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farmer2

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Hello,

I have been quietly frequenting this forum for 1.5 years and wanted to thank everyone for the knowledge I've learned. I've made 5 knives, but only have pictures of 3 because I foolishly gave them away before I took pictures. I decided to finally post because I recently met Salem Straub (we live in the same area), and he encouraged me to post. It was awesome to meet Salem! He is every bit as humble and personable as he was on forged in fire. He invited me to visit his shop (thanks Salem), which I will do as soon as things slow. I posted my most recent three knives. I will see if I can get pictures of the first two (440c hunters with 304 stainless bolsters). Again, thank you so much, and feedback is very welcome. I want to get better with every knife.

farmer2





this is my first hidden tang knife made from a molota [sic] rasp with cocobolo scales




this is a nicholson file with copper scales





This an aldo 1084 drop point hunter with spalted maple scales
 
Really nice looking knives. I especially like your copper handled file knife.
 
Josh Rider said:
Really nice looking knives. I especially like your copper handled file knife.
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thank you Josh! Besides being really heavy (i even drilled a ton of holes in back of scales), its a really nice feeling knife. I actually used it to gut and skin two deer back-to-back last fall. That nicholson steel really holds a good edge. It made it through both deer no problem without sharpening. A nicholson file is a good starter knife because it needs very little finish work because the file pattern covers any imperfections. I also found it to heat treat quite easily.
thanks

farmer2
 
woodster said:
you are doing very well for only making so few knives :)
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thanks! I'm new to knives, but have spent a lot of time working with metal. I have a medium sized cattle ranch and have to maintain a lot of old equipment, which has led to a lot of fabrication work. I absolutely love that 6" 1095 clip point for sale on your website!
 
Hey man, it was cool to see you in the park the other day.
Your knives look like you put a lot of care into making them cleanly! Nice work there.
Looking forward to you making it by the shop whenever.
Post some more stuff when you can!
 
Those are some great looking blades, and I especially like the third one. Holy smokes!

But what I really want to know - what is that block of wood they are sitting on in your pictures? (Serious question)
 
Cool to see another guy from the Okanogan Valley. :thumbup:


Looks like you're on your way.
Hard to tell for sure from the photos, but your grinds appear decent... and I like the look of the copper in the second photo.

Keep it up.
Erin
 
TRfromMT said:
Those are some great looking blades, and I especially like the third one. Holy smokes!

But what I really want to know - what is that block of wood they are sitting on in your pictures? (Serious question)
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I'm a high school teacher and our wood shop teacher had it and gave it to me. He called it fiddle back maple.......my first knife has it for scales and it is stunning. Thanks for the kind words!
 
Erin Burke said:
Cool to see another guy from the Okanogan Valley. :thumbup:


Looks like you're on your way.
Hard to tell for sure from the photos, but your grinds appear decent... and I like the look of the copper in the second photo.

Keep it up.
Erin
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Thanks Erin. I would consider the grinds decent at best. I need to get a real grinder. I'm using a 100 dollar 4x36" Riobi sander.
 
You will do well at knife making. You have a good eye for detail and it shows. A trip to Salem's shop will be inspiring, make time to go.

Regards, Fred
 
Fred.Rowe said:
You will do well at knife making. You have a good eye for detail and it shows. A trip to Salem's shop will be inspiring, make time to go.

Regards, Fred
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Thank you! Definitely will visit Salems shop. Besides being a tremendous blade maker, it appears that he is quite the machinist. He has several old machine i'd love to see work in person.
 
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