0-1 and cocobolo camp knife

[clint]

Finished this last night, i have had this knife on the desk for a while now waiting for someone big.

This knife is 0-1 steel cocobolo wood handle The guy that get it is big we put our hands together and my hand looks like a 12 year olds hand in his, he is
6-11" " with 8 years of boxing I still think I can woop him but sure would hate to get by them hammers he calls hands" "LOL" he works in the prisons here in San Diego .so the handle is big 5 1/2" long also the blade is 5 1/2 " long, its 1/4 thick ,and a side note I'm not doing well today I broke out in red splotches can breath good and itch like hell ,my face is swollen and have turned real red on the upper body last night was bad I took some Benadril pills and put cream"benadril" one me It helped with the itching but not all the way . I guess me and cocobolo don't get along ,I have used it before without having this happen to me if it don't get better by tonight I'll have to go to the sawbones to get help so please tell me what you think of my knife The guys gonna use it for camping ,chopping ,heavy work knife

[johnnierotten]

Awesome!!...I really like the file work. Great job.

[clint]

udate on wood poison so I had to go to the sawbones last night he gave me prednisone said I should be in the hosp. for a few days to keep an eye on me but being I'm ex-medic he said I should know what or when to come to the hosp. when needed I feel better today but at half the man I was my face has scab like cote over my nose below my eyes uper body neck red rashes but feeling better so the meds are working .being this wood never hurt me before doing this in my shorts
and tanktop and being it was 100 der. in the shop I had this dust all over me hell I was even using the deremel tool right up to my face had dust 2" thick on my arms DUMM I never even thought it would hurt me now that I have read some on wood poisoning I'll do better with the mask and stuff but all in all the guy likes the knife "LOL"

[Darksev]

Ouch! I've read in a few places, here included that cocobolo can do nasty things to you. It's a sensitizer, so once you have a reaction, you'll likely have one every time after, and they get worse. Someone, I think Hukk maybe, since he's a wealth of information, posted a link a while back with a listing of woods and what they can do to you. Was an interesting and scary read

On another note, Nice knife! How is polishing O1 for you? I can get a damn near mirror finish, but I have what almost looks like grain to the steel at that point. I didn't think much of it, I have a canal street in D2 that has a very similar look on its polished side, just curious what other O1 users see. 24 inches worth of steel and I think I might finally have a knife to show for it, after all the practice and experimentation

[Hukk]

Once you've had this severe reaction - it can be worse next time. I'll stabilize French Walnut just so I don't sneeze my head off. I think it would be a good one to stay away from, there are a lot of nice woods out there.

You will need to be completely covered up and have a respirator - NO DUST MASK after that. If it were me, I'd just stay away from this wood - completely. Always better to play it safe.

Really nice knife and O-1, one of the better steels!

[clint]

thanks guys i charged him 30.00 more for the meds I had to buy "LOL" and that was the last of the cocobolo I had from the bow building days so I'll do other wood for a while and yes no more shorts and tank tops working with the wood ,I feel better tonight but its starting to get to the chest some feels like a cold but the guy liked the knife you could see it on his face he liked it , it makes you feel good to know someone likes what you did !!! and I only took it to 400 sandpaper so as he could clean it up after camping with a quick 400 rub down and oil he'll be good as new

[pmike5869]

Really beautiful, if such a word can be used for a really "manly" knife. That mixed filework is a real inspiration. I have been locked into using the same type throughout but I like your mix.