The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
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Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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I did, I drew it out with round dies in the press before flattening it. This was the first time working with it but I wanted to get some movement to the straight lines to closer resemble Suminagashi. I’ll definitely be getting more, do you know of a vendor that carry’s it in more than one size?
Workshop heaven or dictum
This was oil quenched, I’ve got 2 small blades I can use one to test edge stability. Currently the one that’s polished is at 64hrc and the customer will be made aware it’s a fine slicing knife or I’ll temper it down some more if the edge stability doesn’t hold up the way I’d like on one of the smaller blades. I appreciate the feedback and can definitely try some things differently on the next bar.
Looks good. Do you use it for bevels, and if so, does it yield a nice grind line?
yeah, pretty not too bad. The bevels were pretty much done against the glass but the knives I'm working on are slightly convex so the leather seems to blend things together pretty nicely without washing out the transition line. I tried gluing a piece of leather to the platen first, and that was a horrible idea- removing the leather and glue had me shaking my fist at the sky in rage. But I'm much better now
lovely knives, but I really dig your logo with your initials
I like it. I use double sided tape when I try out the leather platen. Might cut a fresh piece and give it another go.yeah, pretty not too bad. The bevels were pretty much done against the glass but the knives I'm working on are slightly convex so the leather seems to blend things together pretty nicely without washing out the transition line. I tried gluing a piece of leather to the platen first, and that was a horrible idea- removing the leather and glue had me shaking my fist at the sky in rage. But I'm much better now
the cool thing about this system is that all I have to do is loosen the platen fasteners and hang the leather cover from the top. Super fast and easy to put on and take off. Used it for a couple hours of grinding today and it's holding up pretty good
Dang!!! Is that a machine finish?
yes sir
Tell us more about the handle materials!got the slabs mostly flat enough, gonna have to add another shim having made a slight miscalculation but it shouldn't be too hard to fix. Note to self; never, ever ASSUME that the handle material is FLAT. Pins are set and precise, so it was a productive night I'd say
Very nice. What was it like, working with and finishing that micarta?
