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John, that is absolutely beautiful. Is that some of Doyle's wood? If so, please share what you did.
Hehe, no, although I have some of his maple. This is from a grocery bag of wood my boss gave me from his late father in laws wood shop.
I sanded to 600, did a brief round of aqua fortis which darkened the stripes, knocked whiskers off with 600 again, but not enough to remove all the color. Then dyed with saddle tan fieblings pro dye, sanded lightly, dyed again, then burnished it with the back side of sand paper before finishing with 4 coats of tru oil.
Thanks for sharing. I have some of John Doyle's unstabilized maple I've been saving and I think I may try this method. Again absolutely beautiful....
Finally finished this guy up. 6.2 oz. .130" 3V @ 61 RC. Natural maple, leather dye and tru-oil. Standoffs are soldered into the frame, and scales locate to them. Lots of trial and error on this guy, it was my first use of unstabilized wood on a knife.
Big. Freaking. Sheath.View attachment 749106
Thanks, I find that the shape of the tang really helps you get the hang of it. A tang shaped like that one almost makes you "coke bottle" it. A small wheel really helps but I started with just a slack belt.Nice! Love the contouring on that handle! That is something I really struggle with.
Daniel.
Thanks, I find that the shape of the tang really helps you get the hang of it. A tang shaped like that one almost makes you "coke bottle" it. A small wheel really helps but I started with just a slack belt.
When you tang has a belly and butt like this one, I start carving out material on the bottom between the butt and belly then I move up and carve out some on the front of the belly. I don't touch anything else until I have some nice indents going, then I start rounding everything else out with a slack View attachment 749135 View attachment 749136 belt.