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I did a bit of reprofiling on this design. I wanted to slim it down a little and make it a good "do it all" field prep knife. Its sort of part boner and part hunter.

The steel is 3mm Nitro V with cryo treatment. The blade is a full flat grind, with a nice distal taper down to the point. The handle is a tapered tang, with Tiffany blue G10 handle scales, black g10 liners and stainless Loveless bolts.

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Not fan of the color but overall the knife looks great!
 
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Not fan of the color but overall the knife looks great!
Yes, people are going to go either way on the colour I think.

But just think, when your wife says "get me something in Tiffany blue for my birthday", you've got her covered :ROFLMAO:
 
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Just finished up a knife with my first go at using sambar antlers for the handle. A guy that I used to hunt with does a bit of forging and wanted to learn about knife making after seeing some of my knives. He spent a few days with me last year, and I took him through the whole process. He offered to give me some antler for handle material, and I was happy to take him up on the offer. As expected, I learned a few things in the process of working with the antler, but pretty happy with how this first one turned out.

Steel is 2.5mm VG10 stainless random pattern Damascus in a full flat grind. The handle is a tapered tang with antler scales, black G10 liners and brass pins & lanyard tube.
 

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Some may have already seen this one on the Canadian belt knife thread, but I am adding it here to the builds thread for consistency.

The blade is 2.5mm Nitro V steel with cryo treatment. The bevel is a full flat grind. I used less ricasso than I usually would to maximise the cutting edge. The handle is a tapered tang, with orange G10 scales, thin orange and white G10 liners and G10 pins. The blade length is 3.5". I was going for something small and light to carry with this one. I will have a larger model don some time later this week.

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Axle

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Some may have already seen this one on the Canadian belt knife thread, but I am adding it here to the builds thread for consistency.

The blade is 2.5mm Nitro V steel with cryo treatment. The bevel is a full flat grind. I used less ricasso than I usually would to maximise the cutting edge. The handle is a tapered tang, with orange G10 scales, thin orange and white G10 liners and G10 pins. The blade length is 3.5". I was going for something small and light to carry with this one. I will have a larger model don some time later this week.

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This looks fantastic! How much do you charge for one of these?
 
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