August 28th....finished the recurve blade....

[Grand Torino]

So here it is...my version of the recurved blade.  It's 1/8" 1095 carbon steel heat treated professionally to RC59-60. As you can see it has nice large jimping to the front of the handle as well as within the handle on both the top and bottom. Even though the jimping is large it isn't rough on the fingers at all.The scales are cocobolo dymondwood and this thing if big.....right at 13" total length and a blade length of about 7". It has a nice long handle ....no wondering how your gonna grip it here.   It has a lanyard hole and the handle is held on mechanically as well as with epoxy.

 

The finish is very unique and I really like how it turned out. Truth be told it's so different I'm not sure I could even recreate it again if I tried. it seems very well balanced and I've very happy the way it turned out.

 

 

 

 

[nightrunner]

That is just beyond beautiful. I always look forward to seeing your new work.

[Garufa]

I'm not much of a knife guy but this blade speaks to me.

 

Very nice.  :up:

[Fourtyfive]

Looks a lot like the one you made me , love it !

Edited August 28, 2014 by Fourtyfive

[mikegideon]

Nice work, once again!

[hipower]

Looks a lot like the one you made me , love it !

This is beautiful!!

[Grand Torino]

Looks a lot like the one you made me , love it !

Except this one is a recurve and is considerably larger.

[RED333]

Man you do great work, I like the etching on it.

[Monkeyman2500]

That is just beyond beautiful. I always look forward to seeing your new work.

Me too! I love seeing a new post of yours, might be my favorite ones on TGO. I haven't seen a knife of yours yet I didn't like. Great work!

[peejman]

Yet again, cool. Does the etching have any depth to it, or does it just give the appearance of depth?

[Grand Torino]

Yet again, cool. Does the etching have any depth to it, or does it just give the appearance of depth?

Depending how long you etch will determine depth of etch. It this case the line you see running across the  blade actually has depth to it. You can see it and feel it.

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys. I'm learning with every one I do. Anyone interested in this one? It is not yet spoken for.

Edited August 29, 2014 by Grand Torino

[RED333]

Ya think you could do "text" as in "In God We Trust" or "From My Cold Dead Hands"?

[Grand Torino]

Ya think you could do "text" as in "In God We Trust" or "From My Cold Dead Hands"?

No....I'n not that talented yet. :( Although I'm sure I could get it professionally engraved but you would be responsible for the additional cost depending on the words, size of the engraving and the cost of the service.

Edited August 29, 2014 by Grand Torino

[peejman]

Depending how long you etch will determine depth of etch. It this case the line you see running across the  blade actually has depth to it. You can see it and feel it.

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys. I'm learning with every one I do. Anyone interested in this one? It is not yet spoken for.

 

 

It looked like it had depth but I thought it might just be an illusion due to the color difference.  

 

Interested?  Heck yeah!  I'm guessing you'd want money in exchange for it though...   I am curious what something like this would cost.  Feel free to PM if you'd rather not post it.   

[pieslinger]

Another beautiful creation. Same here on the possible purchase interest, or at least maybe with something in the future. But need a pm of $ ranges before I could commit.

[Grand Torino]

Another beautiful creation. Same here on the possible purchase interest, or at least maybe with something in the future. But need a pm of $ ranges before I could commit.

PM sent. Still available.

[BJB]

Very Nice. I love the etching

[Ramjo]

Price on this beauty?

[Grand Torino]

Price on this beauty?

PM inbound.