W2 With Raised Clip

[akaboomer]

I was asked to make a knife that will be a gift to an Air Force Soldier. A price was agreed on however the design neede a little tweaking to make it a knife I wanted to make. A sketch was made and sent for aproval. So I began my first full tang knife. I dropped it off with Chuck Ward Friday for him to shoot. I think Chuck did a great job and I wanted to share it here.  

Comments and critiques welcomed.

Chris

[MTArrowLauncher]

That's a beauty, nice work sir

[Ray Hammond]

Chris that's very crisp and clean- really sweet knife !

[rbcorbitt]

Beautiful knife and beautiful photography!  Really like the lines of the raised clip!

[srtben]

That's really nice Chris. I like your treatment of the front of the scales, very cool and unique.

[Lamey]

Very nice!

[kbaknife]

Wow - nicely done.
Doesn't get much better than that.

[D.Ellis]

Very clean! Top notch work    
Darcy

[Lin Rhea]

Very nice work all the way around. Its hard to hide any problems on a simple design. Which makes it not so simple after all.       Anyone would be happy to carry that knife.

I know you are a big proponent of testing your work. Can you give us an idea of the things you put it through before you were satisfied?

[Doug Campbell]

No doubt about it Chris, very nicely done. Thanks for posting.

[4est trekker]

That is fantastic all the way around! Way to go!

[Kevin Evans]

I agree nicely done!  

[Arrowest]

Nothing but positive comments on that one Chris. Very nice work.

[akaboomer]

Thanks for the kind comments fellas. Ben, the shaping on the front of the scales was designed as retention in the Kydex it will be wearing. I would hate it if the knife wasnt where it was supposed to be when there is a need for it.

Lin, I am big on testing because I want to pull every little bit of potential out of the steel. I started testing this one on a pine 2"x2". I shaved chopped and cut. It handled these tasks well so I found a knot it the 2"x2" and chopped it repeatedly.  Again it showed no damage and still shaved. Next I did some crunching cuts through 3/8" sisal rope. At over 200 cuts it would still cut hair. All this without touching up the edge again.

I really enjoyed making this one. Forging it was a bit trickier than I first thought. I like to see the knife in the forged product. This one required more shaping on the grinder than I usually do.

Chris

[Ric O'Shay]

I like the tapered tang. Nice touch. The Airman should be very proud and honored to carry this beauty.

[amar911]

Very nice! The tapered tang really sets off the knife, and the retention ridge looks good as well as being functional. Good design.

Allan