Rob's Knives

I am working on a unique project. I was commissioned by a gentleman named Rob to make a set of five knives. Rob has four daughters and wants to give each a knife for their birthday. The "twist" to this project is that Rob wanted me to choose handle wood with the first letter of the name of the wood matching the first letter of the daughter's name. We settled on Tamarind, Eucalyptus, Amboyna, and Bocote. Rob also wanted a knife, and since he is footing the bill, his was made first. Rob's knife was handled with Redwood burl.

Below is the second knife of Rob's five knives. The scales on this knife are stabilized spalted Tamarind. This is a pretty dark piece of Tamarind that has a little bit of everything going on. It has the black streaking , a couple of little knots and a few bug holes. It definitely makes for a unique knife.

The link below will take you to my original post on the Accurate Reloading Forum regarding Rob's knife and the second link is where I am posting the project as it progresses.

http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5021043/m/4741090902

http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5021043/m/7001094902

Here's one more addition I recently made to the shop. This is a flat platten attachment purchased from Beaumont Metal Works.

Lee