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Blade made from a scrap of two man saw, bolster cut from old scrap brass plate, retaining pin made from old nail, antler ..well scrap tine from adead eer lol and sehath made from an old belt and dyed using my home made dye (vinegar and iron shavings, left to ferment).

Been in the process of making this mushroom knife for so long but keep getting delayed by health or being nocturnal etc.. ugh but finally finished!
 
At least from my experience drying it, holly seems very unstable. I'd be interested to see how it holds up. Nothing worse than having to bust a handle off after a month or tao because the wood moves...
 
Brass black on nickle silver
To be honest I hoped for a darker and more even result.
But it is a knife for my own kitchen so let's see how it holds up and how it will age over time.
It is the same knife as showed above here with the handle out of holly

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i made this wooden adapter for my chair awhile back. i had seen videos of claudio sobral sitting while grinding and i wanted to try it. after 30 minutes standing & grinding, my back gets sore and i have to go sit down for 10 minutes. i have very thin arms, and while free hand grinding sometimes the belt will suddenly pull the blade downward, and ruin the consistency of edge thickness i was trying to achieve. i have been using this for a few months and it took care of both issues. resting my forearms on my knees gives them strength, and as long as i keep my wrists locked, i can push really hard on a contact wheel with no fear of the blade being yanked downward. moving my knees and arms across the belt seemed to give me a little better consistency than my arms alone, and i can also make them faster. you can grind using the bottom of the wheel and see whats happening while its happening instead of grinding then looking to see what you have done. i am going to shorten my table soon so i can use an office chair with my feet on the floor. DSC_0180 by john april, on Flickr
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hengelo use the birchwood casey aluminum black for nickel if you want it really black. i had read on a craft forum it works the best, so i tried it. i use it to darken the spaces between a coined edge. takes about 10 seconds to turn black, and about 2 seconds to turn gray. works fast. clean with dishwashing liquid and rinse before etching until it squeaks when you rub it with your thumb and the patina will be even.
 
Just a little neck knife forged from some 5160. I still haven’t figured out how to do the epoxy on the paracord right I don’t think. I tried squeezing it out with and old shirt after applying like I read in one of Stacy’s posts, but I still end up with a hard “shell” on the cord that rubs off in odd ways leaving color oddities. I’ve tried minwax wood hardner and gorilla clear. Maybe I’m not using the right epoxy.

I did make my second attempt at doing leather work for the sheath on it. I still have A LOT to figure out about leather work, but I’m enjoying it more than the kydex (easy to say when I do this just for fun considering how much more time is involved with leather than the kydex). I played around with some tooling this time and tried a pancake style.

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Here is a couple of smaller ones that I did up for a Father and Son with matching G10 handles and liners. The drop point is CPM154 and the Russel style one is D2. The Father is a Seattle Seahawks fan and also wanted something that he wouldn't lose if he set it down while hunting. The blade looks really thick in the one photo but that is just the camera angle they are both 1/8" thick stock.

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john april said:
i made this wooden adapter for my chair awhile back. i had seen videos of claudio sobral sitting while grinding and i wanted to try it. after 30 minutes standing & grinding, my back gets sore and i have to go sit down for 10 minutes.
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I can highly recommend it. I'm sitting while grinding because I have grinder really very low, about 45 cm (cca 1 1/2 ft.). Grinding over 1+ hour isn't problem. I use office wheel chair so moving in shop is quick. :D
 
lanternnate said:
Just a little neck knife forged from some 5160. I still haven’t figured out how to do the epoxy on the paracord right I don’t think. I tried squeezing it out with and old shirt after applying like I read in one of Stacy’s posts, but I still end up with a hard “shell” on the cord that rubs off in odd ways leaving color oddities. I’ve tried minwax wood hardner and gorilla clear. Maybe I’m not using the right epoxy.

I did make my second attempt at doing leather work for the sheath on it. I still have A LOT to figure out about leather work, but I’m enjoying it more than the kydex (easy to say when I do this just for fun considering how much more time is involved with leather than the kydex). I played around with some tooling this time and tried a pancake style.

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I like that little sheath man. Good work.
I would gut the 550 cord then wrap it up. Helps get a tighter fit.
 
I grind sitting as well, but I took an even simpler approach. Adjustable height swivel stool similar to what you have, but I positioned it so sitting on the stool put me at the same height and distance from the grinder as usual. Took no time at all to adjust to, and is much easier on me.
 
Well . .. . .. . .. :)

HSS steel . . .
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And I was stupid enough to decide to mirror polish 68HRC HSS steel . So he.................. :mad:


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AVigil said:
I sit while grinding as well, but I have a big ass ole belly and am a lot closer LOL

Here is a Xmas present for my son


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Seen I saw this knife I come back to comp three times today , just to see it again :)You have no idea how much I like this knife .Knife .. . . so simple tool , blade and handle is all must have .But this one in same time is so good looking ............. :eek: BW , your son have good taste , best regards from Macedonia and Merry Christmas :thumbsup:
 
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