Some knife pictures for Brian

m. wohlwend

m. wohlwend

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The big paracord-wrap was built to a customers specs and was sold with sheath for 175.00 The OAL was 11 1/2 inches, 1095 steel double quenched (oil for 1st, water for second) , triple tempered.
The spear point with the maple scales and handmade neck sheath had and sold for 59.00. 1095 single oil quench and triple tempered.
The little fighter has a 5 1/4 inch blade and 4 1/4 inch handle, 1095 carbon, oil quench and triple tempered with sheath for 120.00 and is available...
 

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Nice! I ordered him to post good knife porn from his bench here so we could drool! I love it when cool forum members also make cool knives.
 
charlieridge, I noticed you said you like finding odd scrap metal and turning it into knives. What's the weirdest place and item you've found that became a knife?
 
I forged some knives out of a coil car spring, that's about the roughest for me personally. I also forged some small ones out of an old-fasioned hay rake tong, the ones that were pulled by horses. You need a very hot forge and a heavy hammer for this. I have some scrap brushhog blades that I am going to try to make some hawks out of this summer. I forge inside in the winter with propane, and outside in the summer under a lean-to with coal and propane. I need the coal fired forge to get car spring and heavier stock hot enough to forge right. My work is mainly influenced by Wayne Goddard's "$50 knife shop"... some people are shocked when they see the small shop and very basic equipment I work with....When I say odd steel, I have never made a knife out of stock ordered from a company. I have made alot of knives from large circular saws, the older ones are 1095, then newer ones are L-6. I also "test" the steel before I use it for knives by heating a piece of steel past magnetic stage, "soaking" for at least three minutes in the forge then water quenching. The steel should break like glass. If it does, it should make a great knife....very scientific I know, but has worked so far!
 
Awesome! I especially like the last knife on the right!

Oy, gotta save mucho money...
 
You know, I would recomend Goddard's book to everyone here on the forum, he has a "backwoods" mentality that is second to none. There are even pics in there of someone forging a knife with a single brick forge on a stump in the woods by lantern light! Look, I love art knives just like anyone else, but I think my work reflects my Ozark backwoods raising! LOL A knife was something you use, a tool. So that is how I build them.
 
charlieridge said:
You know, I would recomend Goddard's book to everyone here on the forum, he has a "backwoods" mentality that is second to none. There are even pics in there of someone forging a knife with a single brick forge on a stump in the woods by lantern light! Look, I love art knives just like anyone else, but I think my work reflects my Ozark backwoods raising! LOL A knife was something you use, a tool. So that is how I build them.
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My kind of knife, too!
 
charlieridge said:
You know, I would recomend Goddard's book to everyone here on the forum, he has a "backwoods" mentality that is second to none. There are even pics in there of someone forging a knife with a single brick forge on a stump in the woods by lantern light! Look, I love art knives just like anyone else, but I think my work reflects my Ozark backwoods raising! LOL A knife was something you use, a tool. So that is how I build them.
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That is the exact type of knife I love to use. Those are the knives that turn into trusted friends that you enjoy taking on adventures :thumbup:
 
great looking knives there....:thumbup:

i'm looking forward to getting my knife from you....:D
 
I like your work because it IS primitive knife shop and not all show personally. The balde shape on the last one appeals to me, though I prefer no guard or file work. Always one for a basic working knife thin enough to slice, thick enough to baton all day and night if need be to warm my camp.

How do you like working with 1095 vs other steels? What are the thicknesses of the steels you use? You mentioned the oil & water quench tempering process, I'm not well versed on this process, care to explain the benefits to the knife, steel, user? Thanks
 
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