PM »
That is a nice one!

Offline akaboomer

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Re: Brut de Camp
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2011, 08:08:00 PM »
I agree "handsome brute" and great Hammon

Chris

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