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Offline bjansen

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Walnut hunter
« on: January 04, 2015, 08:15:00 AM »
I finished this blade yesterday.  It is 7.5" overall and has just under a 3.5" W2 blade.  It is .166 at the ricasso and I made it by stock removal.  I made two of these blades and the other knife is still a work in progress.  The handle is a piece of old walnut found in my grandpa's workshop. The board had to be sitting there for at least 25 years and was never used because the curly grain led to severe tearout when he planed it down.  I cut it up and sent it off for stabilizing and I think it turned out fairly good.

Here are a few final pics as well as some pics of the progress along the way.  

       

       

       

     

     

       

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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2015, 02:05:00 PM »
lovely knife! clean lines.  Like your machine work, this is very carefully done, and looks great.
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Offline D.Ellis

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2015, 02:35:00 PM »
Pretty little hunter. Simple and classy. That walnut looks real good on there.
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Offline Bodork

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2015, 10:02:00 PM »
Just a beautiful knife!

Offline Bill Kissner

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2015, 10:55:00 PM »
Great looking knife Brad!
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Offline Lin Rhea

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2015, 08:34:00 AM »
Great looking knife Brad. I like the Walnut especially since it has connections to your Grandpa.
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Offline House

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2015, 01:48:00 AM »
Absolutely love everything about this knife.

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Offline Cyclic-Rivers

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2015, 07:06:00 PM »
Beautiful. it would match my next bow!
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Offline srtben

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Re: Walnut hunter
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2015, 01:09:00 AM »
Really nice!
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