Fighter and compact hunter

[srtben]

I just finished these two up and figured I would share them together. This are really the first knives I have done in stainless, besides my kitchen knives.
 They are both variants of my Scout drop point. The first one is an Elmax fighter with a nice stonewashed finish and my favorite handle combo, green w/ red liners. It has carbon fibers pins and a copper lanyard tube. The top edge is not sharpened, but could be. I am working on a bigger version of this one in Elmax well, I will post it up in a few days. It will probably get carbon fiber and be sharp top and bottom. : )

The second one is a compact, 3.5" blade hunter/edc. It has a nice slim handle with maroon linen micarta and carbon fiber pins. I gave it an acid washed CPM-154 blade. They will both be getting leather sheaths when I get a chance.

I was going for a classic look on a modern design with these.
Let me know what you guys think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[D.Ellis]

I like em both Ben. Your photography is great too, I need to get better at that.
Darcy  

[Doug Campbell]

Looks like you achieved what you were going for Ben. I like em both, nicely done.

[Lin Rhea]

I like em both. A lot.

[Track]

Great work on both knives.

[just_a_hunter]

:eek:      

Awesome blades...

Todd

[tomsm44]

I'm still not 100% sold on the micarta, but that's just a personal preference.  I still like natural materials for a knife handle.  That aside, they both look awesome.  I really like the profile and size of the small one and I prefer the high flat grind that you used on it.  By the way, I recognize the benefits of micarta, especially on tactical knives, and will use it on occasion, just not my favorite material.  The maroon is actually starting to grow on me after seeing a couple with it.  My dad used to carry a Puma folder with maroon scales of some type when I was a kid.  I think that kinda makes the maroon micarta seem a little more traditional to me.

Matt