Works in Progress - April 2010

Daniel Koster

Daniel Koster

www.kosterknives.com
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Updates - check 'em out:



Last of the Budget BushMasters getting glued up.

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W&SS blanks in S30V - set out to be glued up with silver twill G10

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Small batch of K-TUSKs headed to TAD gear
OD green and black G10

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BarraKuda blanks and a K-TUSK variant


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Special order of Bushcraft knives in CPM154 and Black/Tan G10 headed to Arizona Custom Knives

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BushMaster Elites - handle slabs split and flattened - ready start glue-up prep.

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Batch of Nessmuks in 3/16" O1 glued up ready to rough out

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Short run of Bushcrafts in GCM for a dealer buddy

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EDC blanks separated and ready to post-heat-treat blade prep


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Nessmuks in 1/8" S30V heat-treated, ready for blade prep

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Variety in 3/32" 1095 steel - 4 on the right are a bulk order


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MUCK blanks ready for blade grinding


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Survivors back from heat-treat ready for glue-up prep. Will be cutting handles today.

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This week is going to be a massive glue-up week. We'll see how many I can get done. Then I'll go one batch at a time to finish them out. Starting with the Survivors.


Wish me luck!!!

:D

Dan
 
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Crazy part is .....this is about half of what I've got laid out.....:eek: :eek:


I still have about 20 bushcraft knives to finish, 3V Nessmuks, 3V Monster Nessies, 5160 Monster Nessies, a couple new prototypes I'm testing out....and a collaboration short run.....whew!


Dan
 
Great stuff Dan:thumbup:
I love those Elite's......can't wait to see mine.:)
 
At this rate you're going to need a helper, that's a very respectable workload you've got in front of you.

Love these threads Dan.
 
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And just about any other sweet knife you make................

Just saying, if you need a shop monkey.
 
come on over, bigfattyt - I'll put ya to work. :D


Univers - will be updating the list tomorrow -thanks!

Dan
 
Hey Dan?

I was looking at your fishing knife thread and they were flat grind.

Looks like those are scandi??

Which are they going to be??
 
flat ground - it's not good to take off too much steel before heat-treat with thinner blades. Also helps keep the flat/straight during quench. So, the trade off is more grinding after heat-treat...but it's actually better because then it doesn't grind away so easily.

Dan
 
OK.

I don't fish but the idea of a blade of that length and thiness with a scandi grind sort of appealed to me;):thumbup:
 
I did make one with a scandi grind in 1095 - you can see it in the pics above. It's in the 3rd to last one - but you can't tell what it is...it's the one standing up on the back right corner - but you can see the scandi grind with a little imagination. :D

I'll snap a pic before it goes out.



I will post more pics today or Wednesday.

No JRE BushMaster sheaths yet....:(


Dan
 
Prototype in 1095 made for a local teenage kid interested in knives and knifemaking.


And based on that one I've decided these handles really need the 3/8" thick G10.

Guess what gets glued-up today!

;)

Dan
 
I'm about 2/3rds the way through gluing up everything shown above - and about halfway finished with the ones I've glued-up already. Just FYI for those interested.

I'll be out of town Thurs-Sat this week.

Will jump back on 'em on Monday.

:thumbup:

Dan
 
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