OldKingJoel
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This is my first knife being offered for sale to someone that I don't know personally! I'm new to forums, so please excuse me if I don't use proper ettiquite.
The blades and springs are D2.
Liners and bolsters are stainless.
The pin at the back is brass, the small scale pins are nickel silver and the spring pin and the pivot pin are stainless.
From the blade end of the knife is pre-ban elephant ivory, ebony, then pre-ban Brazilian Rosewood.
The blades were hand rubbed to 1000 grit then put on the buffer. There is no half stop, and the springs are ALMOST flush in both positions.
The springs have a NEGATIVE vine and thorn pattern. I've never seen anyone else do this (but there's a lot I haven't seen).
This one turned out so good I'm going to price it to keep, meaning I want to keep it! But for $475 you can pry it from my hand!
That'll include everything, shipping, insurance, etc.
Ok so here's where I admit that I'm a new maker and I don't know what's proper. There are some things on this knife that I admit are less than perfect. For friends and family I don't point them out as they are a product of the hand making process. But here with the pros there are so many techniques that I fear some of these flaws might be unacceptable to some buyers. So FYI, everything that I think is less than perfect is prominently displayed in the pictures, but I'm not going to point them out (unless you ask). Also for the record, I don't have a mill or any other precision tools, this is all files and grinders so perhaps that makes a difference.
The blades and springs are D2.
Liners and bolsters are stainless.
The pin at the back is brass, the small scale pins are nickel silver and the spring pin and the pivot pin are stainless.
From the blade end of the knife is pre-ban elephant ivory, ebony, then pre-ban Brazilian Rosewood.
The blades were hand rubbed to 1000 grit then put on the buffer. There is no half stop, and the springs are ALMOST flush in both positions.
The springs have a NEGATIVE vine and thorn pattern. I've never seen anyone else do this (but there's a lot I haven't seen).
This one turned out so good I'm going to price it to keep, meaning I want to keep it! But for $475 you can pry it from my hand!
That'll include everything, shipping, insurance, etc.Ok so here's where I admit that I'm a new maker and I don't know what's proper. There are some things on this knife that I admit are less than perfect. For friends and family I don't point them out as they are a product of the hand making process. But here with the pros there are so many techniques that I fear some of these flaws might be unacceptable to some buyers. So FYI, everything that I think is less than perfect is prominently displayed in the pictures, but I'm not going to point them out (unless you ask). Also for the record, I don't have a mill or any other precision tools, this is all files and grinders so perhaps that makes a difference.