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Author Topic: How about one for the veterans - Cocobolo/1084 Raised Clip - Sheath Pics Added  (Read 1035 times)

Offline tomsm44

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I've been donating a knife to my local NWTF banquet for the past few years to be sold in the live auction.  I tried something a little different last year that seemed to go over well also.  Each year, we call all of the veterans up to the front and thank them for their service and ask them to lead us in the pledge of allegance to start the banquet.  We then give each one a flag pin comes with the banquet package and that costs all of 5 cents and is usually made in china or Taiwan.  So last year I made a second knife and we had a free drawing that only the veterans were entered in to see who got the knife.  So this is going to be the veterans knife for this year's banquet.  A simple little raised clip tactical/hunter.  This is my first try at a tactical style blade so all you tactical guys let me know how I did and what I could do to improve it.

4 1/2" blade
8 5/8" OAL
1084 finished with a bleach etch method that Darcy was kind enough to explain to me on his end of the world Bowie thread.  I did my final grind after etching to get a slightly more polished finish on the bevels to contrast the flats on the side of the blade.
Cocobolo scales with brass pins/tubing.

   

   

   
Matt Toms

Flatwoods Custom R/D:  64", 47@28
'66 Kodiak: 60", 55@28
Redwing Hunter:  58", 53@28
Ben Pearson 709 Hunter:  58", 47@28
Ben Pearson 709 Hunter:  58", 42@28
Hoots Recurve:  56", 42@28

Offline Lin Rhea

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That's a man's knife. Very nice.
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Offline D.Ellis

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Nice work Matt.  :thumbsup:  
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Offline Ray Hammond

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Schhhweeeeeeet!!
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Offline crafty

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You definitely achieved what you were trying for. Beautiful blade for sure.
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Offline Kevin Evans

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Nice  :thumbsup:

Offline Steve Nuckels

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I like every inch of that Bad Boy!

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Offline subsonic

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Nice looking knife. Well done!
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Offline L. Harris

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Oh, that's nice!!!!!
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Offline tomsm44

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Thanks guys.  I've just about got the one that'll be going in the banquet auction finished.  I'll try to get some pictures of it up this weekend.  I'll have to get by Tandy leather next week so I can get the sheaths finished before next Thursday night.

Matt
Matt Toms

Flatwoods Custom R/D:  64", 47@28
'66 Kodiak: 60", 55@28
Redwing Hunter:  58", 53@28
Ben Pearson 709 Hunter:  58", 47@28
Ben Pearson 709 Hunter:  58", 42@28
Hoots Recurve:  56", 42@28

Offline akaboomer

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Very nice Matt. I like it.

Chris

Offline gables

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Great work!
"Art is thoughtful workmanship." W.R. Lethaby

Offline tomsm44

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I got the sheaths finished for this one and the auction knife yesterday evening.  Just in time since the banquet is tonight.

 
Matt Toms

Flatwoods Custom R/D:  64", 47@28
'66 Kodiak: 60", 55@28
Redwing Hunter:  58", 53@28
Ben Pearson 709 Hunter:  58", 47@28
Ben Pearson 709 Hunter:  58", 42@28
Hoots Recurve:  56", 42@28

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