The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - That is some VERY nice wood!!

That is some VERY nice wood!! (reply)

TomC — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:35:07 +0000

Wood....... (reply)

Catoosa — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 02:48:11 +0000

I figured that. One of the most attractive woods for knife and gun handles. Beautiful stuff.

Wood....... (reply)

Gunner — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 01:21:24 +0000

The slabs are Desert Ironwood, my favorite wood for knife handles. I was a little surprised at the low cost for such nice figure in the wood.

Gunner

Maybe....... (reply)

Gunner — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 01:19:31 +0000

The finished reground blade would be about 2-2 1/2 inches and the blade gives me pause about regrinding it since it snapped so easily in the first place. At this point I committed to hanging on my F up wall and let it be a lesson in incorrect heat treating.

Gunner

Good and Bad days....... (reply)

Catoosa — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:53:18 +0000

Looks like the start of a good patch knife.

What the heck is that lovely wood?

and shorten the butt a little bit (reply)

bj — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:06:44 +0000

to get back the correct proportions.

The hard part about grinding it is that it has already been heat treated so you have to go slow.

THAT is some yummy wood! (reply)

Hoot — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:05:44 +0000

Can't wait to see where they end up.

The busted tip, depending on why it broke, looks to have enough material to fashion a slim drop point or slightly dropped...depending... I know how I hate to get right to the end and have the plan 'not come together'. Lemonade out of lemons, I hope.

Good and Bad days....... (reply)

cubrock — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:13:08 +0000

Can you regrind the blade? Seems like there is still plenty of meat left to make a useful knife.

Good and Bad days.......

Gunner — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:41:56 +0000

Good days are those when you run across this kind of wood at a good price....

Bad days are when you snap off the end of a finished knife....

Gunner