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

[Kevin Kf knives]

I bought a couple of JT's kitchen kiths. Sending this one to a friend of mine

 

[SS369]

Ktip
Steel AEB-L .110 HRC 61-62
Heat treated by Jarod Todd
OAL 9 7/8
cutting edge 5 7/8
Handle stabilised Box Elder dyed burl with TruOil
Brass Corby bolts and GFlex
.010 behind edge @ 18 degrees
Finished to 400 grit

 

[FredyCro]

First knife done. A lot of mistakes down the road, and also some at the very end. I still need to get rid off the glue and sharpen. I enjoyed the handle work a lot.

 

[Cushing H.]

This is a WIP - but thought I would share if the technique is new/of interest to anyone. I once struggled with several knives that had bolsters, in terms of getting everything to line up (scale to bolster tight, all pins lined up and inserted cleanly without hang-ups. I asked Horsewright how he does his (begged him for help more like ), and this is a slight adaptation of his approach. Blade is a skinner for a friend (it looks and IS big in the handle - this guy has big hands.....). Bolsters were pre-cut, pin holes pre-drilled using the tang holes as a template, then removed and trued up (fronts and backs aligned and given final finish - temporary pins used to keep them aligned. They were then attached to the tang using JBWeld and same temporary pins, then the pins removed:


the scales (cocobolo) are attached (no pin holes yet) one side at a time just using Gflex and appropriate clamping - the front to back clamp giving a good tight fit with the bolster, without needing to fight any restrictions already placed pins/corbys might give:


Excess handle material around the tang removed (bandsaw) and holes drilled through that first scale using the holes in the tang as guide. second scale attached with Gflex using the same basic clamping technique:

after this cures, same thing: remove excess handle material, drill pin/corby holes through the second side drilling from the first side, then proceed with final pin (in this case corby) placement, and shape handle. So far this has gone much much easier than trying to get everything to line up and glue it all up at one time. I am pretty sure others on the forum use this same basic approach - but thought I would share as a "first time trying" and relate that the approach seems to go smoothly and makes a lot of sense.....

 

[FredyCro]

Also I cut up the oak and got two more or less rectangular pieces, there is a lot of action in these two pieces and some spaghetti. I sealed up the ends with a spray paint. My colleague said there is a lot of spaghetti pieces left, but cutting it up with hand and with my bandsaw (16 cm max height) is quite a work.

 

[DeadboxHero]

Cru Forge V Cycling

 

[Scaniaman]

Pretty color

 

[bike4fun919]

Little 5-3/8" 26c3 OAL blade I made a while back - the sheath just finished today.

 

[john april]

making another loveless inspired dagger. i have been saving this killer rams horn for a few years. time to use it. fullsizeoutput_72 by john april, on Flickr

 

[FredyCro]

making another loveless inspired dagger. i have been saving this killer rams horn for a few years. time to use it. fullsizeoutput_72 by john april, on Flickr

Killer grind, the guard is fitted over the blade?

 

[Hengelo_77]

that is some good looking horn!
Merano? I should have bought some when I had the chance

 

[allenkey]

Can't wait to see it finished, John! Inspirational work for sure. #goals

 

[Sam Dean]

Here are a few recently completed, all in AEB-L.

 

[Coy Ranch]

Here are a few recently completed, all in AEB-L.

Great work. Two thumbs up!

 

[Sam Dean]

Great work. Two thumbs up!

Thank you, I really appreciate your comment!

 

[seanj]

Here are a few recently completed, all in AEB-L.

Very well done. And the wood is gorgeous

 

[Scaniaman]

Some of the best finished stuff on here Sam!

 

[Sam Dean]

Very well done. And the wood is gorgeous

Some of the best finished stuff on here Sam!

Thank you both very much for the kind comments!

 

[Storm W]

Here are a few recently completed, all in AEB-L.

Nice clean lines. Great work. Wish mine looked as good.

 

[John Cahoon]

Hi All, here's my tribute to the iconic Kephart in 1/8" 80CRV2, leopardwood and red G10 liners. I stayed as faithful to the original as I could, including the profile (of course), convex blade, lightly convexed to the rounded spine, flared front scales. In general "everything that needs to be there is, and nothing is there that doesn't need to be" (paraphrased from one of the articles I read).

I took liberties with the Campitas Turquoise inlays and liners and an improved "Tracker" sheath (the original sheath is just plain dangerous by today's standards). Hope you like it!