Live from the Knife Shop! Shop and Progress Photos

[IMWILSON]

August 20th - More pics

scale material and some really dirty knives!

Hey Daniel, what are the 2 sets on the right? The ones that look like stone,

 

[thewoodpecker]

That 15n20 dashi spoken for?

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Hey Daniel, what are the 2 sets on the right? The ones that look like stone,

They are Black/White composite with blue glow. (not sure exactly what, I think the black is carbon fiber) It is from Shadetree Composites. It is ground to 40 grit in the photo so it looks way different when finished.

Speaking of stone I have more stone slabs than scale material actually, it is tough to drill but I have shaped tons...

That 15n20 dashi spoken for?

It is but I am doing a dashi signup right now http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/982893-More-kiridashis!!

I can order some 15n20 along with the other steel, let me know if you want one. Thanks!

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Last night... cleaning etchant off of Titanium with water, the hooks are Titanium ones I made to survive the etch/ano process. This is the final cleaning after a 10 step prep process for anodizing.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Right now! I'm etching some keychain tools while I wait for my oven to heat up, kydex molding is next.

That's 4 sheath molds in the background with my kydex on top.

 

[jkaczyn18]

scale material selection for the .049 15n20 - black canvas micarta, black paper micarta, jade G10

I really like the second one from the bottom. That thing is sick, along with the test of the stuff posted here.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Thanks! That's my take on a Japanese Gyuto, it has a laser thin blade at .049" for kitchen slicing.

 

[jkaczyn18]

Thanks! That's my take on a Japanese Gyuto, it has a laser thin blade at .049" for kitchen slicing.

Available?

 

[SID-SWITCH-BLADE]

Daniel,,can you save some of that sweet yellow sunburst for a thick frame lock? If all gone where can i buy some to send to ya? I do love the krypto green you have too. do you make your own?

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Available?

Yes!

I am gluing it up today with some black micarta scales. Just let me know and we can work something out.

Daniel,,can you save some of that sweet yellow sunburst for a thick frame lock? If all gone where can i buy some to send to ya? I do love the krypto green you have too. do you make your own?

Yes, I think it will work and I can get more I think. It is old material and comes in random thickness, steep stuff but as cool as it gets in my opinion. I had to do an order with it a while back and am a huge fan of it now.

The only extra S7 poon I am making will get that material... Antique Ivory Micarta. I want to high polish the steel, with the ivory look it will be like an old pistol or something.

I make a lot of my own scale material but the Krypto is from Shadetree Custom Composites... long story short I'm hoping to get some more.

I may make some scales soon, I really hope to find the time. I have a quarter pound of the best glow powder on the market.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

LIVE... from the heat treating shop

These keychain tools in the stainless packet I'm showing have been in sub zero treatment all night. I do this after a snap temper, the treatment reduces retained austenite. Stronger tools at higher HRC!

This works especially well with the D2 I am using, a lot of steels do not respond to the treatment. The sub zero is essentially an extension of the quench with D2, the point where the steel transforms. Cryo is a bit different at -300F, I am going to roughy -100F.

Check the vapor descending, it looks like spiderwebs!

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Here is my sub-zero setup! I have a stainless container bedded in insulation... I fill up that container with a dry ice/alcohol slurry, put in the knives or tools, more plastic then insulation... it all goes in the thick styrofoam cooler. I can keep dry ice in this setup overnight with no visible melting!

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

double post

 

[SID-SWITCH-BLADE]

White Lion Piss ha ha. Antique Ivory Micarta, thanks Daniel good to know what all the cool kids are using for scales these days ; )

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Odd things...

 

[bear5177]

Thank you for sharing this!

 

[trkJr]

I like the fact that the Mountain Lion piss is actually distilled.....

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Thank you for sharing this!

Much appreciated!

I like the fact that the Mountain Lion piss is actually distilled.....

Hey that's why I live on the mountain... mountain lions and moonshining!

I didn't mean to post that photo, that distilled mountain lion urine is a key component in my heat treat. Oh well, they will never reverse engineer my secret formula!

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Flaring some tube... this takes a while as the tube and flats have to be brought up to a scotchbrite finish and lightly chamfered

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Battering ram ready for action, poon tip style!