Long weekend's work

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You've likely heard that one about "if you give a man a fish." Well, if you give a knifemaker a long weekend, he'll end up with dirty hands and a pile of knives. I spent 7 or 8 hours in the shop Sunday, Monday, and today. I had a few knives heat treated already, and I also ground and heat treated three more. Finished up six knives and five sheaths for the three day stretch. The bolstered knife in the middle was the one in my WIP. The spalted burl is hackberry stabilized by Faron Moore. Some of these are 1084, some are D2, and one is CM154. All but one of these are headed to the Lone Star Knife Expo.
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Jason, I've watched your work since you joined and you just keep getting better and better. Terrifice job on all those beauties. Keep up the great work and good luck at the show. By the way, that spalted hackberry is way over the top!
 
Thanks Denny. The coolest part about the hackberry is that it came from a stump in my parent's back yard. I've got a whole bunch of it. It's really light and punky, but I threw some in a batch for stabilization just to see what it would do. Turned out crazy! You nearly have to soak it in superglue, but it eventually finishes up real nice.
 
Sweet group of knives there Jason.
What is the wood on the second to bottom knife? I'd love to have somer of that for a hunter.
 
That wood is olive wood. Looks alot like the old butter and molasses Shrade handles. Kind of oily, but not as hard as cocobolo, etc. Smells nice when you cut it.
 
Those are gorgeous knives Jason and bet they get snapped up too. Really nice choice of handle materials ...would love to have read exactly which were made of which though.
 
Top to bottom on the first picture...
1. D2 and spalted hackberry
2. D2 and cocobolo
3. 1084 and black canvas micarta with orange g10 liners
4. CM154, 416 bolsters, stabilized spalted mesquite
5. 1084, olive wood
6. D2, mesquite bolsters, spalted hackberry handle
 
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