We have yet another nice prize. This was offered a couple of days ago on SawHogz, and I was busy, so, I forgot.
From member IEL:
"I can not really afford to take part in the raffle, but if your interested, I could put together one of my hand made knives for a raffle prize.
I have a blade blanked out of 01 tool steel from a vintage black diamond mill file, hand ground, and waiting for heat treat. I can finish the blade and bring it to a mirror polish. I will leave it unhandled until the drawing, so the winner can choose from the selection of woods I have on hand.
Let me know if your interested.... "
"Here is the blade I am thinking of, along with some of my past work as an example of the finished product. "
"If I have enough acetylene left for heat treating that blade, I should get a picture up of the finished knife blade this afternoon.
It will also include a hand made swedish/finish style leather sheath.
Handle options are eastern rock maple, black walnut, cherry, bubinga, purple heart, and I will see if I can find anything else in the offcut. bin. "
The winner of this prize gets to choose the handle material.