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Well had a productive day in the shop, and in general! I had a pair of ancient pruning shears to re-haft today for my F.I.L.'s girlfriend, they belonged to her father and she just can't give them up. I decided to burn the tangs in and then epoxy and pin, once the epoxy dries I'll pein the pins. My shop smells like a campfire from the burning hickory!

Then I started my kiridashi from steel courtesy of DFK. Kevin (flatblackcapo) and I sliced it down the middle at a 45* to make equal 6" kiridashi shapes. I ground the bevel, profiled, and put a screwdriver/pry bar end on the butt. It will have scales of some sort, I'm thinking some .070" carbon fiber/kevlar sandwhich laminate I have, or maybe some nice wood sliced super thin.

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Pre HT edge is .025" it still needs some time on the disc grinder to true up the flats, its at 60# now.

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I also got a marlin spike made today to go with my rigger! Its a fid more than a spike, but very useful none the less! I even used it a couple times today to put constrictor knots on some split wood.

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And here is a bamboo Wa handled paring knife. Its an old Imperial parer that I am rehandling just for fun, but its a decent blade too. The handle is stabilized flooring material scrap. I've used it a bunch and really like it!

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All his and still got my workout done before the wife and kid got home at 5! Its been a good day!


-Xander
 
[Ti frames, almost for sure. I like the idea of some .090" Ti frames with possible options of scales.


What do you guys think of a bottle opener end on the tang extension that friction folders have? It would make it a bit longer but more useful. /QUOTE]
I think I would rather have G-10 handles and a short tang
Xander , that dashi is looking good . I need to get moving on mine!!!
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Morning guys. Kevin, you gotta get going on your dashi! I want to see what you come up with.


-Xander
 
Morning all, finally got some rain last night :D I went out the door this morning and GREEN greeted my eyes!

Xander, nice kiridashi, what kind of steel is that?
 
.125 1084. I may send this out to be heat treated in a controlled kiln rather than my 2BF. Being an eutectoid steel it is very easy to do, but I would like less decarb to deal with on this. Daniel, you up for it? Do you have anti scale compound?


-Xander
 
Afternoon men.Been hot up here but we got rain this morning which has now made it humid as all get out.Off tomorrow to the VA hospital to get my pain shots on Thursday morning.You men have a great day!
 
Happy 4th everybody! Be safe and don't blow up the cat! Have a beer and burger and make it a great day!


-Xander
 
Morning Men! Happy Independence Day!

And a special thanks to all those who've served to get us here today!
 
Good morning guys! Happy Independence Day!


Xander, I don't use any anti scale, the 1084 is good about staying clean... of course there is a little decarb though. (and on a chisel grind it all must be ground clean) I actually soak O1 steel for 1/2 hour at 1500 and it comes out pretty clean. HT is tough to impossible without a kiln though, send it to me and I'll take care of it! :D

I'm sure you know this Xander but I have tried and common fireplace cement can be used as slip to keep blades clean, I used it to get a hamon on W2 as well.

By the way, everything is looking great X! I have been in a non-stop rush or I would have commented earlier!
 
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Good morning guys! Happy Independence Day!


Xander, I don't use any anti scale, the 1084 is good about staying clean... of course there is a little decarb though. (and on a chisel grind it all must be ground clean) I actually soak O1 steel for 1/2 hour at 1500 and it comes out pretty clean. HT is tough to impossible without a kiln though, send it to me and I'll take care of it! :D

I'm sure you know this Xander but I have tried and common fireplace cement can be used as slip to keep blades clean, I used it to get a hamon on W2 as well.

By the way, everything is looking great X! I have been in a non-stop rush or I would have commented earlier!
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Yeah most steels do much better in a kiln than an open flame forge for heat treat. I don't like to use hard woods in my forge to reduce the atmosphere and limit decarb. I do 1080 and 1084 pretty easily my self, its just the chisel grind is why I would like to have it done in a kiln.

Good call on the refractory cement, I have maybe 4lbs of it and always forget about it as a slip coat. I do use it for a hamon on my minis, but don't slip coat them. I may try it with some other pieces, though.


I'll let you know when I send it to you.

-Xander
 
Morning men! So who is trying to work off their hangover today?! I stayed away from the booze last night had to be to work early. But I did have an awesome dinner though, baked chicken breasts with a standard mirepoix mix, salad, and home made cast iron skillet corn bread. Although I think I'm about to give birth to a food baby now, I'm still full!

Been kinda nice around the house, my FIL is in Los Angeles til Saturday auditioning for Joe Bonomassa. I hope he gets the gig and gets off my couch! He's been there a year this weekend, begining to overstay his welcome...


-Xander
 
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Hey cool X, it was a good one for me too. Lol I worked on knives! :D

Joe Bonomassa, very cool... he is insane on the guitar! I want to say I saw him when I lived in Austin, lol it is all a blur.
 
Hey Daniel, did you get my email about me being left handed ? can you please grind my T.b.o.k left handed..
Xander do you have to work tomarrow?
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
Hey cool X, it was a good one for me too. Lol I worked on knives! :D

Joe Bonomassa, very cool... he is insane on the guitar! I want to say I saw him when I lived in Austin, lol it is all a blur.
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Yeah dude can wail on the 6 string! Its weird though, you see him walk out and you almost expect him to be the sound engineer or something! Does not "look" like a blue guitarist at all!

Kevin - I work all week, I didn't get the 4th as a paid holiday. I do have Monday and Thursday off next week though.


-Xander
 
Getting ready to box up my mini knife for the KITH and ship it off! I had some good light this morning so I took a couple more pics. Here's one of them...

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Sorry for the poor image quality, I took it with my phone. The vignette is actually just natural light and I taped some paper on the window to frame it that way, like a natural spot light.


I think I have settled on how I am going to do my DFK Tanto, so it will be moved up the list now that the KITH is over. I still have some organizational duties to do, but it doesn't take much time once the KITH is closed. I need to source some materials for the tanto handle, and test a couple techniques, but in theory it will work! It's just the relationship of theory and practice that doesn't always work out!


-Xander
 
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