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This knife was sort of a "proof of concept" for me. I forged it as thin as I could, so as to skip grinding bevels and just skip to the sharpening (a technique I've seen Joshua Prince use), and I also made the handle so it is friction fit (influenced by the replaceable handles of Japanese kitchen knives). I really like how it turned out and how relatively simple it was to make, so I definetly think I'll be making more in this style. Hope you guys like it!
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Peter James said:
This knife was sort of a "proof of concept" for me. I forged it as thin as I could, so as to skip grinding bevels and just skip to the sharpening (a technique I've seen Joshua Prince use), and I also made the handle so it is friction fit (influenced by the replaceable handles of Japanese kitchen knives). I really like how it turned out and how relatively simple it was to make, so I definetly think I'll be making more in this style. Hope you guys like it!
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Pretty cool!!!!! Great job..... Should be a handy amd.popular size Every Day Blade......Just needs a solid carry method..😉........Keep up the good work young man.....👍👍👍
 
jfk1110 said:
Pretty cool!!!!! Great job..... Should be a handy amd.popular size Every Day Blade......Just needs a solid carry method..😉........Keep up the good work young man.....👍👍👍
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Thank you very much!
I've actually been using this one in the kitchen as a small petty chef knife, but now you've got me thinking of ways to turn this into an EDC....
 
Hey all, it's been a bit since I've posted, but here's a pair I've been working on:

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The lighter brown one is already spoken for, but the darker is up for sale. It has a W2 blade with a forced patina, a stainless guard, and a curly maple handle:

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The lighter one is very similar, only with a satin finish on the blade and a brass bolster:

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both have leather sheaths to go with them

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Let me know what you guys think!
 

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It's been another long while since my last post, but I thought I'd show you guys what I made over Christmas break as well as some stuff in progress. Tomorrow I'll have a pictures edited for a few more knives as well.

first up is a small petty chef knife. I'm not quite sure what to call the construction, as I'm not sure if it'd be an integral bolster as the "bolster" doesn't have a transition to the tang, but just tapers down into the handle. Overall though, I'm very pleased with how thin I was able to get the edge, and I absolutely love how the curly maple handle turned out.
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The other knife I made as a gift was a more artistic letter opener made from wrought iron and ancient bog oak. It was my fist time doing anything to this extent of hand filing and embelishment (though I plan to do a lot more of this in the future). The wrought iron has an extremely deep etch which gives a really cool effect especially with the engraving I had added before hand on the one side.
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In addition to those two, here's a little sneak peak of a knife that's on its way to being finished. It's a newer look that I haven't played with before, but I really like it. It'll also be my first time inlaying a piece of chasing and repousse, which is the copper piece in the photo. Let me know what you guys think!
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Here are the other knives promised:

First up I finished two camp knives that were a custom order. I wouldn't say they are my finest work, but with their intended purpose of being used, I'm very pleased with the end result.
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Next I have a small pukko sort of knife which along with the sheath takes a lot of shapes and ideas from the beautiful simplicity of nature. It has a W2 blade with an ancient bog oak handle and micarta bolster along with a carved veg tan sheath. This one will be up for sale soon.
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Finally I have a small full tang EDC with a micarta handle. I took a lot of time giving it a nice museum fit between the tang and scales, which was achieved through a mixture of the use of regular peened pins and hidden pins. I'm very happy with the fit and finish I was able to achive in the finish product. Unfortunately the knife and sheath had already seen some use before I photographed it, so that's why it's be a bit scuffed up and patinaed.
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Thanks everyone for looking, I hope you all enjoy these. As always, any comments and feedback is greatly appreciated
 
Oh and I thought it worth mentioning that all of the above knives I posted today and yesterday are forged to shape. As I'm going towards getting my journeyman smith ranking, I've figured its worth learning and putting in the extra work of forging into every knife I can. Not because it makes the knives better, or is more efficient, but as an American Bladesmith Society bladesmith I greatly admire the goal of the ABS to preserve the art of forging.
 
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