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Well, last week I did 4 machetes and 4 knives. Took it easy, so to speak. Which was a good thing because my youngest, Lily, got pink eye. 2 days off of school. So I ran my ass off and finished a small batch (the blade work was already done).
Things didn't go totaly as planned. My scandi jig needs rebuilding badly, and I had trouble with my grinds. The kind of trouble on the last day, just cleaning up, that ruins 2 knives. Also, turns out my platen liner has a worn spot (not flat) in it, and so I was fighting a loosing battle. That means the 2 smaller knives are not for sale. Of course, you can see from the pictures that I got so frustrated on the 2nd one that I beat it with a sledgehammer till it was no longer a knife. On a sidenote, the knife took 5 blows of a sledgehammer with all my might before the blade snapped, and the handle is still holding on also. (drove the knife into my anvil stump point first.) Those micarta pins are amazing! By the by, the small knives (I get to keep the surviving one) were Kevin Estella Bushies.
So today I have two knives available. A Competition Cutter, and a Camp Knife. Both wearing nat linen micarta scales, and black linen micarta bolsters and liners. The pins are micarta, g-10, mosaic beautymark, and bullseye. The steel on both is spalted 01 that is 5/32" thick. SOLD Thanks.
Heber can probably make an outstanding sheath for these, and his prices are dirt cheap! I'm so excited to be working with Heber!
Camp Knife:
Things didn't go totaly as planned. My scandi jig needs rebuilding badly, and I had trouble with my grinds. The kind of trouble on the last day, just cleaning up, that ruins 2 knives. Also, turns out my platen liner has a worn spot (not flat) in it, and so I was fighting a loosing battle. That means the 2 smaller knives are not for sale. Of course, you can see from the pictures that I got so frustrated on the 2nd one that I beat it with a sledgehammer till it was no longer a knife. On a sidenote, the knife took 5 blows of a sledgehammer with all my might before the blade snapped, and the handle is still holding on also. (drove the knife into my anvil stump point first.) Those micarta pins are amazing! By the by, the small knives (I get to keep the surviving one) were Kevin Estella Bushies.
So today I have two knives available. A Competition Cutter, and a Camp Knife. Both wearing nat linen micarta scales, and black linen micarta bolsters and liners. The pins are micarta, g-10, mosaic beautymark, and bullseye. The steel on both is spalted 01 that is 5/32" thick. SOLD Thanks.
Heber can probably make an outstanding sheath for these, and his prices are dirt cheap! I'm so excited to be working with Heber!
Camp Knife:
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. Well I would say that if your equipment is just now wearing out that it must have been quality stuff you sure have put a lot of blades thru it. Sounds like a good time to make some improvements if you have been thinking about any.
