build along

[Ryan Minchew]

I'm a member on texasbowhunter.com. There was getting to be some interest in handmade knives so I made a tutorial on a fixed blade hunter. I showed how to do everything including dovetailing the bolsters and handle material with no grinder. The link is below if you have time go through it and tell me what you think.

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38358

 

[J.S. Carter]

Looks great, Good Job Saved it to my favorites to look back on for some tips on putting on the bolsters and handle working. Loved the mention of Tai Goo He's one of my favorite makers as well.

 

[Big Smitty]

Very nice tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

 

[Ryan Minchew]

Glad you liked it guys. Let me know if there is something I need to change.

 

[David Wesner]

Ryan, excellent job ! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

For those that have never done something like this (posting pics and process of a complete build), it is very, very, time consuming. Stopping at various stages of the process, staging the pics, taking the pics, editing the pics, posting the pics, explaining what is going on in the pics. It can take an incredible amount of time and effort over and above just making a knife.

Kudos to you Ryan, for doing an excellent job of posting your knife build. Well done bud !

Great looking knife too

 

[rjudoka]

Very cool! Always great to see how other makers do things. Good looking knife.


Rick

 

[Ryan Minchew]

Appreciate the comments guys. And you're right Mr. Wesner there's a ton of time involved. I guess I always took it for granted. I had no idea how many steps or things I did unconsciously until I started trying to take a picture of each thing. Ya'll take care.

 

[Allen Newberry]

Looks like you did a pretty good job.

Allen

 

[Fiddleback]

Very nice! Love the end product too!

 

[Ryan Minchew]

Thanks guys.

 

[Beile]

Wow, very thorough, great tutorial. That was a lot of work.