Here are a few knives i finished in August.

LARRYZ10

LARRYZ10

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Here are a few knives I just finished. Larry

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jdm61 said:
Likewise!! Larry, what is the blade length on that one?
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My thanks to every one for the kind comments. The harpoon point knife is 8 1/2 inches with a 4 inch blade from the center of the bolsters to the tip. I have to measure my knives to know their length . I draw them on printer paper with a French curve and a circle template and trace the paper patterns onto my steel, CPM 154 in this case. When I grind my knives I hold them up to the sky to see what the profile looks like and grind them to a pleasant shape. I threw away my first blank because the swedge ground down further than I wanted the blade to finish so on this one I exaggerated the swedge when profiling and ground down to the shape I wanted just before heat treat. I tapered the tang on a Travis Wuertz surface grinding attachment. I make "one of a kind " knives but usually keep a copy of my drawings if I ever want to use the basic blade shape again. This is probably more than anyone wants to know but that's how I do it. Larry



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Nice, A legal New York carry knife with room to spare.
LARRYZ10 said:
My thanks to every one for the kind comments. The harpoon point knife is 8 1/2 inches with a 4 inch blade from the center of the bolsters to the tip. I have to measure my knives to know their length . I draw them on printer paper with a French curve and a circle template and trace the paper patterns onto my steel, CPM 154 in this case. When I grind my knives I hold them up to the sky to see what the profile looks like and grind them to a pleasant shape. I threw away my first blank because the swedge ground down further than I wanted the blade to finish so on this one I exaggerated the swedge when profiling and ground down to the shape I wanted just before heat treat. I tapered the tang on a Travis Wuertz surface grinding attachment. I make "one of a kind " knives but usually keep a copy of my drawings if I ever want to use the basic blade shape again. This is probably more than anyone wants to know but that's how I do it. Larry



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Thanks, Larry, but all I did was compile all of those modifications that others had made - I can't take credit for any of it, really. If I made it easier for others to access, that's all the better still. :)


Great knives, bud.
 
Yeah...these are real nice. The top one with the ironwood is especially nice and I like the one with the buckeye burl quite a bit too.
 
They are cool, Larry, just darn cool! Camel bone second from the top? Working on two with camel obne myself right now.
 
Horsewright said:
They are cool, Larry, just darn cool! Camel bone second from the top? Working on two with camel obne myself right now.
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Dave, Yes it is camel bone. It usually looks really like ivory when finished. Here is another one I kept for myself. The photo is not very good though. Larry

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Inspiration. As a new knife maker seeing things like this is exactly what I need as far as motivation to make beautiful knives. Thank you for sharing your work!
 
Shoot Larry, those are sweet. guys like you really embarrass me cause I whine about bolsters all the time, and you do them so awesomely. I also love the Harpoon knife!
 
Bangin!

Love that big wheel on that grinder. Where did you get that?
 
AVigil said:
Bangin!

Love that big wheel on that grinder. Where did you get that?
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Adam, That is Beaumont Metal Specialties (KMG) wheel in 14 inch. It is a useful wheel but I really advise getting an 8" and a 10" first as I do 95% of my work with those two wheels. The 14" is the next best thing to a flat grind for me and makes larger knives (12 to 14 inches) look cool. Larry
 
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