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Hymalayan Farm Knife
Just got this in the hands of it's new owner the other day. Blade was pretty straight forward forging-OTS, 11"+ blade, 16"+ oal. Handle is blacklocust with stainless steel tube pins. Edge quenched with a slight hollow grind.
Sheath was a bit more tricky, first of this kind for me. Lot of thinking to get it to all go together. Dad, please be kind, I've had a rough two weeks. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H Last edited by Crex; 04-11-2019 at 06:42 AM. |
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Very nice, Crex.
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Carl,
That is a great looking farm knife that would work equally well in the jungle. The sheath looks like it could double as a horse harness. Good job. Dennis Bradley |
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Carl,
You never cease to amaze! Somewhere there is a lucky owner. Jim Hamer |
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Carl, any chance we could get you to post a picture of the entire blade handle and all? I feel the need to drool on my keyboard.
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Customer already has it in hand. I'll check maybe able to get him to send a picture of just the knife. That's his pup in the last picture. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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Man, that is gorgeous. How do you get that color out of your Black Locust.
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Andy
That is the wood's natural color. As I was explaining at your shop a while back, most woods have different grades of look - fair, good, nice, very nice and exceptional. The trick is learning to spot the last two and figuring out how to get the best show from your cuts. Real exceptional wood will show figure activity even with a rough chainsaw cut and are pretty obvious to the naked eye, just have to looking. I can spot this stuff at a glance, my mind just works that way. Most of my darker exceptional black locust has come from stumps. Not an easy read as woods go. Lots of extra work in busting up a stump right. You can experiment with stains and chems to get nearly the same results, but never quite as good as the real thing. I've cut and handled wood all my life (so far) and never cease to be amazed at what I find lurking in the odd spots. Do mess up from time to time and cut right through the best "look". I do have the luxury of tme to look and experiment. Those scales were pretty much scrap cuts from where I broke down a large BL stump. Luckily they were thick enough to use for scales. They had been air dried in my attic for 3 - 4 years. The finish is wet-sanded danish oil, clear no pigment, about 4 coats. 0000 steel wooled between dried coats. Then "hot" waxed using minwax floor wax, 3 - 4 coats warmed and rubbed in between coats followed by hand buffing. See...so simple you wouldn't belive it. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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Carl, my son, you never fail to amaze me. That sheath is a masterpiece in both design and construction! You get a whole fist full of "thumbs up"----------DAD
__________________ Martin (Sandy) Morrissey Master Leather Craftsman 1105 Stephens Road Blairsville, GA 30512 706-379-1621 |
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Thanks Dad. Wish I could claim credit, but it's kind of a hybrid of a couple of other sheaths I had pictures of. Took me awhile to get things figured out for placement and still get it assembled. Probably should have just come up to see you and get your advice. Stubborned it out, still plenty of room for improvement.
__________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H |
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That is beautiful work, Carl. My dad brought a kukri back from the Himalayans forty years ago, and it, too, has a little side piece. I think it is supposed to be used as a sharpener for the main blade. It's too dull to be a knife. Is that what yours is for? Is the one with the antler a smaller knife?
I'd like to see the Himalayan carrying this one. Not to the opera, I'm sure. __________________ Chris K. Two Mountains Forge Delta, BC, Canada www.twomountainsforge.com |
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Thanks Chris
Working on a smaller size right now....maybe I'll make the sheath a bit more dressy and call it the "Opera" model.... That's antler is on a fire starter rod. I've seen the kukri's with the smaller matching utility blades stuck in their sheaths, but hadn't thought about one for the farm knife.....now I am. This guy (owner) is not Himalyan, just a N GA billygoat, but that's how he carries it. The leg straps are removable so he can lash it to his backpack with the "D" rings if he wants. He's been having fun with it, says it will out perform any machette he's ever owned. __________________ Carl Rechsteiner, Bladesmith Georgia Custom Knifemakers Guild, Charter Member Knifemakers Guild, voting member Registered Master Artist - GA Council for the Arts C Rex Custom Knives Blade Show Table 6-H Last edited by Crex; 04-11-2019 at 06:42 AM. |
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