Forged out of some of Aldo's .140" X 2" 1095 and featuring some contrasting finishes with the rustic file-finished details high on the bevels and the fine Gunome Hamon below.
OAL is 15" with a 9.5: blade that is 2&3/16" wide. This knife features some very nice Goncalo Alves Wood handles with detail carvings and peened bronze pins.
This is one of the very few knives I have ever made with no tapered tang.....it really did not need it & the feel and balance it just right as a result of keeping it all there.
This thing feels like a totally wicked chopper/cutter despite it's straight-forward camp-styling.
Posted is an extra detail image of the Hamon showing more clearly where the primary and secondary clay coatings were layed-down prior to quench.
All of this "registered" onto the blade on a molecular-level and is something I have been playing around with lately. Certainly not an exact science, but I am trying some different things with it.
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Thanks for looking. -DON:)
