Custom Knifemaking this week

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

I have been busy this week! I'm just getting back into the shop after the birth of our daughter Jade Elizabeth on the sixth of this month.

Heat treating

[video=youtube_share;pewAPY2jYLA]http://youtu.be/pewAPY2jYLA[/video]

Grinding

Here's a quick video of me grinding a W2 Pocket Fighter.

Earlier I clay coated the blade and brine quenched it. I then ground the blade to around 320 and hand rubbed it from 220-1000 grit. I spent the afternoon doing the sanding and etched and sanded the blade for hamon until late at night. I have been working on the hamon for a couple of days and hope to have the fighter finished soon.

Here's some of the grinding.

[video=youtube_share;eeZosCZtalE]http://youtu.be/eeZosCZtalE[/video]

 

[cbr900son]

Love your videos. Fun to see someone who seems laid back and just really into what they do!