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Offline littlehunters19862011

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finshed this knife up this weekend
« on: September 20, 2015, 07:38:10 pm »
it was a peace of re bar  i  played with win i was doing a test run on a new coil forge i made . was not going to take it as far as i did but  ended up using it and making it in to what it is now .

Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2015, 07:40:37 pm »
Cool knife, hows the rebar take an edge?
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Offline littlehunters19862011

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2015, 08:22:57 pm »
win i first started .trying to get an edge on it i thought it was a lost cause but after working it on 3 different stones i got it to were it was shaving as to for how long i don't know.

Offline bubby

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2015, 09:23:24 pm »
Standard rebar isn't the best steel but if you get some grade 60 it is much better, cool knife
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2015, 09:43:17 pm »
Good looking knife. What are the handle materials.

Offline littlehunters19862011

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2015, 02:10:31 am »
thumb gar is deer bone  the red looking wood is sum kind of wood my dad had said it was imported from sum wear and he said it don't  rot i well find out the n name  spacers are dimend play filed smooth and end is sum kind of oak bored i got most of it  out of his shop ill ask him more about the wood .there well be more to come  he is wanting to give the knife making  a try  so we set up in his shop.

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2015, 04:33:18 am »
That's a beauty. :)
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Offline littlehunters19862011

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Re: finshed this knife up this weekend
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2015, 09:04:31 pm »
thank you  vary much.   the red wood thats in it is called (Sapele ).