Knife of the Day

[Caleb]

Wet nice and welcome back!


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[cwo4uscgret]

Although I've shown the Fred Rowe knife that my ex-wife scrimshawed I haven't posted the first custom knife I bought. Similar in style but smaller, is this Fred Rowe knife - damascus, stag, copper spacers and butt cap, and I believe ambonya burl wood handle.

[DrHenley]

Here is my latest knife, a chef's knife in AEB-L steel hardened to 62 Rockwell. Handle is stabilized spalted oak from the back yard.

It's a prototype for knives I want to make for my three sisters for Christmas.



Who knew rotten wood could be so beautiful, LOL

[Caleb]

Love the look of that handle. ^^^^^^


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[DrHenley]

Originally Posted by Caleb

Love the look of that handle. ^^^^^^

The guy that did the stabilizing for me said he could sell those on eBay for $35-$40 per pair easily. He's in Arizona and he said it's too hot right now to work in his shop, but when the weather cools down in the fall I'm going to send him a bunch of spalted oak scales to stabilize. He's uses "Cactus Juice" in a vacuum chamber. Cactus Juice is a thermal setting resin, and when used in a vacuum chamber it penetrates the fibers all the way through, turning a piece of wood into basically wood micarta.

The Cactus Juice and a finish coat of epoxy varnish bring out the colors and contrasts better than anything else I've tried, and I've tried a lot of things.

[cwo4uscgret]

At a knife show in Michigan around 2005 or so Roger "Mudbone" Jones walked up to my wife and I and said both of you give me a penny. OK we did and Roger handed both my wife and I a handmade knife, made from a file. He said its tradition that when someone gives you a knife you give them a penny.

Never for sale, here's mine:

[cwo4uscgret]

Mike Stewart and his crew at Bark River Knife and Tool in Escanaba, MI make some very nice knives. My ex-wife does excellent scrimshaw; here's a combination of both!

BRKT Rogue Bowie with ivory micarta scales:

[cwo4uscgret]

CASE Arapaho Fixed Blade with flap sheath:

[cwo4uscgret]

Something Different - a WWII Theater Knife; using a shell casing for a handle; the rough leather sheath has a wood liner as well.






The RH head case stamp was used from 1941-1945 and is for thee Raleigh Cycle Co., Carlton, Nottingham.

[Caleb]

Interesting ^^^^^


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