Full Tang Hunter

[Lin Rhea]

I made a Full Tang knife which I rarely do. It is a hunter with a 3-1/2 inch cutting edge and OAL of 8 inches. It is forged of O1 steel and the handle is Micarta with stainless bolsters pinned on.
   

   

   

 This is the forged blade.
 

[bjansen]

Nice work Lin.

[TrackerNy]

That's a real looker, Lin.

[kbaknife]

Pretty darned nice.

[J.W.]

Yep, I dig it.

[tomsm44]

Thats a good looking blade.  I personally prefer full tangs.  

   

[Bigriver]

I would say you should make more `cause that puppy is awesome.

[D.Ellis]

Super clean work Lin    

Darcy

[Doug Campbell]

Another beauty for sure Lin?        

[Lin Rhea]

Thanks guys.  

Darcy, As you know, it's easy to get into a routine of making a particular style and soon it is almost habit.

I sometimes try to break up my routine to see if I can think through another style. I took my time and walked through this one so it could be as clean as possible for me. Since all of the parts are applied directly to the sides of the blade, the blade must be prepared to accept them. This means it has to be flat in the right places.

You'll often see me make a very simple knife as far as construction and finish goes. I personally do this to keep my eye conditioned to the basic details that cant be hidden or lost in embellishment. To me, this has it's own set of difficulties and I place a lot of value on basic knife making skills.

[KSCATTRAPR]

Very Cool and Very clean, I like it!

[gudspelr]

Originally posted by Lin Rhea:
Thanks guys.      

Darcy, As you know, it's easy to get into a routine of making a particular style and soon it is almost habit.

I sometimes try to break up my routine to see if I can think through another style. I took my time and walked through this one so it could be as clean as possible for me. Since all of the parts are applied directly to the sides of the blade, the blade must be prepared to accept them. This means it has to be flat in the right places.

You'll often see me make a very simple knife as far as construction and finish goes. I personally do this to keep my eye conditioned to the basic details that cant be hidden or lost in embellishment. To me, this has it's own set of difficulties and I place a lot of value on basic knife making skills.

Thouh I know you're talking about yourself here, I feel like this is some of the best advice I've seen in a long time. Also, I really like the knife-looks very comfortable and I love that blade size for hunting chores. Thanks again for all you share here.

Jeremy

[tomsm44]

Originally posted by Lin Rhea:
Thanks guys.      

Darcy, As you know, it's easy to get into a routine of making a particular style and soon it is almost habit.

I sometimes try to break up my routine to see if I can think through another style. I took my time and walked through this one so it could be as clean as possible for me. Since all of the parts are applied directly to the sides of the blade, the blade must be prepared to accept them. This means it has to be flat in the right places.

You'll often see me make a very simple knife as far as construction and finish goes. I personally do this to keep my eye conditioned to the basic details that cant be hidden or lost in embellishment. To me, this has it's own set of difficulties and I place a lot of value on basic knife making skills.

Ive heard you say something similar to this on here before.  When I first stepped up from putting scales on blanks and started building my own blades, I started doing file work on the spines, often did somewhat difficult scale/bolster/spacer combos, and even built a few sets of mosaic pins.  After seeing your advice, or at least your personal routine as mentioned above, I abandoned my "fancy" designs and started focusing on making "good" designs and trying to work on improving at the basics.  My grinds have gotten better.  The flow of my designs has gotten better.  The ergonomics of my handles has gotten better.  And above all, my fit and finish has gotten better.  It's much easier to spot the things that need improvement when there's less there to distract your eye.

[Fallguy]

Very Nice Lin. And yes it is easier to hide flaws with a lot of Bling. Plain and simple can be very elegant and beautiful.  

[ymountainman]

Thanks for posting, purty!

[J.W.]

It's alright I guess. I mean you know, if you like a knife that's well thought out, well executed, and a real looker. Then yeah it's pretty nice.

[just_a_hunter]

Every knife you make is "one of my favorites" but this really is one of my favorites from you. Not to take away from your bowies but the hunter in me could find 10000 more uses for this knife over a large Bowie.

Really awesome, Lin.

Todd

[NittanyRider]

Man, Lin, that's a great looking knife... i love it!

[Lin Rhea]

Thank you for your encouraging comments.  

[gudspelr]

Sorry for a dumb question-was curious though about how wide the blade is from spine to heel?


Jeremy