I forged this blade from a 1 1/8" round bar of Cru Forge-V, a high carbon forging steel made specifically for the forging knife maker.
The handle is a spectacular example of stabilized end-grain, spalted Pecan from south Georgia.
It seems that nearly 49 out of 50 of my hunting knives are made in a take-down fashion.
This knife is #50.
It will be forever in a fixed assembly condition.
I used this knife in a recent demonstration of knife assembly techniques. I still used almost every step in the process of take-down - from the threaded finial, tang and pinned guard assembly. (I use this option for my knife making 'freedom' while making the knife.)
But, this one will finally get epoxied in a fixed assembly.
The finial assembly hole in the handle butt will be filled with a plug of the same spalted Pecan from the mother-material.
This knife should offer the owner many, many years of service.
Topic: Spalted Pecan Hunter (Read 1621 times)
