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Posted By: Ptarmigan Couple of new knives - 04/11/20
Last year I made a few knives and made a bunch of blanks. I hadn't touched any of it for a while but figured I had some extra time on may hands, so why not. Did my finish grinding and put some scales on them. I got the blades down to about .008" thickness before putting an edge on them. Pretty damn sharp! I wish I hadn't broken my second set of crosscut zebrawood scales as they would have looked nice being a pair. Didn't want to wait 3 weeks for more to come in.

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Posted By: byron Re: Couple of new knives - 04/11/20
Good looking work!
Posted By: ol_mike Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Very nice - like the top knife - looks handy for a lot of stuff .
Posted By: deflave Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Nice work.
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Originally Posted by deflave
Nice work.



I thought we had your memorial service? LOL!
Posted By: woods_walker Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
You have skills...nice work.
Posted By: RelaxedGuy Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Very nice, good job
Posted By: Judman Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Damn man, those turned out nice.
Posted By: SKane Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
VEDDY NICE!
Posted By: SLM Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Very nice.
Posted By: RickyBobby Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Hard to decide which one I like more! 🤔
Posted By: jackmountain Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Damn! A LOT better than some full time makers I've seen!
Both are nice patterns.
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Thanks gents, I’m having fun with it and learn from every knife. Some of the fine details are hard to get right, but for now I’m looking for functional more than anything. I’m gonna send one to my uncle who came up and helped out on my sons first caribou hunt.
Posted By: RickyBobby Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Originally Posted by Ptarmigan
Thanks gents, I’m having fun with it and learn from every knife. Some of the fine details are hard to get right, but for now I’m looking for functional more than anything. I’m gonna send one to my uncle who came up and helped out on my sons first caribou hunt.



Good man!
Posted By: RickyBobby Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
.... you need a makers mark on them!
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Originally Posted by RickyBobby
.... you need a makers mark on them!


I’ve thought about that, guess I should come up with something. Don’t know how to go about adding one to a knife though.
Posted By: chlinstructor Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
NICE!!! I’d love to have that top one!!!

What’s the measurements and specs on it ?
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Originally Posted by chlinstructor
NICE!!! I’d love to have that top one!!!

What’s the measurements and specs on it ?



That one has a 4” x 1” blade, OAL of 8 3/4”. I use 1084 steel as I’m not set up to heat treat anything that requires a long soak time. The handle is zebrawood with red g10 liners and stainless pins/lanyard hole.
Posted By: chlinstructor Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Originally Posted by Ptarmigan
Originally Posted by chlinstructor
NICE!!! I’d love to have that top one!!!

What’s the measurements and specs on it ?



That one has a 4” x 1” blade, OAL of 8 3/4”. I use 1084 steel as I’m not set up to heat treat anything that requires a long soak time. The handle is zebrawood with red g10 liners and stainless pins/lanyard hole.


Thanks! Perfect size! Love it !!!
Posted By: Catdaddy2 Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Very nice.
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/12/20
Got this one all set to head to my uncle. Momma is going to bake some goodies to toss in with the package.

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Posted By: Judman Re: Couple of new knives - 04/13/20
That’s a nice gift!👍

Who made your sheaths?
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/13/20
Originally Posted by Judman
That’s a nice gift!👍

Who made your sheaths?


I made them. Bought a slab of cheap leather from the local Tandy shop and figured I’d give’r a go!
Posted By: Judman Re: Couple of new knives - 04/13/20
Well shiit, you got er man. Fairly impressive all the way around really. Grats
Posted By: Ptarmigan Re: Couple of new knives - 04/13/20
Originally Posted by Judman
Well shiit, you got er man. Fairly impressive all the way around really. Grats


Thanks man, keeps me from going nuts until the snow melts! Haha!
Nice work.
Posted By: cwh2 Re: Couple of new knives - 04/13/20
Nice work Ptarmigan!
Posted By: Dan308 Re: Couple of new knives - 04/13/20
nice looking work knives right there!
Posted By: RNF Re: Couple of new knives - 04/14/20
Very nice work on the knives and the sheaths. I need to go back and try doing some more. They are time consuming but I think I could get hooked.
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