Whats on your workbench?

[Fred.Rowe]

I enjoy working on a collection of projects during my day in the smithy; you know, where you have, half a dozen knives and or billets in different stages of finish, lying on the bench. My bench gets so congested, at times, that I can't find what is in front of me.
I know its a sure signal to clean up and straighten the bench a little.

Anyway, here is whats on my bench this week:

• Put stag handles on two W2 drop point hunters. Center
• Grind bevels in big fighter. Also W2 The big one with the grinding jig attached to it.
• Put new handle on chefs knife, the one with the burned up handle at top.
• The chef was really pissed about his new German cutlery.
• Size and weld feather pattern billet, that's the two gray pieces center left. This is a dry weld also. I am using tig welding with no filler rod. There will be two more welds for total of 128 layers.
• Weld up cable damascus billet; the one in the stainless tubing at the bottom. This will be a dry weld, done inside the tubing. No flux.
• Re size the blue damascus billet, to get two fillet knives. It's on the right side. Its 1084/15n20.
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• Whats on your workbench?

Fred

 

[TekSec]

Way too much. I have some stuff that's been laying there a number of months that I started then moved on to something else. I have a damascus blade that has the bolsters on, but no scales, a chopper that needs to be sanded, HT'd and handled, a hunter that needs to be handled and bead blasted, a tanto that got some rust on it that needs to be ground a little and cleaned up and a Loveless style hunter that's at HT right now. Not to mention 12 blanks that I had David at GLW cut out for me, the military build off he is sponsoring and two folders that he is cutting out for me right now. Whew! I should be in the shop instead of typing!

 

[Allen Newberry]

My bench was like that for months then I finish them off this past Sat. Now I need to start some more.

Allen

 

[Barkes Knife Shop]

My shop looked like that for a long time. But now I got all the order out and clean up the shop. It starting to look like new. And what's up Fred. ----------

Terry

 

[David Schott]

Here are two lil ones I have going:

First is a long and thin damascus double chisel ground dagger/letter opener. 8" blade. It's for my grandfather's 85th birthday.:

Next is a 1084 hunter with maroon micarta scales and hamon...just needs a sheath then it ships out!:

Other than that, i have a number of smaller projects, a slipjoint in the works, and a really complex and fancy project I have planned that I don't want to talk about until I have it done!

 

[trentu]

A great big mess! Son used it to do a sheath.

 

[Bruce Bump]

Here are two lil ones I have going:

First is a long and thin damascus double chisel ground dagger/letter opener. 8" blade. It's for my grandfather's 85th birthday.:

Next is a 1084 hunter with maroon micarta scales and hamon...just needs a sheath then it ships out!:

Other than that, i have a number of smaller projects, a slipjoint in the works, and a really complex and fancy project I have planned that I don't want to talk about until I have it done!

Whoa David! Thats a wicked dagger man! I gotta meet your Grandfather.

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Here are two lil ones I have going:

First is a long and thin damascus double chisel ground dagger/letter opener. 8" blade. It's for my grandfather's 85th birthday.:

Next is a 1084 hunter with maroon micarta scales and hamon...just needs a sheath then it ships out!:

Other than that, i have a number of smaller projects, a slipjoint in the works, and a really complex and fancy project I have planned that I don't want to talk about until I have it done!

Nice grind on the pointy one. Granddad will be amazed.

Fred

 

[PIndelicato]

I hope this post isn't just for the pro's...if so, my apologies for cluttering things up!

Here's 3 I'm working on: the top two were I think the 2nd and 3rd blanks ground on my newly acquired Craftsman 2x42 last winter. The bottom is my 2nd forged blank (but the first I've made any effort to finish.) Since this photo was taken, the top and bottom blades have been quenched and tempered, while the middle one I decided to try my hand at some filework first.

 

[Fred.Rowe]

I hope this post isn't just for the pro's...if so, my apologies for cluttering things up!

Here's 3 I'm working on: the top two were I think the 2nd and 3rd blanks ground on my newly acquired Craftsman 2x42 last winter. The bottom is my 2nd forged blank (but the first I've made any effort to finish.) Since this photo was taken, the top and bottom blades have been quenched and tempered, while the middle one I decided to try my hand a some fileworking first.

PJ,

No such thing here. We are all just trying to make some knives no matter your skill level.

Thanks for posting.

 

[TekSec]

LOL....that's what I was thinking when he posted that. Lord knows I'm not even close to a pro

 

[John T Wylie Jr]

most of the batch that will be enroute to Paul Bos soon ( think there are 29 blades for Paul total ) , most are ATS-34 or D2 , with a couple A2 blades tossed in , also working on a separate batch in 1095 to send out for HT as well.

 

[69_knives]

This is what's on my plate right now.

a brush clearer and a big 6.5" hunter;

 

[Burton Harruff]

Here is a portion of what is in the works right now. The 5 big blades are 5160 waiting on the sheaths which are shown and almost done. The 3 in the bottom center are HT'ed and waiting in line quietly to be finished. One of them is W2 the other 2 are 5160, top small one is forged. The skinner next to them is stock removal 5160 waiting to be ground. The full tang on the far right is forged 1080. The other 4 hidden tangs top center are forged 1084. I have several other blades that are profiled and waiting on grinding but since I got my forge from Fred I have been too busy forging

 

[Hmathews]

This is on my work bench. Mine is on the left, Charlie's is on the right. He started before I did, and he is faster than I am.

But this is on my mind. Only three days left and have to work.

 

[NickWheeler]

A big, fat granite surface plate and a vise.

 

[Will Leavitt]

I've got a mess.. and I don't like it.

Fresh out of the forge and needing grinding:

2 of my "pocket knives" one as a wharnie.
4" drop point hunter for a customer
A semi-kwaiken that will be hemp wrapped for a customer

Needing Heat Treat:
2 small EDC stick tangs
A belt knife for my step-daughter (she does reenacting with the in-laws)
Semi-dirk/cartouche integral thingy 6" blade
3" Gents/cartouche integral thingy that's clayed up for HT
My wife's wedding tanto.. sigh

Other than that I've got some wood I'm practicing carving on, some mild steel I'm practicing carving on, some leather I'm practicing carving on.......

Mainly I HAVE to clean up the shop and reorganize, I got some metal shelving from a friend's restraunt. I got a batch of Gators in... Y'all didn't tell me they came in coarse grits

Harry, I offer my services as a deer jerky disposal I can take care of that ole boy for ya if you need it.

 

[birdog4]

Here is what is closest to completion. All PW and cable save for one big ol' 5160 Pa border knife.

 

[Jason Fry]

Let's see.... there's one blade HT'd waiting for handles, with handle slabs pinned on waiting for profiling. There are two stock removal blades ground that need hand sanding before HT. There is one forged blade that needs hand sanding before HT. There are about 4 pieces of scrap metal and 9 feet of 1080 bar stock. There are about 15 trap springs, about half of which have been forged flat. There are about 8 or 9 blades and a meat cleaver that have been plasma cut out of a 36" saw blade that need profiling. And a half dozen files, and lots of partly used 1/8 sheets of sandpaper in grits from 150 to 1000, and LOTS of dust.

 

[galadduin]

Nothing
I've just cleaned all the mess in my shop. I've been sweeping all day, there is much to clean....
But there is 2 RWL34 reed knives profiled and waiting for HT, 8" D2 kitchen knife, 10" D2 recurved camp knife....
BTW I think I'll work on RWL34 more than D2 I guess. It grinds so easily and takes a super edge (far better than D2 IMO). D2 is a belt killer , I have to charge more for D2 than powder steels as it is not cost effective for abrasives....