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

Sooo many props to give, I literally can't manage them all. I'm particularly enjoying watching some of the newer makers progress so well. Brian and Ian, you guys are always an inspiration. Love the pairer from NAK too.

Then there are all the others. I hate to waste any opportunity to gush, but I don't have any paper on hand to write down the names of everyone that is doing amazing work. If you've posted a pic you can count on having impressed me. :)

Nathan, unreal work. Fab and milling are things that I hope to learn more about one day. Too bad there isn't a Master Machinest designation like there is Master Bladesmiths. No doubt you'd be inducted!
 
My Personal Assistant. This was a tough one to do for my third knife, and I had some help with the initial grinding on it.
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I didn't it was waterjet. Didn't think to mention it, thought it would be a given.
 
This is what's going on right now.

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This is a fairly straight-forward recurve fighter. I'm having difficult time choosing handle material... but the knife should be completed soon. I also have a little Japanese-style blade on the bench. You can see more photos of these projects HERE.

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jwesthurl said:
There is a lot of cool stuff going on!
Here is one I finished last week.
Aldo's 1095, Darrin Sanders heat treat, Olive canvas micarta, G10 liners, stainless pins and lanyard tube.
Leather sheath by me.
Still trying to figure out how to mark my logo with a battery charger.

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Love that design. Looks very useful and versatile.
 
I've got an evenheat 22.5 Rampmaster coming soon and 5 gallons of Parks 50 along with some quench plates. I'm really looking forward to the kiln. I've only done a couple of my own heat treats, and one of them didn't turn out so well. I've got a back log of knives waiting for the oven, so I just keep profiling and grinding. :)
 
Congrats on the new oven!

Finished the recurve I posted above. Have some other things to take care of before I finish the tanto.

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Daniel Fairly Knives said:
^ Nice work guys! :cool:


I've been very busy... have several hundred hours into these. I forgot a bunch of knives too, I have about 30 in my house ready to sign.

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Nice Daniel! How'd you get the panning work in that video so steady? Did you use the YouTube stabilizer software or something?
 
NickWheeler said:
Great stuff guys! :)

Nathan- Those rock! :cool:

Daniel- At first I was going to question your ability to count hours... ;) Then I saw the bazillions of projects you've got going. Crazy and awesome buddy! :)

Ian- Those look great! Don't worry too much about trying to conform to the stereotype of a "tactical" knife. Not saying that you are with those two shown. I'm saying that because you've mentioned struggling with the idea of making tactical stuff. :)

To a person that actually knows how to handle a blade (no, not talking about myself here, LMAO) the current project in my shop is about as tactical at heart as they come... but I don't think it falls within the stereotype much at all. Make what trips your trigger, and do it well (which I know you will) and people will be interested. :thumbup: :cool:


Speaking of what's on the workbench.... here's the prototype for my big project. I'm making 12 of these :eek: :) Sheath is by Master leather craftsman Mr. Paul Long, and stellar photos are by Mr. Jim Cooper (sharpbycoop.com)... :)


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What's the handle material on that one Nick? Is that double black G10?
 
Finished my 2 week project of turning my 2x42 into a 2x72. Some angle and square tube, lots of bolts and drilled holes. Tracks great and the 72" belts are MUCH nicer to work with.. much!! Anyway, it was nice out and wanted to give her a trial run. Here are the first two I have 95% done. Just a little hand finishing, buffing of handles and putting edge on them. Sorry about the bad pics, I need to build a lightbox and get a good background.

First up was a fixed blade I'm making for a buddy. First time using liners and me likey! 4.25" 1095 blade 3/16 thick. Green G10 and orange liners. Left some of the heat treat scale on the sides cuz it just looks cool.

Next up was finishing work on another friction folder. This time with SS liners and micarta scales. It was going to be brown micarta on both scales, but got a new countersink bit and sucker burned right through the one sides pivot hole. Didn't have another piece so grab a scrap piece of camo micarta and moved on. Now it kind of has a Jeckly and Hyde type look, one side is classic/elegant and the other means business.

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Pics of my grinder modification. I'm a hack engineer, meaning, no real planning, just start and modify as I go, so lots of putting things together and taking them back apart, so it took a about 2 weeks and a few extra trips to Lowes than if I would have planned it all out ahead of time. This was done with a $50 Harbor Freight drill, 1/4 bit and my portable hacksaw. Down the road I may weld it up, but for now I like the ability to take apart and make changes if need. Waiting for someone to hand me $2K so I can get KMG or alike :-).

So here is my "shop" (less my $50 HF drill press in the basement):

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Here is the project for today, get this one handled in gray G10 with green liners (wife picked the combo and I like her input, keeps her interested in my hobbies).

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And here is the grinder mods. Basically cut the top off, added some 2" angle as the frame and another piece as the backbone for rigidity. Had to drill some holes and grind out a bit of material to get the bolt flush in some spots. Created a new 24" platen which is awesome for flat grinding bigger blades. The frame for the platen is 3/4" square tube and the platen is left over 2" angle. It's adjustable in/out. Added a new rest that is adjustable up/down/in/out. I also have it setup that I can go back to the 42" setup since I have a bunch of belts I have to use still (unless I just sell them and move forward with the 2x72 setup. It's pretty rigged, I'm not going to lie, but tracks well and I'm digging it. Last thing I may do is get a piece of glass added to the platen, but we'll see. Sorry the pics suck.

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I can't seem to take a good pic to save my ass, but here's where I'm at with this one.
.130" with full distal tapered blade, tapered tang, Blackwood and Flamed Maple with black g10 liners. Hoping to get it glued up tonight and will try for better pics when it's finished out.

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