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

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41 Mags rule, Baers rock!

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

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.

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.

Looks like the start of a good patch knife.

What the heck is that lovely wood?

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

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41 Mags rule, Baers rock!

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

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41 Mags rule, Baers rock!

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

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