Recent content by John Barker

Thanks guys. I guess they'll put anyone in there these days. :) -John

Here's my latest large Hokkaido. A framelock with 0.160" thick contoured Ti lock side with Ti liner, Chad's Whiplash Bolster, and some special tight weave carbon fiber on the presentation side. Yes, she's a lefty as well. The blade is stonewashed Elmax a little over 3/16" thick 3.75" long...

Thanks everyone! -John

Here are a few folders recently finished. -John

Thanks guys. Calvin, some are framelocks and some are liner locks with 0.090" liners. John

Here's a few Hokkaidos I finished recently. -John

Thanks guys! -John

This my Tosa with a 5" blade. Originally, I designed the Tosa to be a 6" blade. I scaled it down some and I am very pleased with the results. This one is about 0.190" thick at the ricasso. The blade is CPM S35VN with a high hollow grind and a tumbled finish. The scales are green and light...

Congrts Scott! Terrell is a great guy. -John

That's a beaut! -John

I would add one thing. It would be a good idea to put the resist inside the pivot hole and the path of the detent ball. The path of the detent is not as important as the pivot hole. Very cool. -John

XHP is great steel, just hard to find. It has been described as a stainless version of D2. It works great and is real, real easy to heat treat and needs only one temper. It is similar to work and finish to that of CPM S35VN. It is nothing like S30V. I aim for Rc of 60. 62 is too hard. I...

Thanks guys. -John

Thanks Jasun. We got to get together one day buddy. John

I have been working on redesigning my Ca de bou Recurve for a while. I wanted to make some changes in the handle design for better visual flow and so the user could really have something to hang on to if they needed to use a lot of force. So this is what I came up with. It was tough to get good...