New carved knife!

[Mike Davis]

So i am pretty new to making knives. Here is the latest one. Still need to finish sand and finish the handle.:steve:
Ok, so i am doing this for the BF Pay It Forward build. It is from a damascus blank i bought from someone on the BF forums about 6 years ago. Ok specs are
Blade: 1080 and 15n20 damascus
Blade Length: 7 inches, sharpened edge 6.25 inches
Blade Thickness at Spine. 5/16 with distal taper.
Guard: 5/8 copper with a milled face and step( milled in seppa )
Handle: Exhibition Grade Birdseye Maple.
Handle Length: 4 3/4

This is the 7th knife i have made. Delbert Ealy did the heat treat @ 1500 then quench in parks 50. it went through 3 2 hour temper sessions at 400*
I spent some time sculpting it a bit.

I am working to make each knife better and better, just a long road to go.
Any and all comments are welcome

Thanks for looking
Mike

 

[Tom Militano]

If that's you seventh knife, some of us are in real trouble. Good looking knife Mike. My seventh knife looked like a tire iron with a hunk of telephone pole for a handle.

 

[Mike Davis]

Thanks Tom. I am not a full time maker and only make i am guessing about 5-6 knives a year. Maybe i will be able to work on more than that, but as i do this for fun...I am in no hurry My first few were rough....real rough, but that was before i had the benefit of internet and awesome people helping and answering questions.

 

[McClellan Made Blades]

If that's you seventh knife, some of us are in real trouble. Good looking knife Mike. My seventh knife looked like a tire iron with a hunk of telephone pole for a handle.

Yeah, I'm one of them, that is freakin AWESOME!!!!

 

[Rob Nelson]

Mike, wow! How did you sculpt the ricasso area of the blade? That's way cool!

 

[Blastmaster1972]

That is a very nice knife!

Kind regards,

Jos

 

[stabber]

Looks great Mike!!

 

[Mike Davis]

Mike, wow! How did you sculpt the ricasso area of the blade? That's way cool!

I did it with a now dead dremel tool and a lot of diamond bits....Will do the next one pre HT lol...It was a pain...

 

[Mike Davis]

Thanks for the kind words everyone,I appreciate it all Figured i would post a pic of it all buffed up.

Thanks again guys

 

[Burl Source]

Very good looking knife.
I really like the sculpting.
Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

 

[Cameron Wilcox]

that being you 7th knife you have some serious talent. very nice knife.

 

[rball]

That time you took sculpting was well worth it. Fanstastic looking knife. It's hard to believe it's only the seventh knife you've made. You have great things in your future. Keep up the hard work. It's really paying off!