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

[Daniel W]

Working on this slippy

And made a blade holder for sanding

It’s a little rough but it holds

 

[Seedy Lot]

I like the big one navman , axe swell on the handle is well done!

I am finally back into knife shop have been battling cold shop issues. I turned on the oven a couple days ago and it registered 20°F.

I was having white smoke on diesel heater start up issues and after troubling shooting and tearing the heater apart I replaced the glow plug and all is good except the 2 main gaskets were destroyed. I ordered new ones off eBay with the glow plug but the gaskets were to small so went to Ace and bought a tube of high heat automotive gasket maker.

 

[Ben Kabisch]

I finished these 2 today… this was the last of an 11 knife order, all 2 blade trappers, and a front pocket model that was ordered as a Christmas gift

 

[Selfe Made Knives]

Beautiful work

 

[DeadboxHero]

Hand forged some AEB-L pieces.

Ready for annealing and profiling and heat treatment.

 

[DanF]

I like the big one navman , axe swell on the handle is well done!

I am finally back into knife shop have been battling cold shop issues. I turned on the oven a couple days ago and it registered 20°F.

I was having white smoke on diesel heater start up issues and after troubling shooting and tearing the heater apart I replaced the glow plug and all is good except the 2 main gaskets were destroyed. I ordered new ones off eBay with the glow plug but the gaskets were to small so went to Ace and bought a tube of high heat automotive gasket maker.

I dread the day mine goes out. Considering a standby spare

 

[DanF]

This started life as a Bowie,then I realized it looked similar to throwing knives I have seen. I’ll play with it a bit and then return it to its original purpose (unless the bug bites hard).

 

[Seedy Lot]

I dread the day mine goes out. Considering a standby spare

The only component that went out in my heater in 2 winters of use was the glow plug which is an easy fix. I would definitely have a glow plug spare and get a kit that also includes the screen and gaskets but make sure the kit has the 5kw gaskets and not 2kw gaskets as they are a different size.

Some people have really bad soot build up that needs to be cleaned out. I think this issues is by running on high as with many of the controllers they are pumping more fuel than the heater can cleanly burn so the companies can say the heater is 8kw which they really aren't.

Buying a cheap spare is a good option and if you like the current controller everything is modular with these heaters. All the hardware and burn chambers are the same and the big difference is the software in the controllers.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Is that a problem or something?

This started life as a Bowie,then I realized it looked similar to throwing knives I have seen. I’ll play with it a bit and then return it to its original purpose (unless the bug bites hard).
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I'd keep it as-is. It is similar to a McEvoy Tru-Bal thrower. Grind the edge and clip at 45° 120 grit is perfect for a thrower. After you have tried it out, send it to me to test thoroughly .

 

[DanF]

lol!

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[Selfe Made Knives]

Loving that black burlap bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives

 

[Linus Knives]

This is the same blade I was getting ready to cerakote the other day. I think it came out great- I also found some handle material online and it looks great also! This is before epoxying the handles on (it’s drying now)

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Hand forged some AEB-L pieces.

Ready for annealing and profiling and heat treatment.

I had no idea AEB-L could be forged. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with

 

[Lorien]

finally done with this handle. So many little sandpapers died for this thing, I hope their sacrifice was worth it

 

[Cliff Carter Knives]

This big girl went out the door yesterday!

 

[Cliff Carter Knives]

Spamming the thread. Have several blades that have been in progress for years that I’ve finally wrapped up. This was today’s.

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[Hengelo_77]

For me not the most enjoyable part of knife making but today is a good day to take pics of some recend puukko's I made.
All soldered guards

 

[Selfe Made Knives]

They are super Hengelo_77 I love that top one in antler