Two more birthday knives.

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Johnbeck180

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Hi all, been a few since I posted here, hope everyone is doing good.

here in the past 2 months or so it has been, the time of the birthday knives.

Here are two I recently finished up.

On this one the customer wanted a simple knife to use for fishing/hiking and other general purpose tasks. They left it up to me as to make the design. So I came up with this.
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[/IMG] just a simple drop point from 1095 with brown g10. They loved it!

Also just finished this one for a guy who's buying it for his son for his birthday. He picked the knife pattern and the handle material. Showed it to him today, he was blown away! He loved how I left some of the scale from the quench on it at the spine. This one is 1084 with jade green g10. This is also my first time to do triple flaring tubes.
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I feel good about these and the others I've made so far. All the customers I've made a knife for are very happy with them and report that they hold an edge well. I tell them to clean them with a toothbrush from time to time and put some oil on there blades periodically to prevent possible rust. I'm starting to get a few more new customers calling so I really need to get a mark on my knives, anyone know of a good place to get a stamp so I can stamp my mark on them. Just something simple like my initials.

Thanks for lookin.
 
The most simple that will mark anything is a Dremel engraver. The cost is about $19. Set it on the lowest speed to try and place your knife on some putty or play dough (?) to deaden the vibration. Yes your knives do look good ! Frank
 
Thanks frank! I'll try that.
Years ago I used to detail cars at a big dealership. I remember we used to etch serial numbers into all the windows of the new cars. What about etching a mark into the blade?
 
Go on Ebay and look up Schrammel Stamp. They're located in Milwaukee. They made me a very simple mark for about 70 dollars shipped, and I received it in about a week. Very nice quality, and made from A2 tool steel. I have struck it on 52100 about a dozen times now, and it still looks like its never been used. See pic.... The whole stamp fits inside 3/8" X 3/8" square.
 
Rjfm,
Went and checked out the web site, great stuff!!! I'll be ordering a stamp soon. Thanks for the info!!!

Thanks for all the good words everyone :0) I really feel like I'm starting to develop my own style.
 
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