What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

A wee sheath!
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OK I'll stop with the posting on this one.
 
Japanese styled blade in K720 (O2), single bevel, 170mm edge, ivory and black micarta and nickel silver pins

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Pablo
 
I haven't been here for quite a while and see a lot of new folks with a lot of talent, as well as some old members that certainly display great talent and helpful advice, always.

No pictures from me, is beyond my pc skills.

Yes, I am still plugging away in the shop and business is good. Being a part time maker for many years has it's pro and cons.

And yes, we old dogs still learn new tricks.
 
I guess this should be posted here since we re talking about our shops, but does anyone have any good ways of storing these 2x72 belts? I have accumulated so many of them over the years. Thank y'all
 
Finished one for myself. Replacing the one I made 2 summers ago after a lot of learning, hoping I'll learn a lot more from using it and thrashing on it (since the previous four I've made after the first probably never left the cases I gave them out in except to be fondled).
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JoshRG said:
Been awhile since I made one of these knife things...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! :)


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nice looking CF in a really sensible pattern. great combo Josh... I have been sitting on carbon fiber for a while and I gotta get it on a few. that's beautiful
 
While i was at Quadstate this last year I was talking with Nathan Robertson and had mentioned how I really liked self contained air hammers for control, but currently only had a mechanical hammer, and that I was thinking of fixing up the mechanical real nice (fixing the broken brake, boring and bushing the arms to get rid of slop) and then selling it and using the money towards a saymak or anyang. He told me to stop right there and NOT do that. His recommendation instead was... fix up the hammer nice, and use it.. .and then get a KA75 striking hammer for control / single blow stuff. He said that his KAs would be the last hammers he'd let go if he had to downsize, but that having a large mechanical (mine's 110lbs) for the heavy forging / drawing out and a KA for precision / single blow stuff is the best of both worlds. However he said, the problem with the KA75 is that people who have them tend to really like them and you never find them used.



I also met, at quadstate, a smith by the name of Aaron Cergol from up in Wisconsin. We only talked briefly about anvils (he was picking up a huge 400lb french pig there) and then parted ways. I sent him a friend request when I got home and thought nothing of it, just another cool fellow to hook up with on facebook. Then 2 weeks later he posted... KA75 for sale! I jumped on it, even though I was going to wait until after winter. I did not have a compressor capable of running the thing either, but with the money saved buying it used over a new KA75, I was able to afford a much nicer compressor than I would have bought otherwise.



This last week I got the compressor set up, plumbing finished, shed built around the compressor, and finally tonight the starter wired up.



The KA75 is not bolted down or on its base yet so it's jumping around a ton, but I had to try it. I just today got the final pieces to hook up the hammer, the final bit of hose & half inch quick connect and hydraulic hose to attach the hammer done, so I had to fire it up and beat on something. As the forge wasn't running, I grabbed a piece of 2x4. Another hammer added to the brotherhood of wood-forging.



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An orthopedic kitchen knife, this one was made to order for a relative of a customer who cannot fully close her hand fingers, she was using rags around regular knife handles to cook, this should be a better solution.
180mm (7.1") blade, Bohler N695 (440C), paper micarta block and Loveless bolts

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PEU said:
An orthopedic kitchen knife, this one was made to order for a relative of a customer who cannot fully close her hand fingers, she was using rags around regular knife handles to cook, this should be a better solution.
180mm (7.1") blade, Bohler N695 (440C), paper micarta block and Loveless bolts

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That's really cool Pablo! and for a good cause. Well done.
 
What are you using for the filet knives? That flex is unreal!

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This appears to be a covert ad for my micarta, but its not!!

There is a knifemaker show thu/fri/sat here in Buenos Aires, so all the knives I've been posting will go on my table tomorrow, here is today batch :D

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This is pretty much my version of a Bushcraft knife! tapered tang and Etched 52100 what more could you want??:DWhat do you think? What do want in a bushcraft knife?

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What are the scales I on this made of and where could I pick some up
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Hey Mate! The material is called "Kirinite" you can get it several places:

This is there website: https://www.kirinite.com/

And here's another place: https://eaglegrips.com/41-kirinite-knife-handle-scales-sheets

Here's a Knife supply Company: http://usaknifemaker.com/catalogsearch/result/?cat=0&q=kirinite

And Somtimes I get it off ebay if the knife supply companies are out of it: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...e+scales+.TRS0&_nkw=Kirinite+scales+&_sacat=0

It's really a fun and beautiful material(not really cheap but not terribly expensive either)
 
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