Fathers day blade

[Baggy]

Hi all

My daughter brought me a one inch blade from Nic Westerman and I popped it into some laburnum that I have carved, happy day :-)

The blade is sharper than a very sharp thing!

[reedx]

Handle looks great. What type of things have you in mind for a blade of that size and profile?

Colin

[Shambling Shaman]

Handle looks great. What type of things have you in mind for a blade of that size and profile?

Colin

Beat me to it.

[Baggy]

Hiya

Handle looks great. What type of things have you in mind for a blade of that size and profile?

I like blades like this for finishing the insides of very tight curves, I also plan to make some small animal figures and wooden pendants

[Shambling Shaman]

animal figures and wooden pendants

Any photos of any thing you done? if not looking forward to seeing sum.

[WULF]

Very handy knife and that laburnham looks great,great job.

[Dannytsg]

Very nice work there.

[nic.]

Nice job Mark, you got that done quickly!

People I have seen that use blades like this tend to have the handle slimmer at tang, and I have roughly copied this style on my detail blades. Come to think of it I don't think I have needed the clearance that this gives but if you find the handle under the blade gets in the way it is easily sorted.

edit: adding a pic



Forgot to ask did you try the single hair trick?

[Baggy]

Hi Nic

Nice job Mark, you got that done quickly!

I had the handle half done and drying, just in case a blade came along

People I have seen that use blades like this tend to have the handle slimmer at tang, and I have roughly copied this style on my detail blades. Come to think of it I don't think I have needed the clearance that this gives but if you find the handle under the blade gets in the way it is easily sorted.

I did think of going thinner at the tang but figured I would use it first and slim it as/if and when needed

Forgot to ask did you try the single hair trick?

Nope................. what single hair trick?

[nic.]

Yep, you can always take excess off.

Idea is that you can pick out an individual hair on your forearm and just cut that one with the tip of the blade. Hours of fun

[HillBill]

Nice work and a lovely gift.

I could have sworn that handle was Yew. Had to google laburnum wood, now i have i may get hold of a piece as it looks very nice.

[Baggy]

I could have sworn that handle was Yew. Had to google laburnum wood, now i have i may get hold of a piece as it looks very nice.

It is fast becoming apparent that it is yew

[Dean]

Very nice & a great gift.