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Matt R said:
While at the SEWE last Saturday I was interviewed by a guy from Sporting Classics Daily. Other than the goofy picture of myself I think the article was well done and I appreciate the write up. I don't know how to share a link but you can copy and paste the one below. I am not in anyway trying to sell or promote my knives just saying that going to these events are beneficial to new makers in many ways. If this is inappropriate then just delete it or let me know and I will. Thanks for looking. http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/custom-knives/
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Matt,
Congrats on the write up! :thumbup: Best of luck to you!

The funny thing is, when I started making Culinary knives, about a year or so into my 20 stint, I can remember a few people sneering at the idea, Kitchen knives? Whom is going buy a custom kitchen knife? Other knife makers too.

Except for a couple of hunters requested by culinary knife customers, Its all I've made & sold since . :)
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Matt,
Congrats on the write up! :thumbup: Best of luck to you!

The funny thing is, when I started making Culinary knives, about a year or so into my 20 stint, I can remember a few people sneering at the idea, Kitchen knives? Whom is going buy a custom kitchen knife? Other knife makers too.

Except for a couple of hunters requested by culinary knife customers, Its all I've made & sold since . :)
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Thanks Laurence. While hunting knives are easier to make I really enjoy making kitchen cutlery. I actually just had a guy order 2 petty's last night. After emailing back and forth it turns out this guy host a show on the Outdoor Channel called "Under Wild Skies". His name is Anthony Makris. He originally wanted me to use some elephant ivory but I was a little hesitant because of all the crazy laws. He said all of them were taken legally and on camera. We wound up settling on ironwood and may do something with the ivory later.
 
Erin Burke said:
After dogging me for months, I finally finished this one. First fluted handle.

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Very cool that you put the wire in the "apex" of the fluting instead of the valleys.
 
buddy got married on friday so had a week to get this bad boy ready... hopefully next time he gets married he gives me more heads up
 
Matt R said:
Thanks Laurence. While hunting knives are easier to make I really enjoy making kitchen cutlery. I actually just had a guy order 2 petty's last night. After emailing back and forth it turns out this guy host a show on the Outdoor Channel called "Under Wild Skies". His name is Anthony Makris. He originally wanted me to use some elephant ivory but I was a little hesitant because of all the crazy laws. He said all of them were taken legally and on camera. We wound up settling on ironwood and may do something with the ivory later.
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They ALL say they were taken legally! Not doubting him, Its just gotten to the point that the only Ivory I will use is Mastodon Ivory :) All ready extinct!;) They may give you a nice bump in sales if they are seen on the show!:thumbup:
 
Waiting on some steel to come in, so i'm fixing up my grinder, trying to put a dent into some projects , including a new EDC and my first ever hatchet, and making some improvements on a handle i wasn't overly happy with

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My 2x72 big grinder i made. not pretty looking but it does the job for now. i had to redo the tension wheel after the last set up i had busted
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Always looking to try new things and work on ideas i have.

wanted to make myself a hatchet for personal use, be making another after this guy is done

the handle was too clunky and square. i reshaped and thinned out the handle , burned the wood to give it some life, much better now!
 
daggerscove_knives said:
Waiting on some steel to come in, so i'm fixing up my grinder, trying to put a dent into some projects , including a new EDC and my first ever hatchet, and making some improvements on a handle i wasn't overly happy with

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My 2x72 big grinder i made. not pretty looking but it does the job for now. i had to redo the tension wheel after the last set up i had busted
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Always looking to try new things and work on ideas i have.

wanted to make myself a hatchet for personal use, be making another after this guy is done

the handle was too clunky and square. i reshaped and thinned out the handle , burned the wood to give it some life, much better now!
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Did you make that big contact wheel out of a Kids Big wheel tricycle?:confused: I would like to hear more about it?:thumbup:
 
I have just joined the forum and glad to be here, I just started getting serious into smithing after refinishing some axes, an old double bit and a husqa that chipped in the cold. This sparked the interest in steels and knife making. I got a 1959 Wilton vise for free, that helps! And set up a small block forge for annealing and hardening, just picked up an angle grinder (B&D, I run all porter cable at work, love them for the price they run great) Put new wheels on the bench grinder and have my first knife 90% done, they're never really done though, huh? :) I have a huge pile of large files and I'm off and running! I have one question for the experienced, are type 27 grind wheels - masonry- and - metal- the exact same thing? The grinder came with one says metal and I almost bought a masonry and I'm looking at the exact same thing, hmmm? Better check it out, cant hurt to have extras and the right one but theres a diamond wheel I can get this weekend for the stone stuff so decided to hold off. Anyone interchange them? Thanks!
 
Blackhands,
There is really no wrong way to make a knife, After you absorb the cost of a 2 x72" variable speed grinder, You will wonder why you waited so long!:)
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Blackhands,
There is really no wrong way to make a knife, After you absorb the cost of a 2 x72" variable speed grinder, You will wonder why you waited so long!:)
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ha! ...20+ years between an 8" bench grinder then a fixed speed 2 x 48 for another 6 or 7 years before my first 2 x 72 grinder and i can attest to this.
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Blackhands,
There is really no wrong way to make a knife, After you absorb the cost of a 2 x72" variable speed grinder, You will wonder why you waited so long!:)
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Yeah, I'm not in the realm yet of variable speed grinders or big nice belt setups, though theres a small tabletop belt sander with side wheel and platform on the side at my local flea market for 80$. I think I might pick it up because a straight grind is more time then makes sense with a file on tool steel, even after annealing. The first knife was done 90% by a 3" cut off wheel spindled and chucked in my battery drill, lol. The rest was bench ground then filed flat. What a pain, mostly because at night is the usual time to work on stuff and the wife n kids (kids sleep through anything, just the wife actually!) dont like hearing angle grinders and powertools at 7-8 or 9 oclock at night, and to think I'd be at it at 12 and 1 if I could! But theres no wrong way, that's a fact, there's handtool only makers that still get it done, forge only, etc but basically if your outcome accomplishes what you intend it to then if succeeded, if not, well, then you definitely learned something anyway! I just put up some stuff on a photobucket I forgot I had and as soon as I figure everything out I'll try and get my first knife up for critique. So many little icons, im lucky to be accomplishing this reply!
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Did you make that big contact wheel out of a Kids Big wheel tricycle?:confused: I would like to hear more about it?:thumbup:
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haha no it's a wheel i got from a local lawn mower/snow blower sales store. it's off a mower, about 10" in diameter. The drive wheel i made and the tension wheel is a skateboard wheel. it's running off a 1 HP motor, not variable speed though
the whole set up doesn't look pretty i know but it was the best i could do with what i had on hand, and i've done a few knives on it successfully. i will eventually invest in some actual wheels,-and one day i might even invest in a pro grinder, but 2 kids 2 cars and a new business eats up pretty much all my extra $$ so i got to make due for now.
I do however also have a old rockwell 1x42(?) belt sander that i use more than my 2x72.( i started with a 4x28 belt sander, then a 1x30 table belt sander.) the 2x72 was more of a project to see if could actually make one with my limited know-how/funds of it all and if i was successful then even better. i started it almost 10 months ago and it's still a WIP, just upgraded the tension wheel set up from it's original incarnation. i am also welding it all together soon finally.
here are a few results from the 2x72 though, like i say it ain't pretty but when it's working it does a decent hollow grind







 
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Heres the first try, just finished bringing the grind up a little more and taking the what was a talon pommel spike down to a more pyramid type of spike. Got the diamond wheel for the A.grinder so hoping to carve out the fire bricks tomorrow with a day off. Be able to harden it a lot better then with the red brick/ceramic tile lined mickey mouse stack. :)
 
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Wow that's one pink knife lol
 
My first Bowie, all freehand ground, even the clip. First w2 knife. 2nd hidden tang, 2nd sculpted handle. Olive burl from a curly burl slab I got from the woodworking guys at my work. Hoping to finish it up tomorrow, lots of little stuff left to do including trying to dome a pin for the first time. This is somewhere around my 28th knife in the 15 months I've been making.
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Kevin,

I think you've done a super job. Sounds like you learned a lot too, bonus! Only one problem as far as I'm concerned, not enough pictures.
 
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