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

[Jason Fry]

Working on a hamon Bowie with walrus. I wanted to be Don Hanson back when I was a baby knifemaker. Figure it’s time to take a stab at it.

 

[FredyCro]

Natlek, wouldn't the angle of the bevel start to get blunter and blunter as the tip starts to go " under " the wheel more as it gets narrower?View attachment 1812338

I think this is theoretically correct but neglectable if you are grinding with a large wheel like Natleks.

 

[FredyCro]

Take a look at this drawing and think a little what is going on . . . . where the belly begins the angle of the blade towards the belt changes
If we grind the part of blade that is 40 mm wide to one millimeter thick on the edge and keep grinding parallel to that edge thickness , edge thickness will start to increase where belly start . Where belly start edge would be thicker and tip even more thicker , just to get idea what I am talking about , if anything make sense ?
If I explained this well, you would know what to do if you want distal taper . If you want grinding line to follow the curve of the blade you need to start to pull tang towards you when you get with grinding where belly start

If you grind full flat grind on 40mm wide blade , what kind of bevel you will get if blade is 30mm wide if you grind on same angle on work rest and what kind of bevel you will get on same angle on work rest if blade is 10mm wide ?

I think I got your point, basically you are "blowing through“ the back as you are thinning the edge toward the tip and belly. Same as adjusting the angle towards yourself (" pulling in") in order to pull a ffg at the same (jig) angle across the whole bevel, inevitably you will get a taper as the width of the blade narrows.

 

[Natlek]

Natlek, wouldn't the angle of the bevel start to get blunter and blunter as the tip starts to go " under " the wheel more as it gets narrower?View attachment 1812338

Look this pictures , I don t like thick belly ...........blade is flat between this two red line ,gently curve start from there to tip.........I glued scale now I need to finish this knife .To much time it take this one .

maybe this video will help

 

[evergreensSequoiaseucalyptusandOaks]

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[Scaniaman]

Made a small test knife out of M390. It's 2 mm stock with a slight taper and hollow. Ground it to 0.17 mm and gave it a convex edge and that held up well, at 62 Hrc.

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Made a small test knife out of M390. It's 2 mm stock with a slight taper and hollow. Ground it to 0.17 mm and gave it a convex edge and that held up well, at 62 Hrc.

I really like your design! Don't be surprised if you see your influence cropping up in some of my own work!

 

[Lorien]

finished this one up today

Roundhouse: Part Deux

First of all; much respect to all the mothers of the world, and happy Mother's Day! This knife design started off as a folder, which was produced by Boker a couple of years ago. I wanted to follow up that folder with a fixed blade version, (which Boker will not be producing 😭) and this is...

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[eric brinkerhoff]

That's awesome Lorien !

 

[Lorien]

thanks man

 

[CDHumiston]

Just finished this for the wife. Her Mother passed away a few weeks ago and I inlaid a turquoise bead that belonged to her.

 

[SBuzek]

Good Lord willin and the creeks don't rise these will be on my table at Blade Atlanta table 13E

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And this pile of parts is done.
Inthe same order as above

 

[Richard338]

And this pile of parts is done.
Inthe same order as above
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Those look incredible!
Even with your experience you still snap the tip off occasionally.

 

[SBuzek]

Those look incredible!
Even with your experience you still snap the tip off occasionally.

I may or may not had to remake the liners fir the big Mammoth knife bottom right

 

[evergreensSequoiaseucalyptusandOaks]

not technically 'in' the shop, but I got this pair of throwing knives to a point where I can finally test them. All that's left is to clean them up a bit, sharpen and etch them and come up with some sort of sheath system

Awesome throwers Lorien ~

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Look what the steel fairy just delivered! That's a three foot bar of .150"x 1.625" Magnacut on bottom! I'm excited! I've been spending time with my sketch book so I think I have a nice design or two to do it justice!

 

[Lorien]

Awesome throwers Lorien ~

thanks! Just finished them up this afternoon. Gotta make a sheath now

 

[Joseph Bandeko]

Finished gluing up this block consisting of African Blackwood, Snakewood and copper.

When done there will be 4 copper pins and a copper lanyard hole.

 

[Tony Mont]

This mess is going on in my shop, finally started moving!

 

[WValtakis]