Wissahickon Knives

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Hey everyone, just a few new knives I've finished up recently. I have a very small shop in an equally small basement in Philadelphia. They were all made on a Grizzly 2x72 but I'm hoping to upgrade to something a bit more versatile this week. At this point I'd almost be willing to trade my first born for variable speed. Don't tell my wife.

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1/8" O1 tool steel with ruby burlap micarta, black G10 liners and brass hardware. I haven't made a sheath for this one yet but it'll probably get black leather, maybe oxblood?

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One of the smaller camp knives I make. This one is also 1/8" O1 tool with forest(?) green G10 liners and brass hardware. This one also doesn't have a sheath yet. This one is probably my favorite knife I make.

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Another of the larger camp knives. 1/8" O1 with stabilized maple burl.

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I also make boot knives. This one is 3/32" O1 with maroon houndstooth micarta.

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Another boot knife, same as before but in black with yellow G10 liners and an all black sheath.

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Another of the small camp knives with my first decent attempt at a ferro rod loop (and homemade ferro rod). This one was 1/8" O1 with yellow burlap and green canvas micartas.
 
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Nice work! Love the 2nd one. I feel your pain, having a single speed grinder can be a struggle at times.
 
FOG2 said:
Nice work! Those boot knives really draw my eye,s.
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Thanks. Those are probably my most popular knife I make. They're pretty handy little things. I make a belt sheath for them too but I keep forgetting to take a picture of one when I have them around.
 
KamSingh said:
Nice work! Love the 2nd one. I feel your pain, having a single speed grinder can be a struggle at times.
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Yeah man, it's really frustrating when you're trying to do a machine finish. I usually give up and just hand finish everything.

Those small camp knives are my favorite knives I make.
 
First, some real good looking knives, REALLY like that ruby burlap mcarta one. Second, I have never tried with the grizzly, but I found an older plug in variable speed controller in my grandfathers shop a few years back & I used it for a few of my power tools for cutting & shaping different materials (table saw, router, & belt sander).
It may be something to look into for the Grizzley? If something you already checked out, just forgive my stupidity.
Look forward to seeing more work
 
Hurt'n'Broke said:
First, some real good looking knives, REALLY like that ruby burlap mcarta one. Second, I have never tried with the grizzly, but I found an older plug in variable speed controller in my grandfathers shop a few years back & I used it for a few of my power tools for cutting & shaping different materials (table saw, router, & belt sander).
It may be something to look into for the Grizzley? If something you already checked out, just forgive my stupidity.
Look forward to seeing more work
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Thanks man! There's nothing stupid about that but from what I hear, running a variable speed controller on that motor does little but burn it up. I don't know enough about it to say why, but I'm not going to roll the dice. Thanks for the heads up though!
 
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