Puma in Desert Ironwood Take Two

Puma with Paul Long sheath and enhanced hamon. 

This one heads out to the UK on Monday. Thanks Jamie!

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Kitchen Set in Desert Ironwood

Here's a kitchen set that Scott recently finished.

Check it out! 

8-inch French Chef and GKU-4 forged from O1 tool steel and dressed in  Desert Ironwood.

Its wicked sharp.

Thanks for looking.

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A Puma and an EMc Xtra

Scott knocked out two more knives this week - a Puma in Desert Ironwood and an EMc Xtra with Ito wrap over rayskin. Check 'em out.

Puma
Steel: W2

Overall Length: 11 1/4 inches

Blade Length: 6 1/4 inches

Handle: Desert Ironwood
Guard: 416 Stainless Steel

The hamon on this Puma is subtle yet beautiful.

 The Puma is headed to Paul Long for a sheath, then off to its owner in the UK, and the following EMc Xtra should be arriving in at its new home in Tennessee tomorrow. 

EMc Xtra

Steel: 1084

Handle: Japanese Ito wrap over rayskin

Overall Length: 9 7/8 inches

Blade Length: 5 1/8 inches

Sheath: Kydex with shoulder rig

Thanks guys! Enjoy.

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8-Inch French Chef and a Special Request

Scott just finished another 8-inch French Chef dressed in Desert Ironwood, and this one got a set of 416 stainless bolsters. Stunning! This beauty is headed to Kentucky.

8-Inch French Chef

Overall Length: 14 1/8 inches

Blade Length: 8 1/4 inches

Thanks Peter! We look forward to hearing how she performs.

Speaking of which, we'd really love to hear and see how all our blades are performing. So if you have a Guinea Hog Forge knife, send us a picture of you and your blade at work or play - in the kitchen, on the hunt, or simply out enjoying the day. We're not  interested in product shots so much as how you use your knives, so focus more on the activity than the knife. Here are a few examples of the type of lifestyle shots we'd love to see.

You see, by June we hope to have a virtual catalog compiled for Guinea Hog Forge - something folks can flip through easily to learn about our products and philosophy, but we need some great content to tell our story . . . and you (our customers) are a big part of that story.

So, if you're up for it, submit away. Pictures need to be high resolution JPGs, while stories simply need to be in a format I can edit (email, word doc, etc.). If we publish your picture or story in our virtual catalog, we'll give you a byline and compensate you as best we can - with credit towards the purchase of a Guinea Hog Forge knife.

Hope to hear from you soon!

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Jacob's Pipe

Scott's 14-year-old son Jacob made him a fabulous pipe for Christmas this year. 

Check it out. 

The bowl was shaped out of a piece of cherry firewood, while the bit was recycled from one of Grandpa's old pipes. Jacob heated and bent the bit to give it a more flowing look. 

It's a fine piece of art that smokes great too.

The boy has skills.

Happy New Year!

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EMc Black Ops

Yep, its a tactical EMc (Everyman Carry), and no, not every man or woman needs a tactical blade, but an EMc dressed in black isn't just tactical, it's practical too.

Scott just finished a first run of EMc Black Ops for a customer and made a few extra to offer for immediate sale. These knives represent Scott's first foray into water-jetting - a manufacturing process that allows us to have multiple copies of his designs cut from a sheet of steel via a powerful jet of water. This video shows how it works.

Once the blanks are cut, they are sent back to us to be hand-ground, heat-treated, and handled in house. Thus, they are still beautiful hand-crafted blades from Guinea Hog Forge - just hand-crafted versions that are little less expensive than a hand-forged option. Our goal is for Scott to be a full time bladesmith very soon and offering water-jetted versions of his designs should help us reach that goal by allowing us to produce more knives and service more customers. So expect to see more water-jetted Guinea Hog Forge knives in the future, but also be assured that hand-forged blades will still be a staple of our business. We are trying to make a living at this, but that doesn't mean we'll compromise the art of the craft or the quality of the product we offer.

Scott put black linen Micarta handles on all these EMcs, then bead blasted and Parkerized them to create a tough black finish that protects the steel from rust and abuse. All come with black Kydex sheaths, and for an additional price custom Kydex shoulder rigs (in black of course) are available for the standard sized EMcs. Yeah, there's a mini version too.

So if you need a tough stealthy everyday carry, check out the EMc Black Ops, and if you need a tough stealthy three-finger everyday carry, check out the EMc Black Ops Mini.

I like 'em both.

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Kitchen Cutlery for Christmas

Scott knocked out some kitchen cutlery just in time for Christmas. Check it out. 

 

Three General Kitchen Utility knives with 4-inch blades. The handles are as follows: African Blackwood at the top; Desert Ironwood in the middle; and maroon Micarta at the bottom.

GKU-4

Steel: O1

OAL: 9 inches

Blade Length: 4 3/8 inches

 One 8-inch French Chef with Desert Ironwood handle. Check out that grain pattern!

8-Inch French Chef

Steel: 01

OAL: 14 1/8 inches

Blade Length: 8 1/4 inches

A trio of paring knives with 3 1/2 inch blades. Desert Ironwood at the top, black Micarta in the middle, and Cocobolo at the bottom. 

3.5-Inch Paring

Steel: 01

OAL: 8 1/8 inches

Blade Length: 3 1/2 inches

Happy Holidays from Guinea Hog Forge!

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