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1095 Hunter

Crosche

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Made this hunting / caping knife over the Christmas holidays while I was stuck in quarantine. The blade is 1095 and the handle is black micarta with red micarta liners and stainless steel pins.
The sheath was quite fun since I don't have a lot of experience in leather work.
 

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Nice. Maybe I asked already, do you do your own heat treating?

Yes, my technique is a bit crude for 1095 though since I simply use a magnet to test the steel.
My new forge will have a digital temperature display and at some point I am going to build a heat treating oven.
 
That is remarkably fast. I think it would be more 8 — 10 days for me, and most of that would be fretting over the design. I toy with the notion of making a folder or two, or actually just a custom built box cutter for working, but it’s questionable whether I’ll ever get around to it. Nice hunter.

-frank
 
Made this hunting / caping knife over the Christmas holidays while I was stuck in quarantine. The blade is 1095 and the handle is black micarta with red micarta liners and stainless steel pins.
The sheath was quite fun since I don't have a lot of experience in leather work.
Looks very nice. Good design of knofe and sheath.

Have you ever used those temperature stick crayons? I have used them in heat treating knifes and thought they provided some added precision over color judgement.
 
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