Brut de Camp

[kbaknife]

Something I've been playing with for a while is the creation of a knife utilizing a great deal of forging skills, heat treating skills with decent quality tool steel, and assembly creativity all rolled up into one, and still ending up with a knife built for hard use and minimal care.
So, here we have, the "Brut de Camp".
Forged from large stock W2, given a clay treatment in the heat treating for a spectacular hamon, a Brut de Forge style full tang blade with polished spine, etched hamon and scaled finish on the flats, and topped off with re-cycled tire handle material that has seemingly never-ending grip.
I will finish off this package with a Kydex sheath.

[DSKW_Skinner]

Really Good Looking Knive Love the Hamon anf the Use of A Tire For Scales . Great Idea If I Say So . Great Knife All Around.

[kbaknife]

It's not "a tire". It's FROM a tire - recycled tire that has been ground up, re-vulcanized and formed into sheets.

[fluffy]

You know it looks good.
How does it balance?

[TallNHairyDave]

What a great looking knife! Love the use of the recycled rubber handle slabs - they go so well with the brut de forge finish on the blade.

love it.