All About Pocket Knives

ken98k wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:17 pm

jmh58 wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 1:58 pm

ken98k wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 3:58 am My newest favorite work / wood craft / sport / tacticle, fixed blade.
Brother F001 4 1/8" blade with micarta handles.

Good looking knife Ken.. What steel??
John

440C stainless
You can check them out on Amazon.

Thank You
John

Some recent makes by me and one new design with the loveless style profile I am working on.

Very fine looking work.

SafdE26 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:16 pm Some recent makes by me and one new design with the loveless style profile I am working on.

Those are pretty fantastic!

SafdE26 wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 3:16 pm Some recent makes by me and one new design with the loveless style profile I am working on.

WoW!! Very Nice
John

Very nice work SafdE! I am so envious of your skills!

NICE!

Superb, SafdE.

That top one looks like Cholla cactus with turquoise inlay...
dude...just gorgeous !!! Wow
You ever sell any like that one ???

Stag

Beautiful knives. I really like the top one.

Some big fellas.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:24 pm Some big fellas.

Charlie, could you give some information on the bottom knife?

And some info about the large sword, looks like a two-handed. Manufacturer if possible Charles.

edge213 wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:47 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:24 pm Some big fellas.

Charlie, could you give some information on the bottom knife?

The bottom knife is a 12" hand forged carbon steel round tang Scottish dirk blade. Unfortunately I have no idea who forged the blade but it is high quality work. I did the handle and guard. I was thinking of Sting, the sword of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins from The Lord Of The Rings. I did this in 1991 long before the movies came out so I only had my imagination to work from. The handle material is ivory linen micarta, the guard and pommel are solid brass, and I tried my unskilled hand at scrimshaw on both sides of the handle. OAL is 18".

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 1:00 pm And some info about the large sword, looks like a two-handed. Manufacturer if possible Charles.

The sword is a hand and a half bastard sword made by Windlass Cutlery. The 34" hand forged carbon steel blade is double edged, double fullered, and surprisingly light. The sword has an OAL of 44", the handle is leather wrapped wood and the guard (9 1/2" across) and pommel are solid brass. It came with a wooden leather wrapped scabbard with brass throat and end cap. It is well made and quite usable (not a wall hanger by any means). The blade will bow to about 30 degrees and snap back true. It is from their "Museum Replica" collection. They find swords in museums and then reproduce them as accurately as possible. I purchased this one in the late '80s.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 1:45 pm

edge213 wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:47 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:24 pm Some big fellas.

Charlie, could you give some information on the bottom knife?

The bottom knife is a 12" hand forged carbon steel round tang Scottish dirk blade. Unfortunately I have no idea who forged the blade but it is high quality work. I did the handle and guard. I was thinking of Sting, the sword of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins from The Lord Of The Rings. I did this in 1991 long before the movies came out so I only had my imagination to work from. The handle material is ivory linen micarta, the guard and pommel are solid brass, and I tried my unskilled hand at scrimshaw on both sides of the handle. OAL is 18".

Thanks Charlie, it's a beauty!

Thank you for the input Charlie. I am familiar with Windless. They make good useable products. Your sword looks impressive. Taking a 30 degree bend impresses me a lot.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 2:26 pm Thank you for the input Charlie. I am familiar with Windless. They make good useable products. Your sword looks impressive. Taking a 30 degree bend impresses me a lot.

I first encountered Windlass when I was making knives for friends and relatives as a hobby and dealing with Atlanta Cutlery a lot.

edge213 wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:47 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 12:24 pm Some big fellas.

Charlie, could you give some information on the bottom knife?

Here's a better look at my scrimshaw work, it turned out fair.

I think that entire handle including the scrim is much better than fair. Impressive work Squatch.

I think fair is quite the understatement. Lovely work and impressive array of fixed blades.

Thank you gentlemen.

Very nice collection of big boys, Charlie. Thanks for sharing and telling about them. Always impressive to see your pieces.

And, having been a huge fan of Tolkien's work since 1979, I love your rendition of Sting!

Reverand wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 2:00 am And, having been a huge fan of Tolkien's work since 1979, I love your rendition of Sting!

Thanks. I started reading Tolkien in 1967 and I've probably read the Hobbit and LOTR completely through at least 3 times over the years. Always seem to pick up something I missed or didn't pay much attention to the previous read. I'm the guy who points out everything they left out of the movies, drives my son crazy.