Tony, do you want thumb grooves directly in front of the handle only? Or do you want a small section farther out towards the end of the blade as well? I like the grooves out towards the end for when I want to guide the knife with my index finger. I won't add them until I hear back from you.
I'll try to get the rear thumb grooves done this weekend and get them heat treated next week.
Thanks for all of the positive comments guys. I'm having fun with this. Mike, the center knife was from the original drawing and the far right was the modified design. I made up the one of the left to show a different tip shape. One of those blade shapes should appeal to most users.
I won't get much shop time this weekend. Between a Cub Scout overnighter and Easter weekend, it'll be tough to fit in much time for projects.
Well I have some good news and some bad news. First, I was able to get in quite a bit of shop time today despite it being Easter. I got all of the blades heat treated and tempered. Bad news.....I forgot to add the thumb grooves the the spine. But...I had enough time in the shop today to completely finish a fourth knife and get it heat treated and tempered as well.
Overall I'm satisfied with the day. I just wish I hadn't been in such a hurry to get the heat treat done.
Here are a few pictures of today's work.
Into the oven.
After the final temper and a quick run over the buffer to clean them up.
This one is just a teaser.....something I am going to try to finish by June. We'll see if it happens in time.
Well the knives are all glued and clamped up for the night. I forgot to take the camera to the shop with me so you'll just have to trust me that they have glue on them.
Two ended up with green canvas micarta, one with natural canvas micarta, and one with black micarta. The one with the most dropped point got the black and it is going to have a thinner handle than the others.
I'll get some more pictures before I start shaping the handles.
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