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

[Richard338]

Back from heat treat and time to finish. I ground a couple kitchen knives to refresh the feel of my grinder (hadn't touched it in a few weeks).
Came off the grinder at a pretty low grit, just happy to have no mistakes.
I'll trade a few hours of hand sanding for the chance of screwing it up.
Right now it's somewhere between 120 grit EDM stone and 120 grit Rhynowet...

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Back from heat treat and time to finish. I ground a couple kitchen knives to refresh the feel of my grinder (hadn't touched it in a few weeks).
Came off the grinder at a pretty low git, just happy to have no mistakes.
I'll trade a few hours of hand sanding for the chance of screwing it up.
Right now it's somewhere between 120 grit EDM stone and 120 grit Rhynowet...

I like that profile that really looks like a Bowie knife ought to look!

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Another magna cut at 63 with stabilized red gum handles and copper fittings! I really wanted so bad to offer this on bladeforums but it's been spoken for already, damn!

 

[Scott Hanson]

Back from heat treat and time to finish. I ground a couple kitchen knives to refresh the feel of my grinder (hadn't touched it in a few weeks).
Came off the grinder at a pretty low git, just happy to have no mistakes.
I'll trade a few hours of hand sanding for the chance of screwing it up.
Right now it's somewhere between 120 grit EDM stone and 120 grit Rhynowet...

Very nice! I'm planning one similar to this style blade but with a crown stag handle in the next batch of knives I make.

 

[Scott Hanson]

Another magna cut at 63 with stabilized red gum handles and copper fittings! I really wanted so bad to offer this on bladeView attachment 1856478View attachment 1856479View attachment 1856480forums but itView attachment 1856481's been spoken for already, damn!

I keep kicking around the idea of doing something like this with a full tang fillet knife handle.

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

I keep kicking around the idea of doing something like this with a full tang fillet knife handle.

You mean the rounded and jimped tang peeking out of the edges of the handle? I think it feels really great in the hand, and it shows workmanship but the first time I did it was really because I needed to think of a way to circumvent having an unsatisfactory finish on the belly of the Tang. Nowadays I've vastly improved my ability to get a good finish on the belly of the Tang but I still like doing this style once in awhile!

 

[John Cahoon]

My Blue Wharncliffe in 80CRV2 and Canyon Blue Richlite, yellow G10 liners. About 8 1/2" OAL.

 

[Alex Topfer]

Does anyone else get frustrated that things never come out quite as you pictured? View attachment 1856930

 

[Joshua Fisher]

Does anyone else get frustrated that things never come out quite as you pictured? View attachment 1856930

Sometimes but I often use it to either learn what went wrong or sometimes I find it improves my process. I also keep in mind I’m not perfect and I’m taking a bar of steel and some random handle materials and making a functional tool that will outlive me by hand and that’s pretty cool even if it doesn’t turn out the way I originally thought.

 

[Joshua Fisher]

Finished up this 8.25” kiritsuke with a red bush willow handle, picked up the handle material at bladeshow.

 

[TheEdge01]

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[Skiller1nc]

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Finished up this 8.25” kiritsuke with a red bush willow handle, picked up the handle material at bladeshow.

there is just something so elegant about a simple wa-handled knife with good proportions. Absolutely gorgeous

 

[Lorien]

well, this happened

 

[PEU]

Short Kiritsuke Toonmascus...!
Or it should be Mijikai Kiritsuke?
Fresh out of the grinder (and fiber laser) this short kiritsuke in Sandvik 14c28n stainless steel. Edge length is 110mm/4.3"
Handle in stabilized maple burl and 3 corby bolts.
The Toonmascus pattern used I called it Dictator

Pablo

 

[Dimitar Popov]

these little drawings are awesome

 

[TheEdge01]

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[FBHORTMcc]

well, this happened

Wait until you realize that it has a 2" opening and 30+$ a fill ffs. You doing stock removal? Cryo is useless in forging alloys.

 

[FBHORTMcc]

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Finished up this 8.25” kiritsuke with a red bush willow handle, picked up the handle material at bladeshow.

I like it but um. You got some massive decarb on the opposite side of your makers mark as someone else just mentioned and I advised not to do it because . not that? lol but uhm. It's something that people who know knives will be able to identify readily but um. How many freakin times you gotta rockwell test that? I see like 50 indents.

Short Kiritsuke Toonmascus...!
Or it should be Mijikai Kiritsuke?
Fresh out of the grinder (and fiber laser) this short kiritsuke in Sandvik 14c28n stainless steel. Edge length is 110mm/4.3"
Handle in stabilized maple burl and 3 corby bolts.
The Toonmascus pattern used I called it Dictator

Pablo

That is Cool. But. Are the designs CNCd? They look it. How did you CNC it with what kind of end mill? I don't think I have to explain stress risers which, I see about 101k not so serious ones. Fiber laser. Please read up on how lasers melt steel brother. It's not smart. Neat looking? Sure.

 

[Tony Mont]

Been moving my workshop the past two months, almost done and I can start doing some work again!

 

[FBHORTMcc]

Been moving my workshop the past two months, almost done and I can start doing some work again!

Oh tell me about it im doing a cosmoline recoat lmao. Moving? F That/.