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

I can fit five of my blades into each specimen holder for my cryo dewar and I have 6 holders!! No need to mess with wire then!
 
A duck on a knife

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And a trout.

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So, bird & trout.
 
What software are you using to arch/curve your lettering? That looks very nice.
 
Time to fill the dewar for this quarters aebl run.
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I had to laugh after I looked at the picture, it reminded me kind of the guy that taught me something about knife making years ago when I first got into this. If you went into his shop, his orphans or future finishes were sticking out of the ceiling hanging down. He would laugh when I would walk in, look up, shake my head and say I need a hardhat in here.
 
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Yeah, it’s me, lol!
I can make it, but I can’t get it to transfer over to the X tool software and load into that. I’ll go back and look at some more of those YouTube videos and see what might be happening.
 
DanF said:
Yeah, it’s me, lol!
I can make it, but I can’t get it to transfer over to the X tool software and load into that. I’ll go back and look at some more of those YouTube videos and see what might be happening.
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Whenever I transfer text from inkscape to lightburn (which should be similar to the X tool software), I convert all objects to path - that does the trick. It's called "Object to path" command under "Path" menu. That should be all that's needed - from then you can no longer edit the text, but the objects then live as pure paths that should be interpreted the same way in any software.
 
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Anchorsealed a big, true cocobolo burl slab yesterday, and just thought you guys would enjoy this (stick around until I spray it!). This is only the second time I've had cocobolo burl.

Should be ready in a year+. 😂

Moisture content is around 15%, so really not too bad.

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Wow, afraid to ask what a piece like that costs..
 
DanF said:
Time to fill the dewar for this quarters aebl run.
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I had to laugh after I looked at the picture, it reminded me kind of the guy that taught me something about knife making years ago when I first got into this. If you went into his shop, his orphans or future finishes were sticking out of the ceiling hanging down. He would laugh when I would walk in, look up, shake my head and say I need a hardhat in here.
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Ron Frazier's shop?
I took maybe 20 or 30 knives out of his ceiling. If he got frustrated with a knife or it wasn't grinding right, he would flip it up at the ceiling until it stuck and leave it there.
 
Still in progress but decided to follow the advice of D.Bloch and take some pictures to post here.

Mazur birch, with black g10 spacer, and spalted beech bolster. Sanded to 800, polished and finished with carnauba on the buffing wheel.
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I had some really thin flowing CA glue that filled up all the cracks, voids and knots beautifully, truly surpassed my hopes, as I wasn't sure how those would turn out in the end.
 
Recently finished a double edged Bowie knife I am quite proud of. Still need to do the sheath though and have proper pictures taken. Meet the Tartaros:
-80 layer bold pattern twist damascus blade (80Crv2+15n20)
-Bronze guard that has been darkened in the guard lugs and re-polished on the sides to create a two-tone finish.
-stabilized karelian birch handle
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-handle also has a museum fit

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This is a stainless Bowie blade I made for a hunter. Hand-rubbed satin, black linen micarta handle. Nothing super fancy, but I really enjoy the simplicity of the satin finished blade and the dark handle. Blade is 14C28N. For this project I also made the first leather sheath with an incoorporated metal belt clip as per customer request. Usually my belt loops are leather and sown in an angle to provide comfortable carry, but this was a fun project.

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