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My own design. Bookmatched ash burl and L6 steel 3 1/4" blade, 4" handle. Brass pins and lanyard hole, mirror polished blade. These are horrible pics, my camera just didn't want to photograph this knife .

Nice blade design!!

Hey Muskrat Man that is a great custom, does it get easier with time?? As fast as it seems you make your customs I believe we forget there's a lot of sweat in the process..

Thanks for sharing,

Sunburst

Thanks guys! After doing it for a while you become accustomed to the process and it gets a little quicker. I have been working on this fixed blade off and on for over two weeks in-between embellishing folders, just a little work here and there when I have the free time. Now that this one is finished my free time is going into a custom folder I am making from scratch, still needs quite a bit of work.

Also, just thought I'd add. I've spent up to 12 hours a day in the shop on several occasions and usually spend around 8 hours inthe shop on most days, working.......and listening to music.....while working - of course

cool blade there
i know what its like to spend many hours at the grinder so to speek
but time realy runs away from you wheen you doing knife work doesnt it

I like the design and flow of the blade a lot. Nice Work!

Great work as usual Kaleb!

I wish my body would take 6 hours in the shop in one day. Sometimes I am doing good to get 6 hours of shop time in a week.

Kaleb,
When you have a chance shoot me an email & tell me how you do your heat treating. I have some I need to heat treat but no oven. If memory serves, (which it usually doesn't), you don't have an oven either. I would like to know how you do your heat treating.

Keep up the good work buddy!

Dale

Some better pics. Dale, what type of steel are you gonna be treating?

Much better pics!
I really like the grain pattern on the top edge of the scales as you look down on the knife (the 4th pic). That looks great.
Keep up that great work!

I will be heatreating carbon steel, most likely 1095.

Thanks,
Dale

just send it to michigan ratman,,,you know i want it.

when you gonna hook up with a leatherman??

my ma is a pretty good leather worker she makes all the family's sheaths, I'm gonna have her help me make a sheath for this one. If I make another like it i'll let ya know

Brother,,,you deserve 3 or 400 bucks for a knife like that. Way outta my league but congrats,,,it's just gonna get better!!

nonsense, $125 would buy a knife like this, with a sheath.