Project Description
I don’t do many stick tang knives. The style lends itself to forging, but I do mostly stock removal. Even so, I put one together once in a while. This particular knife has a blade of 3/16 1080 carbon steel with a 600 grit satin finish. The guard is 3/8″ 416 stainless with red G-10 and stainless spacers. The handle is Osage, a wood called by many names: bois d’arc, bodark, hedge, horse apple. The sheath is my work as well. I was talking about this knife with ABS Mastersmith Harvey Dean. We were talking about fitting guards and I was saying how hard a time I had fitting this guard due to it being from 3/8 stock compared to my usual 1/4 thick guards. Harvey said, “Well, quit making them out of 3/8 then.” Well said, Harvey. Another gem from that conversation: “Never give up a chance to sell a knife.”
