W2 and ironwood

**Lon Humphrey** · 11-22-2011, 09:59 AM

i love ironwood and W2 its all random when you start in on the handle but i think it fits well with the nice hammon

here is a little hunter i just finished up for a order

thanks for looking

Lon

**coolcassi** · 11-23-2011, 04:31 AM

This is a beautiful knife.... Love the ironwood handle and nice hammon.... This is a very sharp looking knife.....

**Clydetz** · 11-23-2011, 05:48 AM

I go along with coolcassi on this one, Lon!

I like that spacer, too!

**Lon Humphrey** · 11-23-2011, 11:25 AM

thank you both

**goober** · 11-23-2011, 02:22 PM

Awesome work, as usual!. Can't beat ironwood- beautiful stuff!!

**Luis G.** · 01-16-2012, 06:34 PM

That is soon to be my knife.
Can't wait for it, it's a sweet looking knife and Lon seriously hit the bullseye in every department.

**bigbob68** · 01-16-2012, 07:17 PM

Good looking hamon for sure.

**Luis G.** · 01-21-2012, 03:20 PM

Got the knife from Lon today.

My initial impressions are: this thing is a workhorse. It's very nicely made, superb construction and fit and and finish.
I can't find a flaw in the knife it self.

Sorry for using Japanese terms,

a few words have no translations
The hamon (martensite transitioning area) brief description
Gunome midare
Plenty of ashi, with 2-3 small spots of ji-nie
Nie (crystalline structure that makes the hamon "line") is very visible and I have doubt that it was acid etched so, it looks to be a natural hamon. I will find out once I am under proper light (like the sun will usually make any acid etching marks pop up.

I haven't decided if I will be giving it a mirror polish and hybrid polish to the hamon.

The R Jones sheath is very nice, definitely a bonus as I was paying for a nice knife and a decent sheath. Had a few gluing issues but that seems to be common, nothing a dab of leather glue didn't fix.