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

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Love this desert ironwood. Looks better with every change of grit. But man does it irritated the hell out of my nose. Even with a respirator it made my face feel like it was on fire and i had to sneeze every 5 minutes. Hoping to gwt some parks AAA after this one is gone
 
Just finished forging this blade. I've done a couple in the last 10 months but this is the largest (12" OAL). The stock I used can be seen in front of the blade.
 
I desperately needed a knife vise. So with some ingenuity i made one. I don't have a welder so it makes things complicated. Anyway. Bought a reciever hitch for like 5 bucks off ebay. Ground down a 1/2-13 nut to fit in the already existing hole. Cut some slits for the blade to fit add some mircata and a piece of walnut and here we are.
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Just finished this one up...
Drop point hunter, w/curly maple scales, brass pins and a forced patina.
1084 home HT, guessing its around 60-ish rc...
Made my own sheath, didn’t pay enough attention when making it and it’s left handed by accident. Oops!

Comments welcome
 
They say the first one is always the hardest. Actually, I've never heard anyone say that about making knives. I hope they say that. Anyway, finally got the first one under my belt

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It's a super-thin bushcraft knife! I can't believe no one ever thought of that. I guess I'm just a visionary. Those bushcrafters are going to love it, I'm going to corner the market and get rich.

Seriously though, I don't think I'll be batoning through any firewood in the near future. Lots of mistakes in there, and twice as many lessons learned. For instance, "Hey, easy with the hammer, dummy. Sometimes wood splits!" Peening half the diameter of the pin might be on the high side, for the record.

I welcome any critique of my first blade. I'm here to learn and I have no delusions about the quality of that knife. Up next: I'll try my hand at a full flat grind drop point hunter, and I've got my eye on some black walnut. I might even try a forced patina, and I'm thinking.... brass liners?
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Upended said:
They say the first one is always the hardest. Actually, I've never heard anyone say that about making knives. I hope they say that. Anyway, finally got the first one under my belt

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It's a super-thin bushcraft knife! I can't believe no one ever thought of that. I guess I'm just a visionary. Those bushcrafters are going to love it, I'm going to corner the market and get rich.

Seriously though, I don't think I'll be batoning through any firewood in the near future. Lots of mistakes in there, and twice as many lessons learned. For instance, "Hey, easy with the hammer, dummy. Sometimes wood splits!" Peening half the diameter of the pin might be on the high side, for the record.

I welcome any critique of my first blade. I'm here to learn and I have no delusions about the quality of that knife. Up next: I'll try my hand at a full flat grind drop point hunter, and I've got my eye on some black walnut. I might even try a forced patina, and I'm thinking.... brass liners?
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+3 on the brass liners. brass or copper are a hoot.
 
JoshRG said:
Finished up a few knives.
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Is that ivory paper micarta on the triplets? I'm realizing that I really like the look of any knife I see with a similar looking material. Might have to try it myself some time. All your knives are beautiful, but I find those three especially sexy.
 
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