Post by: rainshadow1 on February 11, 2010, 11:33:55 AM
This started life as a custom order boning knife with a 7" cutting edge. It came out great, except there was a pock mark on the edge about 4" into the blade. The scale was formed during the heat treat process where my ceramic protective coating must have had a pinhole in it. (I don't know of a tool steel that can withstand 2050 degrees F. So it has to be coated.)
Here's what a tiny tiny TINY pinhole in the coating will do at those temps...
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Anyway, that wouldn't do, so instead of producing a #2, I cold-ground this 4 1/4" cutting edge bird & trout, fillet / boning knife out of it. It came out beautiful!
Here's some pics...
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It's ATS34 Stainless. The wood is Desert Ironwood with a really beautiful shifting grain pattern. The hardware is all brass. Red spacers.
It will include a custom sheath of your own design. Leather, Kydex, or a combination thereof.
Price is $150 obo.
It's posted several places, so I'll go by the time stamp on the buyer's reply.
Thanks guys!
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 28, 2010, 07:49:53 PM
Post by: Hillbilly270 on March 08, 2010, 08:27:16 PM