150mm Petty

[Tim Rowland]

Got this guy finished up this weekend

Blade: 150mm in W2 clayed with Rutland's and quenched in Parks 50, tempered back to 63rc
Handle: Maple burl, g10, carbon fiber
A little heel relief and a full convex grind.
Sorry still working on getting better choil pictures.

Thanks for looking.

 

[birdsfan]

Wow! Really awesome looking Tim! Both bland and handle. Looks a heck of a lot better than amateur!

 

[Tim Rowland]

Wow! Really awesome looking Tim! Both bland and handle. Looks a heck of a lot better than amateur!

Thank you.
I appreciate it.

 

[birdsfan]

By the way, I was looking at your handle work on Etsy. Some really cool burl/resin hybrid stuff there! Do you do your own resin casting as well?

 

[cotedupy]

Very smart. Great job!

 

[Tim Rowland]

By the way, I was looking at your handle work on (**Random internet place that may have some of your work). Some really cool burl/resin hybrid stuff there! Do you do your own resin casting as well?

I do not do my own casting.
I buy the blanks from a few different suppliers.
I do stabilize some species, and send out others.
It actually is not really my taste but people do like them and ask for them often.
My personal preference is just a beautiful natural wood body, simple single spacer (if any at all) and a complimenting ferrule wood, personal favorite is African blackwood.

 

[Seffers93]

This knife looks amazing! I love the simple spacers like you were saying above ^. It looks really classy. Love it!

 

[birdsfan]

The resin stuff is not necessarily my personal preference either, as you could see from my own handle work. But I can appreciate it when the resin coloring compliments the chosen woods, and when it is well executed, which yours definitely were!

 

[AT5760]

Yes! This looks like an awesome prep knife. Or bad to look at either

 

[gregfisk]

Nice work Tim, is that a clay hamone or something else? I’ve never tried any blade treatments of any kind yet. I like how dark the blade is as well. And that’s a really nice looking handle.

 

[Tim Rowland]

Nice work Tim, is that a clay hamone or something else? I’ve never tried any blade treatments of any kind yet. I like how dark the blade is as well. And that’s a really nice looking handle.

Thank you.
Yes I used Rutland's furnace cement, thinned for the 1st coating, slightly thicker for the second coat.
Austentized at 1550F, quenched in Parks 50 fast quenching oil so it is (Aburu Honyaki)
I hand sanded to 600 before a ferric chloride dip/progression
Here is what it looked like as I was hand sanding, I think this was at 320g.
Sharpie is where I still had small scratches from previous grit.

 

[Tim Rowland]

Here are a few in hand photos to actually show the dimensions and profile.

 

[daveb]

Nice. Looks tall enough to be useful on the board.