A.McPherson
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Great, now we're gonna have a bunch of videos of guys rubbing oil on their wood...
Lol!
Lol!
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bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives
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Little minimalist prototype I'm working on.
bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives
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Some recent work, Ive been out of pocket for a while.
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I finished my first knife from Elmax. I already like it - as usual I accidently hit the tip of the knife during hand sanding with my aluminum sanding block. With N690 that usually results in the tip bending (pre-HT) or simply breaking (post-HT). This time no damage at all (post-HT). It grinds nicely, polishes fine up until P600 - going to P800 was a grit too far for me.
Handle is some sort of Indian Blackwood, hardware is bronze. Basic leather sheath. Thanks.
Handle is some sort of Indian Blackwood, hardware is bronze. Basic leather sheath. Thanks.
Now you're bragging - and have every right to brag on that fitup.
Next time leave extra steel here .........What you have now will be grinded away and wont help with overheating tip .
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Good choices with a lovely profile.I finished my first knife from Elmax. I already like it - as usual I accidently hit the tip of the knife during hand sanding with my aluminum sanding block. With N690 that usually results in the tip bending (pre-HT) or simply breaking (post-HT). This time no damage at all (post-HT). It grinds nicely, polishes fine up until P600 - going to P800 was a grit too far for me.
Handle is some sort of Indian Blackwood, hardware is bronze. Basic leather sheath. Thanks.
Bühlmann
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Thank you for clearing that up!Next time leave extra steel here .........What you have now will be grinded away and wont help with overheating tip .
I didn’t think of the tip as going in that direction. I guess I’ll just have to go slow. I got one blade done without burning, and that by slowing the grinder down. This was my first attempt at leaving extra material on…..nice “duh” for me! 
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That is beautiful! Profile, materials, everything, something to be very proud of!I finished my first knife from Elmax. I already like it - as usual I accidently hit the tip of the knife during hand sanding with my aluminum sanding block. With N690 that usually results in the tip bending (pre-HT) or simply breaking (post-HT). This time no damage at all (post-HT). It grinds nicely, polishes fine up until P600 - going to P800 was a grit too far for me.
Handle is some sort of Indian Blackwood, hardware is bronze. Basic leather sheath. Thanks.
Joseph Bandeko
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It's done.
For this particular knife I didn't really need to worry about making things perfect, but I still think it turned out really nice!
I've got a couple videos on my Instagram of me sharpness testing it: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLD_NrtF2L/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLDPyaJCuF/
For this particular knife I didn't really need to worry about making things perfect, but I still think it turned out really nice!
I've got a couple videos on my Instagram of me sharpness testing it: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLD_NrtF2L/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLDPyaJCuF/
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Absolutely Beautiful. Love the copper.
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Mad Skills!I finished my first knife from Elmax. I already like it - as usual I accidently hit the tip of the knife during hand sanding with my aluminum sanding block. With N690 that usually results in the tip bending (pre-HT) or simply breaking (post-HT). This time no damage at all (post-HT). It grinds nicely, polishes fine up until P600 - going to P800 was a grit too far for me.
Handle is some sort of Indian Blackwood, hardware is bronze. Basic leather sheath. Thanks.
A.McPherson
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Normally, I don't like colors on knives, but that's classy!
Oops. Had this happen trying to straighten a warp.
Was going to check and see how the edge performed without doing two proper heat tempers. Tempered once for two hours at 375. Thinking I probably also cooked it a little in the forge for HT. Anyways, it is in the bucket of shame now and got my answer regarding a single and low temp tempering cycle. 80CRV2
Onto the next couple. 8.5 " slicer, and a 4.5" paring forged in frustration so they should be good right?
Was going to check and see how the edge performed without doing two proper heat tempers. Tempered once for two hours at 375. Thinking I probably also cooked it a little in the forge for HT. Anyways, it is in the bucket of shame now and got my answer regarding a single and low temp tempering cycle. 80CRV2
Onto the next couple. 8.5 " slicer, and a 4.5" paring forged in frustration so they should be good right?
bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives
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Stag handle fit up work.
