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

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Willie71 said:
These came back for their yearly sharpening. This carver is probably my favorite knife out of my shop. Hitachi White at Rc65. The second knife is an AEB-l petty.
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I know many here like to show the brand new, shiny, flawless knives right out of the shop... but to me there is something cool about seeing knives like these: well used, dinged, stained (err ... patinad:-). ). It speaks to a product that a user appreciates and reaches for all the time... good work willie.
 
weo said:
I just got some more feedback. He let a friend who was a professional chef use it and the chef said the balance is too far back from the tip. The only way I can think to accomplish this would be make the blade thicker or keep a thin blade and make it longer. (Not sure if there's a question in there.)
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I’m still experimenting with this myself .... but so far I am finding that even with a thicker blade, if you keep the bevel wide and shallow, and drive to a small TBE (say 0.006 or less) you can get the heft and balance of the blade, with the good clean cutting action that at least I like. (And the thicker stock saves my fingernails....

That nakiri that I reground a few months ago (pretty thick stock) went from chunky and not fun to use (large TBE), to a real pleasure (small TBE) and a blade I reach for every single day...
 
Cushing H. said:
I know many here like to show the brand new, shiny, flawless knives right out of the shop... but to me there is something cool about seeing knives like these: well used, dinged, stained (err ... patinad:). ). It speaks to a product that a user appreciates and reaches for all the time... good work willie.
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I’ve had a few come back for sharpening since Covid hit, more than usual, and I’ve had the time to take pics and post them. I love it when my knives are used. I don’t make showpieces, and it’s frustrating that some people hide them away, and not use them. If they wanted showpieces, there are plenty of people who make prettier knives than I do. I gave up on the ABS journeyman/master smith process a few years back, as my arthritis and neuropathy made that unrealistic, so I focused more on making great user knives.
 
I make handle for my first san mai steel ..........ebony and oak .Looks like I have new puukko knife?
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Here's a new Black River Hunter in 80CRV2 and Zebrawood from my Very Old stash that's been in the garage for >15 years. The scales are at 220 grit and I'll be taking them up to 1200 or so tonight hopefully. No idea what the vertical line on the blade is, a reflection I guesswip1.jpg wip2.jpg
 
Willie71 said:
I’ve had a few come back for sharpening since Covid hit, more than usual, and I’ve had the time to take pics and post them. I love it when my knives are used. I don’t make showpieces, and it’s frustrating that some people hide them away, and not use them. If they wanted showpieces, there are plenty of people who make prettier knives than I do. I gave up on the ABS journeyman/master smith process a few years back, as my arthritis and neuropathy made that unrealistic, so I focused more on making great user knives.
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I couldn't agree more. I have a bunch of customers that I ask how the knife is performing and they they just have it on display because it's too nice or they're afraid it's too sharp. I beg them to use and abuse it. My knives aren't that pretty.

I had had a couple customers that I told to beat the hell out of their knives to let me know how they hold up and they did which i like. It's the only way you'll get good feedback and improve.
 
I’m in high school and like making knives I’m using hand files and I have a 1x30 sander I’ve saved about 500$ what would y’all recommend to invest in that will making knives way easier then filing out the bevels. People say the 4x36 sanders are not meant for knife maker is that so?
 
Hard pass on the 4x36.

I'd save up for a 2x72 even if it took me 5 years to get the money for it.


Start another thread, this thread is for sharing what's going on with your work rather than grinder questions, there is a lot of information in the search feature too. Type in "4x36 belt sander"

Erich-2005 said:
I’m in high school and like making knives I’m using hand files and I have a 1x30 sander I’ve saved about 500$ what would y’all recommend to invest in that will making knives way easier then filing out the bevels. People say the 4x36 sanders are not meant for knife maker is that so?
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Just recently I finished my best knife yet - a custom lobster knife in AEB-L and birch bark, with G10 bolsters and a beech wood saya. The saya pin is brass, matching an inlay in the pommel, which the tang is peened over. The blade has a plungeless flat grind, and the bottom quarter or so becomes a convex bevel.

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