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

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Richard338 said:
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Very cool! One like this is on my short list, I have been working on some custom Bowies for some customers lately. I think I have one more blade to grind before heat treat, I haven't decided it the last one will be an English style Bowie or and American style similar to the Musso Bowie. I have both patterns already, I think I'm leaning toward the Musso.
 
got this finished after many years sitting in a drawer. It'll be picked up tomorrow, so I'll never have to look at it again! It's weird- during the process I get so attached to the knives, but once they're done I can't wait to get them out of my sight and move on to the next one🤔

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Sentinel

I think that, perhaps, 'Sentinel' is a silly name. Ironically, it was named by someone who is very serious, (hint: not me😁). This is the only knife, (I did a couple hatchets many years ago) which I rendered digitally, and then had waterjet cut. Of course, it started out as a pencil drawing...
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Jason Fry said:
Well, F’d that one. The chaos in my house ate me up and I left it in the etch waaaayyyy too long. Best I can think of is to go back to 400 and try and flatten it out, then do 600 again and re-etch.
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Bummer man!!
Yeah, take it back to zero and etch again, looks like you've got some great activity there. What steel are you using?
 
Well , now it looks like a knife .The handle is almost shaped , I can glue it now . In the middle I will use mosaic pin and the other two stainless steel . I think it will look better that way than all three mosaic , what do you think ?
BTW , how you cut mosaic pins ? Cutting disk on Dremel would work or i will melt epoxy or whatever is inside pin ? I have no room for mistake , 15 cm length is all I have ..............
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Natlek said:
Well , now it looks like a knife .The handle is almost shaped , I can glue it now . In the middle I will use mosaic pin and the other two stainless steel . I think it will look better that way than all three mosaic , what do you think ?
BTW , how you cut mosaic pins ? Cutting disk on Dremel would work or i will melt epoxy or whatever is inside pin ? I have no room for mistake , 15 cm length is all I have ..............
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Clean work! Your big wheel grinder? Yeah, hacksaw for me as well, also keep in mind that rough grit or cut can mush your pattern a bit in the pin, leave space to refine.
 
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