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

[i4Marc]

Laredian,

That is a pretty little knife. Beautiful blade shape and very nice overall.

 

[AVigil]

Got the donuts install, flattened and drill

 

[TRfromMT]

Also, when you drill wood, it compresses around the drill bit as the bit cuts. Immediately after you drill it, your pins may fit. Later when you try to fit the pins, the wood has relaxed a bit and they won’t fit.
Run your drill through it a second time and your pins just might fit!

I take a piece of the pin stock that I've turned in a drill and polished with 120 grit paper and use it as a reamer to chase the holes. It essentially sizes the hole perfectly to the pin no matter what side it is.

 

[Coy Ranch]

Convex ground to sharp, 1095 with hamon, Blue/Black micarta with mosaic pins.

 

[Jesenius]

Making new oil powered metal melting furnace. Successful first fire @ 1000°C for about 1 hour, estimated power about 5-50 kW based on nozzle and blower settings. Someone can say: "I go from 0 to 100 for 5 sec", I can say: "I go from 0 to 1000 for 5 min. and at full power it could be for 2 min."

Oil burner

First fire

 

[ashwinearl]

little hunter in 8670. I am trying to get over my fear of finger grooves and rounded parts of the tang or motivate me to get a small wheel attachment.

 

[john april]

don't fear the finger grooves. walter brend makes some cool finger grooved knives.

 

[Natlek]

Finished............. I hope my friend would like it Convex edge ......I hate to sharpen knives after I give them .This way when knife dull they can sharpen them by themselves

 

[DanF]

This is a continuation of my first attempt at san mai. It's getting there, need to clean up the lines at the transition between the two steels.
Taking everything back down to complete each part/piece.



2X5 min etch with FeCl, clean well with windex and dawn original.
800 grit sand only the outside layer (the etchant shows the line), once the outside layer is where you want it, coat with cheap, clear fingernail polish. Let dry at least an hour then into coffee etchant. I left in coffee 2 hours.

 

[GBinGA]

Finished............. I hope my friend would like it Convex edge ......I hate to sharpen knives after I give them .This way when knife dull they can sharpen them by themselves

That is a nice looking handle. What wood is it?

 

[Michael Black]

Finally got back to making knives after several months hiatus due to a move for work. Started it with attempting to heat treat a chef knife I had in progress and everything went smoothly until attempting to remove some warp post heat treat when I snapped it! Dang. Looks like it might turn into a nakiri with a western chef knife style handle haha

 

[AVigil]

 

[Natlek]

That is a nice looking handle. What wood is it?

Taxus baccata or yew .....

 

[Natlek]

Finally got back to making knives after several months hiatus due to a move for work. Started it with attempting to heat treat a chef knife I had in progress and everything went smoothly until attempting to remove some warp post heat treat when I snapped it! Dang. Looks like it might turn into a nakiri with a western chef knife style handle haha

Well I like this one more ............. Once I forget to temper 52100 blade....snap at half when I was hand sanding ........

 

[John Cahoon]

Here's my newest, 440c medium bowie/fighter with home sourced Japanese Privet handle and faceted copper with multi color fiber spacer, about 10 7/8 OAL. I'm really starting to like blond wood.

 

[Hengelo_77]

Looks like olive wood

 

[Matt Rochester]

Been a long time in the works but I’m back on it. O1/15n20 random pattern. It’s definitely out of my comfort zone/normal style and has some awkward grinds. Looking forward to finishing it up.

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

The Bowie has been finished for a couple of weeks but I just got the sheath for it finished last night.

 

[DanF]

That is very nice bike4fun, loving the sheath also!

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

That is very nice bike4fun, loving the sheath also!

Thanks DanF. It's my second Bowie build and my first sheath of this type.