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[Reuben Kruger]

Here's a new Black River Hunter in 80CRV2 and Ironwood with red/white fiber liners and 5/23" stainless pins. Finished to 1200 grit all around. Edge is near sharp and I'll finish that today and make some progress on the sheath I hope. OOOOHHH 10000th reply what did I win?View attachment 1311052 View attachment 1311053

You won an inflatable knife sharpener!!

Really great looking knife. I love the size of it.

 

[Natlek]

I will try micarta for gard on this one.What do you think for scale ? Same micarta or wood ?

 

[Daniel W]

working on this one
Untitled by Daniel Weir, on Flickr
Untitled by Daniel Weir, on Flickr

 

[DustinY]

Wrapped up the KITH knife.

 

[HSC ///]

Last few days of work in process
These are unfinished

the z wear with holly I think the handle is too fat and I’ll take that down some

 

[Willie71]

I will try micarta for gard on this one.What do you think for scale ? Same micarta or wood ?

Micarta is fine on kitchen knives. I recommend g-10 for guards. They hold up much better.

 

[Willie71]

Wrapped up the KITH knife.

that turned out really nice.

 

[daizee]

Well, access to the kiln is curtailed for the time being due to common sense and travel restrictions, so I'll be limited to carbon steels for a bit. Not really a hardship; gives me an excuse to practice my forging, and crank out some stock removal in 1084.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/forged-coil-spring-toxic-light-fighter.1720236/

 

[allenkey]

Wrapped up the KITH knife.

Very nice man - looks like to me you underestimate yourself! Very clean and I dig that sheath!

 

[Daado]

A pair of Bird&Trouts, finished yesterday

 

[weo]

I finally am getting around to finishing a few blades that have been in the works for a long time.

That looks great. I really like how the handle turned out.

Here's what I just finished (minus final edge and sharpeneing). This is my second integral bolster and I was more focused on the damascus pattern than the blade shape. After grinding, I learned I had enough material that I could have turned this into a decent chef's knife. It looks like I need more practice forging to keep my billet centered. The last stack was 5 pieces (3 of 78 layer 1084/15N20 separated by pieces of 0.140" 15N20) and I was looking for bulls-eyes of layered steel on a background of 15N20 with a layered steel core/edge.

I'm not sure what to do with this one, may turn it into an EDC for me and abuse it for some edge/HT testing.

 

[Storm W]

That looks great. I really like how the handle turned out.

Here's what I just finished (minus final edge and sharpeneing). This is my second integral bolster and I was more focused on the damascus pattern than the blade shape. After grinding, I learned I had enough material that I could have turned this into a decent chef's knife. It looks like I need more practice forging to keep my billet centered. The last stack was 5 pieces (3 of 78 layer 1084/15N20 separated by pieces of 0.140" 15N20) and I was looking for bulls-eyes of layered steel on a background of 15N20 with a layered steel core/edge.
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I'm not sure what to do with this one, may turn it into an EDC for me and abuse it for some edge/HT testing.

Everyone is really liking that maple. If you make more let me know. Those with the black stripes look fantastic. I wish I had found your add earlier and bought more.

 

[weo]

If you make more let me know.

I've got over 100 blocks already stabilized. Some spalted, burl, figured, dyed, and combinations of the above. Both in blocks and scales (and the blocks can be cut into scales).

 

[Storm W]

I've got over 100 blocks already stabilized. Some spalted, burl, figured, dyed, and combinations of the above. Both in blocks and scales (and the blocks can be cut into scales).

Money is really tight right now with the whole virus thing. As soon as it gets a bit better I will hit you up.

 

[DustinY]

Welp, that's a wrap for the week. Today i started by documenting all the mistakes i need to tackle as i move to my next challenge & cleaning the shop. It took me 21 days to complete the above knife, with 4 failures, and plenty of lessons. Here is the 20x5 ft space that i call mine - really pushing me to buy a house and convert the garage, ha.

The next challenge is a batch of 15 - same style that i just completed, but with more additives (swedge, potentially fullers, and breaking any harsh 90's). Like i stated above, it took me 21 days to complete 1, but i think if i streamline it, i can complete more faster, and i'm anxious to tighten up on the mistakes made last time.

Here they are, calm before the storm.

All of them have been surface ground to 120, and profiled / rough shaped, ready for bevel work next week.

Wish me luck, drop tips if you have any I plan to grab a build sheet to document everything for each knife, as well as hold notes for thickness, etc (all the math i do on the TW-90) inside their own little bin.

 

[Busto]

Welp, that's a wrap for the week. Today i started by documenting all the mistakes i need to tackle as i move to my next challenge & cleaning the shop. It took me 21 days to complete the above knife, with 4 failures, and plenty of lessons. Here is the 20x5 ft space that i call mine - really pushing me to buy a house and convert the garage, ha.

The next challenge is a batch of 15 - same style that i just completed, but with more additives (swedge, potentially fullers, and breaking any harsh 90's). Like i stated above, it took me 21 days to complete 1, but i think if i streamline it, i can complete more faster, and i'm anxious to tighten up on the mistakes made last time.

Here they are, calm before the storm.

All of them have been surface ground to 120, and profiled / rough shaped, ready for bevel work next week.

Wish me luck, drop tips if you have any I plan to grab a build sheet to document everything for each knife, as well as hold notes for thickness, etc (all the math i do on the TW-90) inside their own little bin.

I build in batches and a helpful Tip is to Number each unit...Use a cheap Vibrating Engraver. I assign the Handle material, Spacers, Bolsters all the trimmings to a numbered knife before I start that way I'm not scrambling at the end looking for material to finish. Use a Plastic container with the corresponding Number of the blade keeps all the parts together.

 

[DustinY]

I build in batches and a helpful Tip is to Number each unit...Use a cheap Vibrating Engraver. I assign the Handle material, Spacers, Bolsters all the trimmings to a numbered knife before I start that way I'm not scrambling at the end looking for material to finish. Use a Plastic container with the corresponding Number of the blade keeps all the parts together.

I plan to do something of this nature. Thanks for the advice Busto.

 

[luciusx5]

Made a knife for a friend's 8 year old son. He should get a kick out of it. Cholla cactus and glow in the dark green resin.

It wasn't bright enough so I used green and white liners.

 

[DevinT]

Good job people, more than 10,000 posts.

Hoss

 

[scott kozub]