Well it is custom and also completely hand made. Maybe they're not pretty. Hand rubbed to a satin finish with ivory inlays and and a tooled leather sheath to match but My friend, they say most forms of art and creativity are a reflection of ones personality. And I can assure you I'm no clean cut chud wearing a $1500 watch and carrying a "blah blah custom Ti frame lock" my knifes look the way they do because I choose for them to look that way. I don't make a profit off of them I do it because it a hobby, I don't make them pretty because I want them to be used and not look like every other post in this section. You have permission to speak freely in this thread Steven. You're not going to hurt any feelings lol
Hi Richie,
If you take money from someone for a knife, you might be a "part time" maker, rather than a hobby maker, but that would be splitting hairs over definitions.
It takes a lot of stones to post your work on BFC because there are so many people viewing that work.....hundreds to thousands, depending....that can be intimidating, so congrats for that!
"Hand Rubbed"? No, not even necessary.
If you are making knives with an angle grinder and a bench grinder you can do slightly better, but unless putting in a bunch of handwork, will likely have knives that look like these. If you don't have a 2" x 72" belt grinder, you should have, even as a hobby maker.
With that, you will be able to use Scotchbrite belts and cork belts, that will give you a nice even finish to the blades and allow more control over your blade bevels.
If you are not going to work towards a controlled, evenly spaced and attractive filework, you might not want to do that. If you want to do jimping, I have had good results with thin cutoff wheels, a Dremel tool, and a steady hand.
If you want hard use knives that don't require any fancy fitting techniques, synthetics for handle materials is the way to go....micarta and G10 are pretty inexpensive and look good/perform great with minimal work.
Using wood that has no figure is pointless, it's not worth the work you put into a decent heat treated blade. If you go to your local lumberyard and pick out any board, it generally shows a lack of interest in details. Every material used in a knife has a reason for being there and the more interesting the material is, the more interesting the knife is in many cases.
That choil/ricasso transition in the last piece you showed does not say "use me", it says "i'm gonna be hard to resharpen".
Keep working at it, you are showing some interesting ideas!
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson
