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Your knives are always great to see. They are definitely what I am striving for. What grit stones do you use to sharpen? Thanks for posting. I hope you are enjoying your time in Europe. I have not been out of the U.S. since March and it is killing me.

Thanks
This one I just posted and it’s sold.

Generally king 1000 grit and king 6k or
Loaded leather strop... sometimes a Tsushima or aizu natural stone which is about 3-4k

 

[Scaniaman]

3 X-mas 14c28n pettys ready for HT.

 

[Kevin Kf knives]

Wrapping this guy up this weekend. Stainless/1095 san mai.

 

[weo]

Stainless/1095 san mai.

Looks great, even out of focus. (not a critique on the photography skills, rather a kudos on the knife)

 

[Kevin Kf knives]

Looks great, even out of focus. (not a critique on the photography skills, rather a kudos on the knife)

Dude, my camera sucks balls. Thanks

 

[Cliff Carter Knives]

finished my first petty chef (or chef knife in general) as a surprise for my wife! 15n20, jade g10 with purple liners and brass pins. She loved it

 

[weo]

Dude, my camera sucks balls. Thanks

I feel your pain. See my recent post: https://bladeforums.com/threads/camera-suggestions-2020.1757579/

 

[FredyCro]

I finally finished this. Not happy with a lot of things, but happy that it is finally done.

Lighting hides a lot of mistakes in the finish.

Next one is gonna be in 4mm 14c28n with a shorter and beefier handle and integrated (real) micarta guard.

And a short vid after rough sharpening with a 400g diamond stone.

 

[Scaniaman]

220 mm gyuto-ish.14c28n. Black G10 and green canvas Micarta. CF and mosaic pins.

 

[PEU]

When I start glueing a batch and its friday (I don't go to the shop on weekends, its 25km/15mi away from home) I use 24hs epoxy instead of 10 minutes, its way more efficient. It properly cures over the weekend and I resume work on monday. Nevertheless I use 10min a lot more by far, and for example, with the unglued ones in the plastic box.

Pablo

 

[marthinus]

Getting backspacers ready. The Ivory G10 in the last picture still needs cleanup and then a buff to protect it against dirt and discoloration.

 

[pafka]

Finished today - N690 blade, stabilized curly birch handle, stainless+copper guard.

 

[FredyCro]

Finished today - N690 blade, stabilized curly birch handle, stainless+copper guard.

That's hot! The guard work really jumps out.

 

[Cushing H.]

Got my mini mill down into the shop today. Strapped it to a two-wheel dolly, and got a neighbor to help me get it down the stairs - one on the handle holding back to ease the wheels over each edge and down to the next flat, and the other lifting on the mill to make sure it did not do a hard drop onto the next step. I DEFINITELY asked the right person - I had long suspected that he did some workout/weightlifting ..... but when it came to lift the thing up onto the table, I mentioned two of us .... one on each side. He said, "no - I've got this" .... and just casually lifted the thing from the floor onto the workbench. Turns out he bench presses 315 pounds.





I have the vise installed and have it set up well enough (checking square of the vise and rough square of the table (using a machinists square versus a drill bit in the chuck) for basic non precision drilling. I still need to do a real job of tramming the table and precision squaring the vise .... but at least this is enough to get me going for now.

This is one really nice piece of equipment. all the controls are tight and you can barely hear the motor running when you turn it on (it is a brushless direct drive motor)

 

[john april]

congrats. they are heavier than they look ! nothing like a well fitting guard slot.

 

[David Schott]

Got my mini mill down into the shop today. Strapped it to a two-wheel dolly, and got a neighbor to help me get it down the stairs - one on the handle holding back to ease the wheels over each edge and down to the next flat, and the other lifting on the mill to make sure it did not do a hard drop onto the next step. I DEFINITELY asked the right person - I had long suspected that he did some workout/weightlifting ..... but when it came to lift the thing up onto the table, I mentioned two of us .... one on each side. He said, "no - I've got this" .... and just casually lifted the thing from the floor onto the workbench. Turns out he bench presses 315 pounds.
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I have the vise installed and have it set up well enough (checking square of the vise and rough square of the table (using a machinists square versus a drill bit in the chuck) for basic non precision drilling. I still need to do a real job of tramming the table and precision squaring the vise .... but at least this is enough to get me going for now.

This is one really nice piece of equipment. all the controls are tight and you can barely hear the motor running when you turn it on (it is a brushless direct drive motor)

Nice! Milling machines are a ton of fun and I use mine on every single knife in one way or another.

Spend good time getting things trammed correctly as finish will depend quite a bit on it, especially on a smaller machine with less mass behind it. You can do it very well with a dial indicator, moving the quill up/down with an indicator running along it from multiple sides and there are many guides online.

 

[John Cahoon]

Here's a handy little EDC in NitroV, Ironwood and Elk. Just need to polish things up and sharpen. Oh, and final 1200 grit sand the blade to get rid of the micro scratches I get with or without tape... grrrrr!

 

[TheEdge01]

-removed-

 

[FredyCro]

@AVigil My girlfriend is happy about the new addition to our kitchen table.

I will keep this at home for finishing handles after work at home.

 

[DanF]

Started this Wa handle with dowel last year and blew out the walnut bolster at the tang slot.

I set it aside and forgot about it until today. Came across an old thread here with a solution.
Now to make it a tighter fit.