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

[A.McPherson]

Making a bird and trout for a buddy's son who just turned 14...

Just did up the handle scales, now on to the hand sanding. Woo. What fun.

 

[DanF]

3 tapered tangs in MagnaCut coming along.
That was the easy part, now to find something to do with that scrap piece.

 

[Richard338]

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3 tapered tangs in MagnaCut coming along.
That was the easy part, now to find something to do with that scrap piece.

Lapel dagger.

 

[DanF]

^Cool, sounds good!

 

[Hengelo_77]

Lapel dagger.

I was going to say: integral scalpel, but I like your idea better

 

[Tony Mont]

Handles are done, time to focus on the blades.

 

[Lorien]

 

[evergreensSequoiaseucalyptusandOaks]

Removed ~

 

[Cliff Carter Knives]

Got these three almost done. All 80CrV2

 

[HSC ///]

cpm cru wear gyuto and vintage micarta

 

[Michael Black]

Finally….. Ever since I broke the tip off of this one and turned it into a tanto, I’ve had a vision of the way I wanted the finish on the blade to look. After 3 days of etching and polishing I finally got it! I Wanted a little darker slightly worn look and I’ve thrown every potion and powder I could find at it to get it. I only had to completely start over and re-sand it once. It’s hard to get a good picture of it but it’s exactly what I wanted.

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Love how it turned out! What did you end up settling on for the process?

 

[DanF]

My first ProCut steel ready for h.t.

 

[Flat Rock Forge]

A couple 7” chef knives in AEBL and mammoth ivory

 

[jfk1110]

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3 tapered tangs in MagnaCut coming along.
That was the easy part, now to find something to do with that scrap piece.

Enough meat there to do an Urban Dart type like Cold Steel did...................That would be NEAT....

 

[ScarFoot]

Love how it turned out! What did you end up settling on for the process?

I started with 5-6 etches in about 10:1 FeCl dropping from 45 seconds down to about 10 seconds. After that I polished it with 1200 grit AO powder then another polish with Cerium Oxide. After that it got a soak in hot (~160F) white vinegar and I literally just watched it until the lighter colors were more defined. A hot plate and a stainless mud pan with the ends sealed is perfect for that by the way. After that I rubbed it with hot lemon juice to get it slightly darker and then I polished it with the powders listed above again. I spent most of the day tinkering with it but that’s where I ended up with it. I abandoned Flitz for this knife because it tends to strip the darker oxides completely. It looks totally different in different lighting which is really cool.
I’ve spent the last few weeks just trying out different things on 3 different blades just trying to get 3 different looks out of the hamons.

 

[ScarFoot]

Finally finished these 2 today. The bottom one was a bit of a tester for me. It definitely pushed my limits on going thin. The bottom picture is me flexing the blade with my pinky. I could have easily gone farther but I got scared. Just know that it started out as 3/16” stock. That’s how many times I screwed it up.

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Nice!

 

[John Cahoon]

Just finished up this latest Kephart in 1/8" 80CRV2 and Chechem. It's 9 3/4" OAL and 4 7/8" tip to scales.