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 Here's a "blast from the past." I made this for my father-in-law in the early 1990's. When he passed away, it came back to me and it's just been sitting in my desk drawer ever since. I thought I'd show it here because it uses a neat trick you don't see often nowdays. Rather than using a fiber liner of contrasting color to the red Micarta, I used a red liner and put a sheet of brass between the liner and scale. This makes it look as though there is a painted brass accent line running down the scales, when it actually goes through the entire width of the handle. Yes, brass was still in vouge back then - nickle silver and stainless were considered "extras."    Here's the first knife I ever made, back in the mid-1980s! 440C blade, brass guard and green Pakkawood scales. I kind of shudder to look at it now, but I must admit it wasn't bad for a first attempt - especially back in the days before the internet, when I mostly had to figure out how to do it on my own (though with lots of help from the book "How to Make Knives" by the late great Bob Loveless.) It's unmarked because I didn't yet have an etcher.  I don't make many kitchen knives, but I'll do one every now and then. In this case, it was a wedding gift for my nephew and his fiancee. I first tried it in 1/16" stock and flat ground, but I didn't like the way it came out. So I re-did it in 1/8" stock, full hollow ground very thin for slicing, with a distal taper ground in. Length is around 13", the bolsters are 416 stainless steel, the blade is CPM154, and the scales are stabilized California Buckeye Burl. I was originally going to use Bocote, but my wife convinced me that the Buckeye was prettier, and she was right (she usually is.) Background: When I was younger (back before the earth’s crust had cooled completely) my passion was skateboarding, and my specialty was high jumping and jumping over cars. I promised myself back then that on my 50th birthday, I would celebrate by jumping a car. Of course, when you’re 17 years old you don’t anticipate things like bad knees, bad feet that require 3 operations to fix… and all of a sudden you’re 50th is approaching and you realize you haven’t even stepped on a board for about ten years and probably haven’t jumped anything in over twenty years! So I decided that a car jump wasn’t practical. Still, I wanted to at least partially keep my promise, so I decided to jump a folding card table. It took about three months of training to get my jumping skills back, and I had to take a large dose of ibuprofen an hour before the jump to keep my knee from buckling, but I ended up getting it done. Small potatoes compared to what I used to jump, but not bad for an old guy with bad knees, especially considering I was walking with a cane a few years ago. Yes, I’m insufferably pleased with myself ;) | Return Home | What's New | Fixed Blades | Folders | Features and Options | Ordering and Contact Information | Available Knives | Wood Spirits by Uncle Jim | Frequently Asked Questions | Shop Tour | Archive | Other Stuff | |
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