Osage and Steel

[FerretWYO]

Would love some feed back on this knife from the guys here, as you are the best there is. This is made from a planner blade and Osage. I made the guard out of a scrap piece of file.

 

 

 

[just_a_hunter]

That is very nice. That Osage looks great. I have some, just haven't gotten around to using it yet.

My only feedback would be to put some pins in the handle but the knife looks really good.

How are you heat treating?

Todd

[92Fspc4]

Good job.  Mating of the parts looks very good.

The only input I have is pure personal preference.  The blade shape and grind are right up my ally.  I'm not a fan of the owls head grip shape but it does look functional and comfortable.  I would personally give the guard a curve toward the handle and sweeping the handle up to the guard.  Now this is just preference since I'm not good at guards so I don't use them  What epoxy did you use.  Are there hidden pins.  Did you rough up the tang of use lightening holes.

[FerretWYO]

Pins  are needed no doubt. Unfortunately this blade I ground hard. So no beat treating was needed and I don't have the tooling to drill a hole in it.

[92Fspc4]

If you can do what you did on a hardened blade you will do awesome on an annealed blade.

[gudspelr]

I really like Osage. The knife looks very nice. I think you'll find that many people have their preferences and so long as you're making something that you like, that's a great place to begin. Some things that others shared with me that I still try to remember and implement: subtle curves tend to be appealing to the eye. Make each knife as good as you possibly can, which means you're always getting better. Use the knife and hold it in various positions to see if the handle shape could be modified for more comfort, control, or hot spots. On other than chopper type knives (and assuming good heat treat, etc) don't be afraid to take the edge down pretty thin before sharpening.

For hardened steel, carbide drill bits will make it through for pins if hardened is all your equipment will allow you to use. If you'd like to get your hands on some annealed bar stock, let me know and I can send some to you. Sure makes doing the initial grinding and shaping and drilling easier.    

Thanks for sharing and great job on the knife.

Jeremy

[FerretWYO]

Thanks all.

[frank bullitt]

Nice!      Look Mom, no pins!

Pure, clean, natural!

[Lin Rhea]

It's not easy to fit the guard in those. Good job. I see some more fine knives in the future for you Randy.

I second the idea of pins. Carbide bits might drill it.

[MnFn]

Very nice Rsndy. It's different and looks really well executed to my inexperienced eye.

I am hoping to try my hand at it this summer, once things slow down.  Hopefully we can talk a bit about this in the future.

Gary

[Fallguy]

Very nice, what I have found trying to drill stuff that it is the speed of the drill not the material. Slooooooooooow is the only way to go 100 rpm or less.

[cacciatore]

Nice knife overall,but the blade deserve a mention.

[1oldbowguy]

Osage and Steel, great combo looks great