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Offline Idahomike251

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5" Integral Fighter
« on: August 20, 2015, 01:18:00 PM »
A Japanese sword collector/dealer asked me to make him a 5" fighter at the last Oregon Knife Show. Not my cup of tea, but he challenged me to use somewhat different construction technique than "normal", so I became interested. D2 tool steel (Rockwell 60.5) with stabilized redwood burl handle inserts.  
 
 
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Offline Lin Rhea

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 04:21:00 PM »
That is great. I really like it!
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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 10:53:00 PM »
Mike, that is most interesting!  Really great job on that, you should be proud.  I can't stop looking at it!

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2015, 04:24:00 AM »
That is one of the coolest fighters I've ever seen.

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Offline Track

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2015, 10:56:00 AM »
Really nice looking knife. Something different from the other fighter designs posted here.
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Offline Izzy

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2015, 10:59:00 AM »
Astounding creativity and craftsmanship!
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Offline Idahomike251

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2015, 11:38:00 AM »
Thank you fellas. Customer's exact words were:
"Make me something that I don't already have in my collection". When you are creatively challenged like that, you can not help but get a little excited.
Mike O.
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Offline Doug Campbell

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2015, 01:50:00 PM »
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Offline akaboomer

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2015, 05:26:00 PM »
Very slick. I like it.

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Offline LONGBOWKID

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Re: 5" Integral Fighter
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2015, 08:53:00 AM »
I've always wanted to attempt an integral like this. You knocked it out of the park. Great work.
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