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

[Taz]

Got the 4 finished:

Nitro V and Current Phenolic Burl:

Nitro V and OD Green AmeriGrip:

Nitro V and Blue Denim:

Nitro V and OD Green/Natural Burlap:

96 layer Damascus blade, Blue AmeriGrip and Black G10/Copper guard:

1/16" Magnacut, extra long black G10 guard, desert ironwood handles:

Still need to finish these off, do the sheaths, sharpen and etch the logo:

Nitro V paring knife and a premade Oyster knife blank with Orange/Green Fabric handles:

And the CPM154 Fillet knife with matching Orange/Green Fabric handles:

Magnacut Reverse Tanto FBBO with Black Micarta and Black Pins:

Magnacut EDC/Hunter with Orange AmeriGrip:

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[Jak Epp]

Mighty close on this one. I’m really liking how the handle’s turning out; this is the most sculpting I will have done on a handle yet.

 

[Michael Black]

That's slick as heck Michael Black !

Thank you!

 

[Case_D]

 

[Lorien]

foiled again!

 

[Taz]

Where do you guys get the foil crimper pliers? I have some 309 heading my way! I used 321 a couple times; made a pouch and folded over the edges and tapped them down with a hammer, but I saw someone using pliers that looked nice!

 

[Lorien]

Where do you guys get the foil crimper pliers? I have some 309 heading my way! I used 321 a couple times; made a pouch and folded over the edges and tapped them down with a hammer, but I saw someone using pliers that looked nice!

I picked up mine in Princess Auto's surplus isle- best 20 bucks I ever spent! I used to use a hockey puck to roll the creases down

no decarb!

 

[DanF]

I have been using the duckbilled welders vice grips from HF

 

[Taz]

Thanks guys!

 

[fitzo]

A "Hardwood Seam Roller" (Amazon search term) works quite well for sealing foil envelopes. That's what was recommended when I got my first roll of foil circa 1985. It has always worked well and I've stuck with the practice.

 

[Taz]

Thank you guys!! Looking forward to trying my first stainless heat treats!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I use a hard rubber mallet.

 

[Lorien]

I was going to make a roller for this with one of the idler wheels from my old grinder, but I found some Crescent hand seamers so cheap I had to try a pair out. Glad I did, as I think it's the best tool for the job- very precise and fast, I can really dial in where whatever atmosphere that's in the pouch will be concentrated, without as much risk of causing holes in the foil

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[Tony Mont]

A little bit of clean up by hand and the handle is done.

 

[D Bloch]

210x50mm 14C28N gyuto with desert ironwood burl handle and as a bonus some dirt on the blade

 

[David Mary]

 

[navman]

Did my first S-shaped bolster this weekend. The scale to bolster fit up went well, but the dam bolster shifted when peening so one is off by a noticeable amount! Guess this one will be my new EDC. I'll get pics up later.

 

[Taz]

Pocket fixie in Magnacut all done, waiting for the storm to pass before shipping it to Florida!

Magnacut hunter going out this week with the AmeriGrip handles:

Both Magnacut blades:

Small O-1 Paring Knife with Current Composite Liberty Wood handle scales. This is like the older Dymondwood. Less splintery than Dymalux, colors are brighter and the wood itself is harder and doesn't scratch/dent as easily. It is supposed to be able to pass the boil test as well so the grain should raise when exposed to hot water/steam! Decided to use some Mosaic pins for more bling. Current is going to get some pictures of this one for their website to show what the material looks when shaped. I just took it to 600 grit on the belt sander and 800 by hand, then Tung oil on it.

Got this trio finished up too! Orange/Green fabric laminate handles, premade Oyster blank with the tip flattened, Nitro V paring knife and a CPM154 fillet knife:

Started blank prep for my first Stainless Heat Treating! These are Magnacut, 3/32" and 1/8" thick. 2 FBBO and 1 FBBO Reverse Tanto in each thickness, plus 2, 3.25" Drop Points:

And 2 smaller pieces from the end cut offs of the bar that will become smaller 2.5" or so blades, hidden tang style:

So I got 10 blanks out of 6' of Magnacut!

My liquid nitrogen dewar has "speciman holders", so I have to see if these blades will fit into them or not.

Will normal stainless wire work to hang the blades in the Dewar if they won't fit into the holders? I may take some thicker barstock and drill and tap it so I can bolt these blades between 2 thick pieces of bar stock so they don't warp in cryo. Just gotta make sure they can get thru the neck!