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Black Ash Burl Utility Knife

Posted on April 1, 2007December 10, 2019
Book marked Spalted Black Ash Burl scales with heavy inclusions really punch up this burl wood.

This utility has a blade of 4 1/2” from tip to front of the bolster. It is 8 1/2” overall and approx 0.180” thick. The steel is CPM154 mirror-polished all the way with an 8” hollow grind.

I did the heat and cryo treatment on this one. The wood was stabilized by WSSI of Iowa. The bolster has finger relief sculpted in the bottom edge and has a concave backside to secure the scale. One only pin is needed to hold the scale since the bolster holds the front of the scale in place.

I had a big problem with this one 90% of the way through and nearly scrapped it. I had a chip come out of the bolster that was such an annoying flaw I couldn’t have let it out of the shop. I decided it wasn’t going to get the best of me and went to work on fixing it. A small design change and a little extra effort removed the flaw. I’m glad I stuck with it as it seems to have turned out OK.

An Update on this knife. I had Ron P. Nott engrave this knife. Classic scroll work with gold inlay on both bolsters. Ron really did a nice job on this one.
A look along the top of the handle. What appear to be smudges or smears across the top of the tang are actually reflections of the room where I was taking pictures. I didn’t figure this out until I looked at this picture and then checked the knife and it was sparkling clean.
Leather loop sheath front and back. This one has 4 different color dyes on it to give it some depth and give it a mottled appearance like the burl wood.

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