Sweet move, Tanker!
Just in case you guys think I've fallen ENTIRELY into the ocean (not yet as of this writing, but who knows - I fly again this afternoon), here's a little something something that will hopefully be finished before the year is out... 0.200" at the spine.
Nope, no more clues than that 'til it's done.
I second the motion.You are a tease.
I just hit it with a 36 or 60 grit sand paper to put some scratches in it, then sand off the raised material with 400 grit paper.Update!!!! The spray on rubber/plastic dip SUCKS!!!!! Started to peel right off first time I used it. And I roughed up the scales real good before I put it on. Par for this project. Don't even waste your time. Hummm maybe a acetone wipe before I apply it. I'll let ya'll know how that train wreck works out for me.
Really nice job David. Its a Great looking knife.Here is my own attempt at a four-inch Kephart. I still have a great deal to improve upon, especially my blade grinding consistency, but this is the best knife yet that I have personally made.
While the handle profile is of course different from the ur-Kep, I did try to do the convex grind like the Colclesser, where it convexes back toward the spine as well. Not as successfully as I would have liked, but I tried.
I also hadn't planned on contouring the handle the way I did from the beginning. The blank I cut out had a straight handle, but when it came time to finish it, I just kind of went where I was feeling it on the spot. Sometimes the knife tells you the way it wants to be.
Steel is 1095, heat treated for me by Todd Hunt... The only part I didn't do myself.
The handle is made with natural micarta, black G10 liners, and copper pins and lanyard tube. Feels great in the hand, and the thumb scallops help put it over the top.
Still a few details to finish up, but I'm pretty proud of this one.
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That's quite a looker, David. Clean lines and great visual appeal. Hey, what are you guys using now to post pics?
yup - bring the top guard down flush with the spine.
and drop the tip just a smidgen more.