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

[kuraki]

Picked up a couple boat anchors on my way across the state today. The leg vise is in as about as nice of shape as any I've seen in person. The fella had about 2 dozen to pick from.

 

[kuraki]

Crap. I got taken! That Parker was only worth $14.50!

 

[Geoff Flato]

Very nice!
Those Parker's are top quality vises, I prefer them to Wilton myself

 

[Josh Rider]

Crap. I got taken! That Parker was only worth $14.50!

I feel bad for you. I'll send you $20, you send me the vise.

 

[Robert Erickson]

The shop is getting there, really getting excited to get this project finishedIMG_6080 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

 

[coldsteelburns]

(Let's see if this photo works)

It's been a long time since I've shared anything here so I thought I would share a knife that I finished a few weeks ago.

This was inspired by some of the smaller knives I've seen made by Don Fogg.

It was forged from an old USA-made file. The entire spine is chamfered, polished and then cold blued, and the choil is rounded. The handle wrap is impregnated with system three clear coat epoxy and it has a stingray under wrap.


20170628_210200(1) by Paul Loran, on Flickr

20170628_210010 by Paul Loran, on Flickr

20170628_210650 by Paul Loran, on Flickr

20170626_193803 by Paul Loran, on Flickr


Here is the knot side:

20170628_204626 by Paul Loran, on Flickr

~Paul
My YT Channel Lsubslimed
... (It's been a few years since my last upload)

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Wife and kids are at the beach for the week, so I've been busy.

 

[AVigil]

 

[Kevin McGovern]

you always bring the class sir.

 

[SBuzek]

One I finished this week,Big Texas trapper, blue black mammoth and damasteel. On its wat to the engraver for some blingg.

 

[lanternnate]

Finished up tonight. This was forged by Theo Nazz, and I did the finishing work. The dagger is forged from W2 with an integral guard. There is a hamon, but I have it just ghosting so it doesn't show in the picture. Handle is curly koa with hidden pins because I didn't want to break the flow of the curl. It was a fun project. Theo is a bit bolder in his forging than I, so it pushed me in a good way to work out the finishing.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Wow I've been away for a few months and everything has changed lol
Glad to see some familiar faces. Hope to get back into the grind here soon

 

[LARRYZ10]

One I finished this week,Big Texas trapper, blue black mammoth and damasteel. On its wat to the engraver for some blingg.

Stan, I couldn't see your photos. Please try again. Larry

 

[SBuzek]

Stan, I couldn't see your photos. Please try again. Larry

fixed

 

[Greenberg Woods]

I sanded up some new wood, getting ready for the site.

 

[AVigil]

One I finished this week,Big Texas trapper, blue black mammoth and damasteel. On its wat to the engraver for some blingg.

That is so sexy

 

[Tyshoots]

Here's a hunter that I just finished last week. The blade is 1075 and the handle is Koa. I LOVE Koa. You can't ever get a good enough picture to show all of it's beauty. I feel very fortunate to be able to work with materials like this. Sorry for the poor pictures. It's something that I'm working on.

 

[The_Iron_Joe]

Here's a hunter that I just finished last week. The blade is 1075 and the handle is Koa. I LOVE Koa. You can't ever get a good enough picture to show all of it's beauty. I feel very fortunate to be able to work with materials like this. Sorry for the poor pictures. It's something that I'm working on.
View attachment 736253 View attachment 736254 View attachment 736255 View attachment 736256 View attachment 736257
View attachment 736258

Beautiful. Looks comfortable, too!

 

[Erin Burke]

More work on this one... primarily handle shaping and refinement. I've never built anything with this type of trigger-grip before, so there is quite a learning curve.

Erin

 

[kuraki]

I like how methodical you're being with the shaping of that. I'm horrible at sculpting handles. I don't plan it out very well and end up backing myself into a corner I can't get out of.