Finally making knives again!

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Took about 4 months off the knife making after smacking the burn out wall. Spent the summer teaching a new knife maker and pursuing other interests.
Here is my latest batch. Still have to etch the blades and make sheaths.
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Spent about 8 hours last week forging the next batch.
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It feels good to be making knives again.

Mike Broach
 
I figured I would reply here as well! I havent been posting in about a year but I've continued making a few knives here and there. I am now BACK bigtime and holy crap does it feel good to have burned fingertips and a big pile of grindings on the shop floor.

Welcome back!
 
Like that second from the right!!! Oh yeah............the others aint too shabby also.
 
Thanks everyone. I got to get busy on the sheaths because 5 of the batch are now spoken for.

Mike Broach
 
Switching gears is usually a good thing, with any craft, you are better for it. The pause gives you a chance to reflect on what you've been making and also what you dream about making in the future.
It obviously helped you. Nice batch of blades.:thumbup:

Sounds like you enjoyed the time off.

Fred
 
Fred, I really did enjoy the time off. I found that you can stop making knives, but you don't stop thinking about knives.
My student had no experience in knife making and wanted to learn to forge knives. We spent most of the summer on basic forging techniques. He would come to the shop 2 to 3 days a week and we would average 6hrs at the forge each time. He never complained about the heat, though if you listened closely, you might hear this old man mutter a few words.:D He completed his first knife the day before school started. He made an excellent first knife.
I have always had a hankering for a flintlock rifle. In March of this year, I started doing research on civilian rifles of the Revolutionary War period. This led me to studying the various items associated with rifles of this period IE shooting bags, powder horns, hawks and KNIVES.
Fast forward, I ended up with a great 54Cal flintlock based on a J. Dickert rifle circa 1775 and a new appreciation for the knives of that period. It was a great summer.
Mike Broach
 
Sounds like you enjoyed the teaching. I always feel good in passing along what little I know. We have to keep it going.

Do you have a picture of the long gun you purchased? I love to shoot black powder guns they have a certain charm about them.

Fred
 
Nice work Mike!
I especially like the 3rd knife from the left with the antler or bone handle.

Sometimes it is good to let go for some time and focus on something completely different.
It clears the mind and feeds the soul
 
Fred, it was a kit gun in the white that I purchased from a friend in Tennessee. Took about 2mo to complete. I am right proud of it.

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Mike Broach
 
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