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What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!
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Ah, I'm embarrassed to be posting in this thread... The work here is amazing...
I've been spending an hour here, an hour there over the last week working on a knife for my moms boyfriend for general yard cutting or whatever.
For the last few days it was in the top state. Tonight I spent a few hours cleaning up my bevels and heat treating it (nailed it!), and I shaped the handle up better with some sanding. Still some more work to do yet but I think I made good progress tonight.
1084 steel with a maple handle.
What can I do to this handle once finished up and polished? I think it will look rather, bland, even with a high polish and oil.
I would like to darken it up about 5 shades somehow. I have a few various stains, but I'm not sure I've ever used them right. Every time I've tried it just turns the wood a shade of brown and takes away the grain...
Any tip's for working maple?
I've been spending an hour here, an hour there over the last week working on a knife for my moms boyfriend for general yard cutting or whatever.
For the last few days it was in the top state. Tonight I spent a few hours cleaning up my bevels and heat treating it (nailed it!), and I shaped the handle up better with some sanding. Still some more work to do yet but I think I made good progress tonight.
1084 steel with a maple handle.
What can I do to this handle once finished up and polished? I think it will look rather, bland, even with a high polish and oil.
I would like to darken it up about 5 shades somehow. I have a few various stains, but I'm not sure I've ever used them right. Every time I've tried it just turns the wood a shade of brown and takes away the grain...
Any tip's for working maple?
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Man....I seriously want to try out a folder. Looks awesome!
Few for this week
Absolutely beautiful man, you packed so much style into those.
So, I worked about 12 hours so far this weekend at my shop, which is actually the secondary rear shop at the construction company where I work. Ive slowly been bringing in all my tools and starting to lay claim to spaces around the shop haha. I already have my forge and anvil just right outside the door too.
Forgive the makeshift table; I plan to make a real table of my own eventually.
Now that I have this cheap 1X30 belt grinder, my bevels have improved 100%. I couldnt be more pleased with this birthday gift.
Here is the last knife I did using the 1 inch bench stone to do everything:
Now here are 2 knives I have been working on for my mom and her boyfriend.
One is a flat ground small, uh utility knife. My mom does a lot of painting and general crafts, so I figured she might could use a small, thin sharp knife around her little craft room.
1084 steel, with a Purple Heart handle (or it will have that once finished.)
The second is again 1084, this time with a Maple handle; I used that wood because he found it for me special to make knives with. Any tips on making maple handles like this look really nice in finishing would be appreciated It's currently sanded to like 400 grit sloppily. I had planned to sand up to 2000, apply a light coat of this "pecan" stain I have, polish it some more and then oil it... I am very new to actually working wood however...
Both have been heat treated, the second one needs just a little finishing work before I put the handle on, and then sharpen it. The Top one needs its final post heat treat grind and the rest of the work from there
Speaking of that Purple Heart, I found a place called Winsor Plywood near my apartment. They have all sorts of exotic hardwoods, for VERY cheap compared to what I would pay online. I got that big block of Purple Heart for $40, and I can get about a dozen handles out of that I expect. Though Its not as convenient as having precut scales its a hell of a lot of savings.
They had all kinds of stuff, for $50 I could get enough cocobolo for a dozen handles, or for $35 I could get enough tiger wood for that many. It goes on and on, my new favorite store. No more paying $15 for one set of scales and then waiting 2 weeks for them to arrive.
Forgive the makeshift table; I plan to make a real table of my own eventually.
Now that I have this cheap 1X30 belt grinder, my bevels have improved 100%. I couldnt be more pleased with this birthday gift.
Here is the last knife I did using the 1 inch bench stone to do everything:
Now here are 2 knives I have been working on for my mom and her boyfriend.
One is a flat ground small, uh utility knife. My mom does a lot of painting and general crafts, so I figured she might could use a small, thin sharp knife around her little craft room.
1084 steel, with a Purple Heart handle (or it will have that once finished.)
The second is again 1084, this time with a Maple handle; I used that wood because he found it for me special to make knives with. Any tips on making maple handles like this look really nice in finishing would be appreciated It's currently sanded to like 400 grit sloppily. I had planned to sand up to 2000, apply a light coat of this "pecan" stain I have, polish it some more and then oil it... I am very new to actually working wood however...
Both have been heat treated, the second one needs just a little finishing work before I put the handle on, and then sharpen it. The Top one needs its final post heat treat grind and the rest of the work from there
Speaking of that Purple Heart, I found a place called Winsor Plywood near my apartment. They have all sorts of exotic hardwoods, for VERY cheap compared to what I would pay online. I got that big block of Purple Heart for $40, and I can get about a dozen handles out of that I expect. Though Its not as convenient as having precut scales its a hell of a lot of savings.
They had all kinds of stuff, for $50 I could get enough cocobolo for a dozen handles, or for $35 I could get enough tiger wood for that many. It goes on and on, my new favorite store. No more paying $15 for one set of scales and then waiting 2 weeks for them to arrive.
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Man....I seriously want to try out a folder. Looks awesome!
Few for this week
Josh I swear I'm gonna buy one of your kwaikens one day...
Here's my latest one. I had the blade sitting on the bench for a while, so I decided to finish it up.
CPM-154 steel, with curly Hawaiian Koa, and a hidden lanyard hole.
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I like it. Nice work Shane!
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Been working on this one. This will be knife #4 for me.
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Finished this one, my first forged knife. I learned a lot making this one.
PEU
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I do all my knives on a 5th floor in downtown Buenos Aires... OK, its my office, I don't live there, but it can be done.
Pablo
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Easy on the language. We have kids read these forums.
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Finished this one, my first forged knife. I learned a lot making this one.
That's really nice Justin. Love the blade shape.
PEU
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I'm really curious for a shop picture now!
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Pablo
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Thanks buddy, appreciate it.
