Let's get the next build rolling

[Redmeadow Knives]

They're looking good, John!
......but there's three (3) of them?! Hmmmmm!

Yeah I need to start doing things in multiples. Way more efficient than just one at a time!

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Nice. How clean does that steel come out of the foil, say compared to anti-scale compound?

You can see where I didn't coat the handle.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

64+ out of the quench, I'll take it. We'll temper that down to 62 or 3.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Liking this palm.

 

[Rupestris]

How fine are you going with that palm?

I have a set of black palm chopsticks. I wasn’t sure about the finish because they’re not finished to a fine, polished look.

turns out, they’re perfect. The finish gives just the right grip and the weight is spot on for my liking.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

I've got them to 400 grit right now and it's starting to get a nice chatoyance. I didn't think that would happen, especially since palm isn't actually ..... wood...?

 

[Rupestris]

It's wood-ish.

As long as you aren't trying to make a boat out of it.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Lol, I guess it's what's called a "monocot"? More like bamboo, corn, or a grass than wood. Insanely dense and has a really nice orange chatoyance, looking forward to see how it finishes out.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Shaped down and ready for pins.

 

[mitch4ging]

Shaped down and ready for pins.View attachment 1239348

Looking good, John!!

 

[T.Knotts]

I love those liners. That is a very comfy handle.

 

[Pinemoon]

Shaped down and ready for pins.View attachment 1239348

Very pleasing to the eye
"Less is more," as they say

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

 

[Rupestris]

As they say in Da U.P. Of Michigan, "Holy Wha!".

 

[Scott Hanson]

As a friggin whistle, an air hardening steel would be dreamy. I'm just running thermal cycles right now, I'll quench with the anti-scale in oil.

These were cycled in a foil pack from 1750F down to 1350F. Can't believe these colors.
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Those are looking good, I have some AEB-L, I should make myself one.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Those are looking good, I have some AEB-L, I should make myself one.

Thanks Scott, I milled down some scales for these today, Blackwood, mesquite burl, and that Spalted wood. I hope they cut well because they sure will be purdy! As thin as they are they feel like lasers already, I think they'll work out well.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

 

[mitch4ging]

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Mmmmm, "that Spalted wood"!!

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

The sandbar in red palm will be available soon and will come with a right or wrong handed sash style sheath. I didn't think the sandbar influence was noticeable but Shel spotted it early in the thread.

 

[Pinemoon]

The sandbar in red palm will be available soon and will come with a right or wrong handed sash style sheath. I didn't think the sandbar influence was noticeable but Shel spotted it early in the thread.

That's a fine looking piece.
Unfortunately my budget is not supporting a purchase for a while