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Offline Toecutter

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Trade knife
« on: July 17, 2011, 01:38:00 PM »
Well i finally made one for myself to keep. This isn't a new design for me, but i'm pretty well stoked to have it staying home.  O-1 (as usual for me), curly maple and copper. Finaly got a leather groover so I was excited for this sheath as well.  Please bear with a proud papa...
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Offline Doug Campbell

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2011, 01:46:00 PM »
Nice Nate  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Offline KHALVERSON

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 02:10:00 PM »
well done
i think the mustard patina and curly maple
are a great combination
great package all together
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Offline Hunter 709

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2011, 03:02:00 PM »
Very nice, I'm always a sucker for curly maple. Very nice patina as well. Good stuff.
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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2011, 06:09:00 PM »
I just plain like that knife!
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Offline drewsbow

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2011, 06:20:00 PM »
Dang Brother that is awesome , I love the grooves   :clapper:
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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2011, 08:21:00 PM »
Nathan,
Where you been hiding those beauties!!  I love it  :thumbsup:   Are you coming up for the White
Mountain Shoot at Tynesboro in August?  Your welcome to stay at our house just 15 minutes away...Doc
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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 08:29:00 PM »
Oh boy, I sure do like that one  :) .  Really like the sheath, too.  What did you do to obtain the patina on your blade?  Great job.


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Offline srtben

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 09:38:00 PM »
Man that maple is glowing! really nice work on the sheath to!
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Offline Steve Nuckels

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2011, 10:19:00 PM »
Nathan, that is most excellent!  I like everything about that knife and sheath!  The maple is pretty and that Spanish notch is a nice detail!

What stain did you use on the maple please?

Nice photos too.

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Offline coltar

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2011, 10:44:00 PM »
Nice knife & sheath.
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Offline Toecutter

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2011, 11:22:00 PM »
Thanks for all the kind words, means a lot coming from you guys.

Jeff-I just looked up the dates on the shoot, Argh!!  I'm gonna be in WY that weekend.  I cant say that I'm disappointed to be going to WY, but why couldnt it be another weekend???  :banghead:  I'd love to meet up for another shoot though. Plus that would be a great excuse to pick your brain on a few things knife related as well.

Steve, I wrote down my recipe, cause I figured I'd forget(which I promptly did).  I'll dig up my notebook and post it on here tomorrow hopefully. I know I used alcohol based leather dye and a minwax stain of another color. I luckily have a big slab of curly that I experimented all over.

Jeremy- Thats good old plain french's mustard. Put it on "REAL" thin and then pull it up into little peaks with your fingertip. Anywhere thats yellow wont really be affected, the clear spots are where it darkens.  Must be an aerobic reaction of some sort and the mustard seed paste prevents Oxygen from reaching the surface. The other spots are free to be affected by the acetic acid and air. Just my guess. Nothing like fitting my hypothesis to the results eh? Probably dont want to repeat that to anyone since its probably way off base  ;)  

Drew, If anything ever "happens" to your sheath, I could always make you a new and improved one!
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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2011, 01:37:00 AM »
Nathan, excellent work.  Really like the patina on the blade and the clean lines of the sheath.  Well done.
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Offline L. Harris

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2011, 01:20:00 PM »
Beautiful work on both, the knife and sheath!!
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Offline LONGBOWKID

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2011, 06:57:00 PM »
Looks great!
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Offline GWV

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2011, 09:00:00 PM »
Alot of detail on that one.  Really nice!
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Offline Toecutter

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2011, 09:48:00 PM »
Thanks again guys!

Steve, i looked up the procedure i used and good thing I wrote it down cause it wasnt what I thought.  Here goes: first i whiskered it 3 times with rubbing alcohol, next i soaked in linsed for 5 min and then wiped clean. Next I applied Fiebings dark brown(#124) for 3 mins.wiped clean and repeated the linseed soak one more time. After it dried for a few days and stopped sweating, i hit it with my buffing wheel and some beeswax. Thought for sure I used the minwax, but i did a whole ton of practice spots on this one, so this must have made it pop the best for me.

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2011, 10:02:00 PM »
Thanks Nathan, interesting procedure and I like the results.  I would not have thought the stain would take well after soaking in linsed oil!  Now I need to write it down!

Thanks!


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Offline 75diagg

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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2011, 04:21:00 AM »
Nathan  That Curly wood looks frikin beautiful..And O-1 is a great steel its one that keeps ticken long after those others give in.
Man my Sis may need to take some sheath lessons from you...Wow   I thought Mass was only good for tea parties.. Not to often I WANT SOMEONE ELSES KNIFE...
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Re: Trade knife
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2011, 06:18:00 PM »
Almost makes me want to "loose" my sheath , but there isn't anything wrong with it   :thumbsup:
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