Photos Of Other Knives!

gotta color coordinate

 

Fresh from the post office.



Figured I'd do a little comparison with my 5. Going to bend some kydex for it in the next few days.

 

What is that? An Esee/Survive! hybrid?

 

Hahaha it's the blade The Knife Connection had made for their Architect line. The knife is made by TOPS and uses the 5/6 scales. I needed to replace my 6 that I sold and this was a perfect fit. I love drop points and saber grinds so it was a winner!

 

Finally finished this commission that's been in progress awhile: a kosher-slaughtering-style knife for ritual sacrifice of wood-pellet bags. Imagine holding a large wood pellet bag in a headlock against your chest and sort of cutting its throat (or perhaps gut) to spill all the contents into the pellet stove hopper. Purpose-driven design. With sacrifice-traditional ram's horn scales over ruby red G10 liners. First use of flared tubes. Blade is 5+" of differentially hardened 1084.

(pix before sheath/edge)

 

That’s beautiful!!

 

Just finished making a sheath for the new addition.

 

BD gift from my Son.
Sypderco Endura 4. Glows in the dark.

 

Thats awesome. Happy belated mine was on the 7th

 

Production beauties..Some Esee, Some Dpx, cpl ZT ,And some Busse kin. Forgive the sheetless mattress they're in the wash ! Slowly been parting off everything thats not a user or has a future purpose living in a kit. Some of these are on the chopping block aswell as some tomahawks not pictured.

 

I purchased a BHK Highlander in late winter/early spring. Got it used with a kitchen use patina from the previous owner. I am really liking this knife, used it all summer, and took it with me out to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons in August. However, when I look at the patina it came with and how it hasn't changed much since I owned it, I decided to make the knife my own and put my own forced patina on it for something different (as I don't expect to use it much on foods). This is the first patina I have tried to put on a knife and am happy with how it turned out. It is a user knife so I am excited to see how it changes in future.

Here is how the knife looked when I started...




I did a little research on what can be used to force a patina and found that I can use pretty much any kind of food that has some acidity to it. I went with some kiwi and strawberry pieces from breakfast, a couple pieces of onion from lunch, and some yum yum sauce, ketchup, and spicy brown mustard. After seeing different forced patinas I found that I really liked the spots technique so I went with this to see how it would turn out. Here are the pictures of the first application, I did each side separately...




Here is the second applicaton...




And the final product. I know that everyone isn't a fan of forced patinas but I am really happy with how it turned out! The pictures give a good idea of how it turned out but as with most outdoors things, it looks must better in person.

 

I actually like some forced patina's. I played with them a bit myself some years back. If interested you can search them out.
Yours is definitely interesting.

 

Anniversary present from my beautiful wife. White River Knives M1 Caper

 

Got this Beast today. But I am somehow not sure what to think of this one....