3rd off the grinder & a step in the right direction!

Chiro75

Chiro75

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Here are a couple of pics of my latest effort, a tanto blade. Convex grinds. Did the majority of the grinding on the grinder, then draw filed to smooth the transitions out, then backto the grinder to really slowly bring in the plunge, which I did on the slack belt area of my Coote. Still had a decent dig in the blade as you can see in the picture, but I'm happy with the way things are progressing. Flat grinding is still a mystery to me! Anyway, comments welcome!

Oh, and the heat treat... I attempted to wrap the harened part all the way around to include the entire false edge, but it didn't happen. That dip that comes close to the edge, too, is due to not having enough heat in that portion of the blade. I'm really annoyed by this, and my next big project is to get a coffee can forge or one brick forge put together so I can evenly and adequately heat this steel up.
 

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That looks good. maybe by the time I get done building my grinder you can give me some lessons. :D
 
Sure, I can teach you TONS of stuff about what NOT to do! Maybe I'll have a show on TLC called "What Not to Do" that competes with What Not to Wear! Actually, I could demonstrate what not to wear, as well! :(
 
hey now that looks really nice. looks likeyou're getting the hang of the grinder
check out darren ellis's page for forge making tutorials. IG's is easy and really efficient. 4pi gets welding temps too!!! :eek: :eek:
keep up the good work and keep us posted
 
Thanks, Michael! I have a link to Darren's page, but can't find tutorials there. Can you point me to the one you mentioned? I have some basic coffe can/pipe forge pictures, too. The problem is scoring the kaowool and satanite locally. May luck into something, but I will order supplies from Darren if I need to. These less-than-perfect heat treats are really pissing me off.
 
go to the forge gallery page. then click the link to the forge gallery that comes up. it shoud have a tutorial by IG. i use the same forge he uses and you can't beat it for efficiency and easy as all heck to make. not the prettiest but you can always work on that
 
Doesn't look like it's there anymore. The Forge Gallery and How to Build a Forge pages now say "work in progress, more info coming soon" on them. Doh!
 
Chiro75, I just checked and the link to the Forge Gallery Pages is working fine... the link to the Forge building tutorial is still under construction, however. Here's the direct url you need:

http://ForgeGallery.EllisCustomKnifeworks.com

Good luck finding the Inswool and Satanite in small quantities locally...that's why I got into this business...I was frustrated that we knifemakers couldn't get what we needed in reasonable quantities.

I'll tell you what. I've got some Inswool that I had in my storage unit that got wet. It's perfectly good (dry now), but shows that it's been wet and a little dirty...so I can't sell it. It will work just as well for a forge as the new "clean" looking stuff. If you want to trade some Inswool and Satanite for handle material shoot me an email. You really need a more proper heat treating set-up, especially now that you are becoming more prolific in your knifemaking.

If you're interested, shoot me an email and we'll get you set up with what you need.

:)

-Darren
 
Darren, I don't know why I couldn't get that to work. Sorry! I have a call into a local place concerning the soft firebrick, but I'm not real confident, so I'll be in touch. I don't mind paying $$$ for what you have, but I always try to do business locally whenever possible. It's good for my own business, so that's why I've been putting off ordering anything from you. But, I think it's hopeless, so I'll be in touch...
 
I'm saving that cable for when I have a half decent idea of what I'm doing, but I think I might start up on it this weekend if not sooner. I was thinking I had like 3 weeks until that Novi show, but I guess we're into April already, big time! I want to have it done to show you at the show, so I'll probably start soon. Maybe tonight! :D
 
Can't wait to see it. I'm waiting for a belt order to arrive so I can grind at home at night. not doing a dang thing tonight. :D
 
With all the knives flying around in your shop lately, I think that's a good idea, Kim! :P
 
You've been more than helpful, Darren, and I just wanted to be sure you understood why I haven't ordered from you. But, the people I called must be on Spring Break as I haven't heard back and their answering machine picks up when I call, so it's a hopeless cause. I've been building up my steel stock, handle material stock, etc with the $$$ from my last knife sale, and I've got one out there and another one almost ready to hit the for sale spots, so when one of those sells I will be in touch to get set up. After that I'll start making swords. ;)
 
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