Makoto Pat
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Post by Makoto Pat on Oct 12, 2011 16:04:07 GMT
I got this on Ebay...i am very pleased with it. Just thought I would share.....I love handmade artisan steel and things....I added some pics in the files below....I am in a hurry and having trouble with my webcam....burly maple handle is very nice. Handmade English Trade knife by Jeff White, Bladesmith est. 1989. This trade knife is made from 5/64" thick Hi-Carbon steel (ANSI 1095) that Rockwell Hardness Tests at 59 (HRC 58-60). Knife blade is a full length tang. Handle is made with red stained curly maple and attached with three brass pins. This knife is "Lifetime Guaranteed" under normal use. The knife measures 9-3/8" long overall. The blade is 5-1/4" long by 1-1/8" wide. Please check out our ebay store for more knife auctions.
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 12, 2011 16:13:25 GMT
Very interesting, should make a nice overall knife. I quite like the wood, too.
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Sébastien
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Post by Sébastien on Oct 12, 2011 17:08:03 GMT
Nice blade, old-school style, I like it !
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ghost
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Post by ghost on Oct 12, 2011 19:48:25 GMT
very awesome. I love utilitarian...
it's all about the wood of the handle, burl is absolutely a favorite
grats on a great acq, pat!
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Makoto Pat
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Post by Makoto Pat on Oct 13, 2011 3:47:00 GMT
Thanks...it goes well with my utilitarian mindset....but I can really appreciate the simple aesthetics and functionality.....plus the burl is cool. It reminds me of the weapon several characters in fiction have used...William Gibson mysterious assassin (may have actually used a tanto) and The man Jack in a recent Neil Gaiman, but mostly I can feel like I a frontiersman when I am in the backcountry. I originally bought it as a gift for a young man who received his Eagle Scout rank, but it came without a sheathe. I also had a handmade knife and sheathe I had polished and re-profiled. The one I had already I was bit attached to. It was made from an old file by a Zuni woman out west and resold to me from a Cherokee at a trading post...coincidentally where and when I first cut with my katana and joined this forum. So I bit the bullet and let the young Eagle Scout have the native American forged and battered blade and kept the simple handmade historical replica.
Plus now I get to make a sheathe for and to make it match my peasant/frontier garb...and it is sharp!
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