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Sorry, but I can't post pics from Photopoint anymore. You'll have to read the speck and click on the link Below. I call the knife my Magic Knot Knife, or Magic for short.
Here's the specs. 1/8" 440-C. Flat ground, hand sanded to 320 grit. About 4" blade. The handle is polished green G-10. The cord is a cord I call a Magic Knot. My girlfriend makes them and she won't tell me how. She isn't sure how it works either, but she just starts tying the cord and it magically appears. I ground a 1" wide, 1'8" deep (approx.) channel around the handle and tied the cord in there using Running Dog's under wrap method. Then I coated the cord with superglue to keep the dirt out.
I liek the cord there for 2 reasons. 1) it adds COLOR to a knife, which I find attractive and important. I was going for a dressy, gent's type of fixed blade and I thought enough of this blactical (black/tactical) stuff! And I like the solid color handle and multi-shaded wrap. And 2) it actually adds to the grip. The pinky and ring fingers grip the wrapped area which is only slightly raised above the level of the G-10. The wrap makes the hold on the knife quite secure, in my opinion.
The pins I made as well.
This knife was also my first sale ever! That made me very happy. This is the fifth knife I have ever made and I think when MadDog2020 gets his knife he'll like it.
Thanks go out to Bob Engnath for the knife design (I modified a Bob E. design), Allen Blade for making a flat grinding video which has been very helpful, Strider Knives for getting me interested in wraps, Running Dog Knives for showing me wrapping techniques on your web site, Neil Blackwood whose designs and use of color has been inspirational, Jerry Hossom for artistic influence and Trace Rinaldi for his design influence.
Click Here to see some Magic!
Sorry, but I can't post pics from Photopoint anymore. You'll have to read the speck and click on the link Below. I call the knife my Magic Knot Knife, or Magic for short.
Here's the specs. 1/8" 440-C. Flat ground, hand sanded to 320 grit. About 4" blade. The handle is polished green G-10. The cord is a cord I call a Magic Knot. My girlfriend makes them and she won't tell me how. She isn't sure how it works either, but she just starts tying the cord and it magically appears. I ground a 1" wide, 1'8" deep (approx.) channel around the handle and tied the cord in there using Running Dog's under wrap method. Then I coated the cord with superglue to keep the dirt out.
I liek the cord there for 2 reasons. 1) it adds COLOR to a knife, which I find attractive and important. I was going for a dressy, gent's type of fixed blade and I thought enough of this blactical (black/tactical) stuff! And I like the solid color handle and multi-shaded wrap. And 2) it actually adds to the grip. The pinky and ring fingers grip the wrapped area which is only slightly raised above the level of the G-10. The wrap makes the hold on the knife quite secure, in my opinion.
The pins I made as well.
This knife was also my first sale ever! That made me very happy. This is the fifth knife I have ever made and I think when MadDog2020 gets his knife he'll like it.
Thanks go out to Bob Engnath for the knife design (I modified a Bob E. design), Allen Blade for making a flat grinding video which has been very helpful, Strider Knives for getting me interested in wraps, Running Dog Knives for showing me wrapping techniques on your web site, Neil Blackwood whose designs and use of color has been inspirational, Jerry Hossom for artistic influence and Trace Rinaldi for his design influence.
Click Here to see some Magic!
