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

Infradito said:
Hi everybody!
I want to show you my first kitchen set made for a dear friend!
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They are not perfect at ALL but I wil get better. Any suggestion is welcome!
Blades: stainless steel AISI420. 58 HRC
Handles: walnut + white spacers (the smaller one is made whit vineyard wood + brass spacers)
Knife holder: poplar

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420 steel is not that great, at the very least I'd do 440C from a reputable seller.

Re the largest one.

The secondary bevel is huge.


Is there are primary bevel on it at all?
Take the primary bevel down to a zero edge, then create the secondary edge with sharpening.

The edge is way way to thick to be useful.

Thin is in.


If you're doing a "set" they should all fit the set asthetic. The third from the top is different and in my eyes is not part of the other three.
Try drawing them ahead of time.
Lots of things look half assed, unbalanced.
Get the looks perfect in pencil first.
Ricasso length, handles and so on


#1 Ricasso is too long

#2
What is that extra gouge in the back of the blade?
No way to correct that.



Handle on #2 looks best to me, the others look like you gave up too soon.
Thick, chunky, blocky

I'd use smaller and fewer pins.
They can over power the handle, especially when their position is not measured, balanced and perfectly aligned

#3 tail pin seems low
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The most important knife in a kitchen set is the paring knife, better to do 2 of those in different style and one medium chef/santoku utility


Instead of doing a set of four, concentrate on making one really good one first.
 
TILLER said:
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Put together a knife for elk hunting this year.

PM A11. 66 Rockwell. This stuff is hard to finish! I’m going to look into using diamond stone or diamond sandpaper, something. Silicon carbide sandpaper work, but it didn’t last and didn’t do much to the steel. Edm stones actually worked faster, but they don’t leave a good finish. Tumbling looked good but did not take out any sanding marks.
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220 ceramic belts? Someone said that they got good results with a ceramic 400.
 
Got my first batch for my new setup underway, rough profile so far.
I managed to nest 5 straight razors and a huge Bowie on one piece of 1/4" W2.
I couldn't resist starting a little hollow ground slicer in magnacut.
Lot's of hollow grinding to come.
The dust deputy and shop vac mount under my mobile grinding table.
Things are keeping much cleaner than I'm used to...
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playin around with my new Spyderco CBN stone
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Scaniaman said:
And how is that working out? Good stuff?
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my first impression is that it seems pretty decent so far. I usually use my Norton oil stones for this, but they're getting a little cupped out and I wanted to try something that's meant to be used dry and will always be flat. I've just used the finer grit side, which cut super aggressively at first but settled down once it packed up a bit. It's a good size, big enough for a large blade. The hardest and most wear resistant blade I used it on was a CPK 4V blade by Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist and it removed material pretty quickly
 
Lorien said:
my first impression is that it seems pretty decent so far. I usually use my Norton oil stones for this, but they're getting a little cupped out and I wanted to try something that's meant to be used dry and will always be flat. I've just used the finer grit side, which cut super aggressively at first but settled down once it packed up a bit. It's a good size, big enough for a large blade. The hardest and most wear resistant blade I used it on was a CPK 4V blade by Nathan the Machinist Nathan the Machinist and it removed material pretty quickly
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Thanks. I am looking for some new bench stones with these criteria too. I'll have to take a closer look at this one!
 
Richard338 said:
Got my first batch for my new setup underway, rough profile so far.
I managed to nest 5 straight razors and a huge Bowie on one piece of 1/4" W2.
I couldn't resist starting a little hollow ground slicer in magnacut.
Lot's of hollow grinding to come.
The dust deputy and shop vac mount under my mobile grinding table.
Things are keeping much cleaner than I'm used to...
CeUViUM.jpg
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Liking the blade shape on that Bowie. Post pics as you go or when done.
 
Forrest Taylor said:
Liking the blade shape on that Bowie. Post pics as you go or when done.
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Will do. The plan is slowly taking shape. I got a piece of African Blackwood for a coffin handle with domed silver pins. Hoping for a nice hamon. The biggest uncertainty is the guard and spacer (well that and whether I mess anything up).

BTW I lived in MO for 10 years, but had to look up your town...
 
Richard338 said:
Will do. The plan is slowly taking shape. I got a piece of African Blackwood for a coffin handle with domed silver pins. Hoping for a nice hamon. The biggest uncertainty is the guard and spacer (well that and whether I mess anything up).

BTW I lived in MO for 10 years, but had to look up your town...
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Columbia? Do you sell on CL?
 
Richard338 said:
I was in Columbia for a couple years, then down to Rolla. I still spend part of my time there. I don't sell my work. If it turns out well I want to keep it and probably have a lot of time sunk into it. If it doesn't turn out well, then I couldn't sell it either.
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Ah. There's another guy in Como that makes knives, mostly deer antler handles, that sells them on CL. I emailed him and may meet up sometime.
 
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