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

[torqueguy]

Little Polar 75mm Scandi’s. The Koa is ready for 220 hand sanding after the scabbard gets glued

 

[Carterwhopkins]

Just finished up this matched set of W2 Steel slicers (Aldo W2 @ 62-63Rc), a 270mm and 185mm. The handles are made of amboyna burl and Ukrainian bog oak with honey buffalo horn.

 

[WC53]

Just finished up this matched set of W2 Steel slicers (Aldo W2 @ 62-63Rc), a 270mm and 185mm. The handles are made of amboyna burl and Ukrainian bog oak with honey buffalo horn.

Stunning. Very nice work

 

[torqueguy]

Still warm from sanding. Need 220 by hand now

 

[torqueguy]

No beer was injured in this shot. Empty was used to transport selzer for wetting the grain

 

[torqueguy]

Getting there. Still need to scrub down the brass with maroon pad

 

[AVigil]

Bolster work

 

[Hengelo_77]

Thnx for those pics Avigil!

 

[Carterwhopkins]

Shipping Day....always makes me happy!

 

[AVigil]

Today drill holes for scale pins and shield pin as well as thread the bolster and beveled the front

 

[DanF]

Bound to be SOMETHING I can use this for!

 

[HSC ///]

a Zwear gyuto and a laminated steel gyuto

 

[AVigil]

cut the knick

Working the grind to 400

So far

 

[Carterwhopkins]

A true custom….the customer supplied drawings of the blade he wanted. This blade is W2.

 

[Carterwhopkins]

Not entirely knife making, but I just finished making a handle and saya for this Konosuke HD 270mm gyuto. Handle is ironwood burl and the saya is ironwood.

 

[Jason Volkert]

A simple small kitchen utility knife
Steel is Nitro-V
Heat treated, cryo, and tempered to 63hrc
416 bolsters and pins
Curly koa handle

 

[DanF]

Very nice, Jason.

 

[Carterwhopkins]

Just finished this 240mm gyuto in W2 steel...it has a nice hamon, unfortunately the photo does not capture it. The handle is black & white ebony and carbon fiber from @FatCarbon. The saya is also black & white ebony.

 

[allenkey]

Wow, that's beautiful! Amazing handle!

 

[Jason Volkert]

Carterwhopkins That's real nice. I really like the handle.