Grand Torino

This should do it.

I see tons of recipes for them and also the notion you can catch leprosy from them seems to have been debunked. They say it tastes like pork.

Thanks for the inspiration on the next one.... :rock:

Thanks for all the kind words men. :)

They came out great. A lot of people just don't realize how much work goes into making a decent blade.

This blade in modeled after a "Bird and Trout Knife" but could be an ADC knife as well with the proper sheath. It's made of 1/8" 1095 carbon steel And the blade is about 3 3/8" and the over all length is right at 8" which gives it a nice comfortable grip. The scales are made from black canvas micarta and white linen micarta with lime green liners for contrast. The pins are nickle silver corby rivets for strength and has a SS lanyard hole. The lines you see on the blade were covered with pin striping tape prior to acid etching and the blade edge was covered with nail polish. It was etched for 20 minutes to make the "lines" stand a bit proud of the steel. It has generous jimping on the spine just forward of the handle. As always it was a lot of fun learning and experimenting and I really like this little thing. Oh yeah...it's really sharp. [url=https://flic.kr/p/nYWsL1][/url] [url=https://flic.kr/p/nYWzSg][/url] [url=https://flic.kr/p/nYWzXB][/url]

    That's right tnguy.....it's not serrated.

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It's made from 1084 carbon steel 5/32" thick. Total length is just over 11 1/2" with a blade length of about 5 1/2". It's shape makes it a Wharncliffe and has sculpted G10 blue scales with zombie green liners. The scales are fastened with epoxy and corby rivets. The design you see in the blade is deep etched into the steel the the entire blade was etched save the edge. It has the "caveman look" on the spine and at the butt of the knife. There is large but gentle jimping added as well. I had a blast making this knife...lots of time and details went into this thing. It's very sharp and the point on it will stick you. Ask me how I know.

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As close as I can come up with is maybe a  spey point blade (once used for neutering livestock) has a single, sharp, straight edge that curves strongly upwards at the end to meet a short, dull, straight point from the dull back. With the curved end of the blade being closer to perpendicular to the blade's axis than other knives and lacking a point, making penetration unlikely, spey blades are common on Trapper style pocketknives for skinning fur-bearing animals.   But honestly I think whoever made it just kind of winged it as they went along and that's how it turned out.

Yes it is...it's acid etched....and thanks for the kind words.

Having a garden is great now that I'm retired and have the time to tend to it properly. Working 12-14 hours a day left no time for a garden in years past.

Good to see people fleeing places like NY. Welcome to Tennessee.

May God be with your little girl and her family.

You did a great job. The hardest thing is working up the nerve to do it. :rofl:

I've never had a problem with them.

That guy is a loser like his father and his father's father. I started my military career on hill 881 and ended it after serving proudly in Desert Storm. People like me don't need some FB smart ass questioning our patriotism. I've always done what needed to be done under less than perfect circumstances. I'm sure as long as I'm able I'll do the same if required. There's no joy in killing no matter what the circumstances. People that have only done it playing video games have no fucking idea.