Show your Mule

[MadRookie]

Ooh, she looks goood!

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[DougC-3]

Nice work... interesting about the crack in the 110. Must have been gripped under stress? Probably indicative of very high hardness :cool:

[RoBoTech]

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I said to myself "that looks like African Blackwood".
After I researched it, it IS African Blackwood.
I have the Wusthof Ikons in Blackwood, and have 5-6 sets of blackwood scales, including two for hidden tang fixed blades, in the workshop.
Very resinous, and laughs at water.
NICE, thank you for sharing.

[phillipsted]

I said to myself "that looks like African Blackwood".
After I researched it, it IS African Blackwood.
I have the Wusthof Ikons in Blackwood, and have 5-6 sets of blackwood scales, including two for hidden tang fixed blades, in the workshop.
Very resinous, and laughs at water.
NICE, thank you for sharing.

And... they make clarinets out of it! :cool:

Nicely done, Tomas! I really like the look of the contouring - and the Blackwood is extremely classy.

TedP

[toomzz]

Ah, african blackwood and clarinets....cool! I didn' t know that :)

[MadRookie]

Now I can cut forever......

























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[MadRookie]

Now I can cut forever......

























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[DougC-3]

Nice work, MadR. :)

[toomzz]

Nice, how did you got that mirror-bevel on that M390?

[MadRookie]

Nice, how did you got that mirror-bevel on that M390?

Hard work & plenty stropping on diamond paste - 500+ strops per side.....

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[MadRookie]

Relief bevel of 15 dps with micro-bevel of 18 dps @ 500# Shapton Glass....





















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[phillipsted]

Wow, Rookie! Nice work!

TedP

[Holland]

beautifully done!

[MadRookie]

If you look closely at the first pic, you will see the diffusion where the 500# micro-bevel reflects less mirror.

But it's a working horse.....right?



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[write2dgray]

I'm just finishing up a trio of mules and will have some pics to share soon.

Are folks liking the K-390 or S110V better so far (understanding limited time)?

MadRookie: Very impressive working edge :) . May I ask how you maintain such a consistent angle while stropping? Freehand?!?

[MadRookie]

Hi & welcome to the forum write2dgray.

I maintain all my knives stropping freehand on leather with 1µ poly diamond - guess after so much time muscle memory takes over & it comes naturally.

The S110V mule is definitely thinner behind the edge than its K390 counterpart - have not used mine as yet - time will tell, although judging by tests from others it looks as if K390 has slightly better edge retention.

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[v8r]

Now I can cut forever......

























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The one in the center is awesome. Layerd G10?

[MadRookie]

Yep, by Gareth Bull, SA.

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[Mr-No]

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[Holland]

Awesome photo!