Just finished knives 3 and 4, updated pictures!

[Shannon Carter]

More...

Milwaukee portable band saw and stand courtesy of my father. I picked up the SWAG Offroad table - version 3, I believe... handy piece of equipment:

Rough cutting the template:

5/32 O1 sticks:

Template is clamped then scribed:

Save a little space by alternating the template:

One of the cool things about ordering from Aldo's is the pieces are usually a little longer than advertised:

Welded-up "no-weld" grinder - I use a 50grit 3M belts to profile the blanks. I also use the 8" contact wheel... this seems to work better than the platen for me at this point:

I thought I took some pics at the drill press, but maybe not. Anyway, the 1/2" lanyard holes were not fun... I think I went through 3 bits trying to get those things in:

I really like this picture - I purchased a 4x36 belt sander to clean the sides up:

Pre-heat treating:

More to come... stay tuned!

 

[tlovesknives]

sweet knives. i left you a visitor message.

 

[catcalls]

You seem to have a good rhythem going on. The knives are nice, and you are off to a great start!! Best of luck
Jack Perryman

 

[Shannon Carter]

sweet knives. i left you a visitor message.

Thanks! I got your message and I may not be able to reply to it because I'm just a registered user, or maybe I'm overlooking something... I may need to upgrade my account. I'll look into that today.