My Knives #14 Bowie Fighter

Hello dear Stemians,

after a long long time, your favourite Doc is back with new beauty from the knifeshop.

This little beauty was a long time coming. I've started working on it in March, of course, it was not the only project I was working on but it's still way too long from start to finish.

She's been lurking in my shop trying to get my attention for months, you should have seen the smile on her face when she realized it's finally her turn.

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Yeah, yeah, I'm overdoing it with this knives are girls. So what? They are my girls and I love them and they love me - so just stuff it!

Well, she's finally done so it's time to present her to the public. First the stats, then the progress pics and a gallery with a couple of nicer ones at the end.

Bowie fighter
Materials:

blade - 1095 with differential heatreatment and acid etched hamon
guard - piece of an old file (over 100 YO)
handle - Ipe with a stainless steel pin

Measaurments:

length: 250mm / AO 385mm
height: 45mm
thickens: 8mm

The Build

It all started as a 50 cm steel bar
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After cutting it out and profiling it on the grinder, I've done a small bevel before the heat treatment. Here's before and after HT
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Rought grind at 40 grit with the first apperance of the hamon
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Done on the grinder - I've took her to 600 grit
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Squaering the shoulders and fitting the gard and a block of Ipe for the handle
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Pre-final etch and my little helper
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A lot of assembly and dissasembly untill the handle looks and feels right
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Smoke for the dramatic effect before the final gallery
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The final product
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Thanks for stopping by! If you have anything to say or you wanna ask a Q or 2, just drop a comment below and I'll do my best to fill your need(s)...

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