Rifletuner Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 A few months ago after going to the Melbourne knife show, I decided I was going to get a table at Australia's biggest knife show in Sydney. In the lead up to the show, I was madly trying to finish knives that I wanted to bring with me. I fully intended to photograph all the knives I made before I left for the show. But of course I worked late into Thursday night, then left home at 0715 Friday morning to drive 10 hours up to Sydney. So I really only just got a chance to start photographing what I made now that I am back home. This is a hunter pattern I have made for a few years. The steel is 3mm NitroV, with cryo treatment after the heat treat. The hardness on this is 61-62 Rockwell. The blade is a full flat grind down to .2mm at the edge. The tang tapers to about 1mm. The handle material is gidgee, with 1mm red G10 liners and copper Loveless bolts. The handle has a hand rubbed oil finish. I also made a near identical model with stainless Loveless bolts, but that one sold at the show. It had better figure in the handle material, so pretty sure that is why the guy went for that particular knife. The last photo is off my table at the show just after I set up Saturday morning. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Plugga Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 Those knives look fantastic mate, love the wooden handles. The sheaths are a great match, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted August 15 Author Report Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, Double Plugga said: Those knives look fantastic mate, love the wooden handles. The sheaths are a great match, very nice. Thanks mate 👍 I dont actually do the leather work myself, but the guy who makes them does excellent work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burners Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 (edited) I would be proud of them RT, nice work and congrats on getting to the show Edited August 15 by Burners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted August 15 Author Report Share Posted August 15 12 hours ago, Burners said: I would be proud of them RT, nice work and congrats on getting to the show Thanks mate 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncs Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 Very, very nice 👍 Must have been bitter sweet to make sales. Sweet that people judged your work was worth paying for amongst all of those other knife makers they had to choose from and bitter that you had to let them go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo 30.06 Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 Very nice looking knives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted August 16 Author Report Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, Duncs said: Very, very nice 👍 Must have been bitter sweet to make sales. Sweet that people judged your work was worth paying for amongst all of those other knife makers they had to choose from and bitter that you had to let them go Thanks 👍 I actually like seeing them go to other people. I have gotten a lot of photos back from people using my knives and thats really what I enjoy the most. I make them to be used, so seeing people happy after they used one of my knives is great. 1 hour ago, Gibbo 30.06 said: Very nice looking knives Thanks mate 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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