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

[Jesenius]

3-rd one of kitchen knives I made recently. Ak5Mo stainless steel @~57 HRc, cca 320mm overall length, blade cca 200mm long and 1,9 mm thick (max.). Handle corian and micarta with stainless pins. Custom etching on blade.

Outdoor knife with unfinished pouch. Elmax @ ~ 60HRc. Overall: 230mm, blade ~100mm, 4mm thick, handle cocobolo and stainless steel, stainless and mosaic pins. I hope You like it.

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Look here. A bit cheaper...

Actually, bill behnke makes the cheapest one I've found. It's top notch. $75 plus $5 shipping in the us.

http://www.billbehnkeknives.com/available_items.html

 

[Natlek]

Actually, bill behnke makes the cheapest one I've found. It's top notch. $75 plus $5 shipping in the us.

http://www.billbehnkeknives.com/available_items.html

Kevin , did they damaged file when you work on tang side ?

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Kevin , did they damaged file when you work on tang side ?

If you mean the carbide damaging the file, no. By the time you are down that close , you generally aren't going hog wild with it.

 

[DanF]

First attempt at 1084/15n20 san mai.

Hand forged, dipped in FC at 220 grit to see what I had. Now to finish hand sanding and see what I can do to highlight it.

 

[ashwinearl]

Textured the handle on this 8670 drop point and made dangler sheath

 

[A.McPherson]

Hah! Ashwinearl, I just made the same knife! Well sorta... similar ar any rate!

 

[Hengelo_77]

Nice knife.
But why such a wide ricasso?

 

[A.McPherson]

Because a lot of my other attempts at making have too small of a riccaso...

over compensating?

I’ll get it figured out someday... maybe.

 

[marchone]

Small or no ricasso and micro-sharpening-choil produces maximum cutting edge. Like Ashwinearl's.

 

[Hengelo_77]

That's what I do, I try and get the edge as close to the indexfinger as possible(safely)

 

[ashwinearl]

Hah! Ashwinearl, I just made the same knife! Well sorta... similar ar any rate!

Great minds think alike.
I had a guy on another forum say I make very puukkoish knives. I hope that was a compliment/observation.

 

[bike4fun919]

 

[A.McPherson]

Good looking knife Bike!

 

[bike4fun919]

Good looking knife Bike!

Thank you! The blade steel is 1095 and the scales are amboyna with SS pins.

 

[DevinT]

Thank you! The blade steel is 2095 and the scales are amboyna with SS pins.

Is 2095 twice as good as 1095?

Hoss

 

[Stromberg Knives]

My latest, a Petty 150mm in 2mm 14C28N at 63 HRC.

 

[bike4fun919]

Is 2095 twice as good as 1095?

Hoss

Good catch . I need to review typing before savingg

 

[allenkey]

The first of a small batch of 4 close to identical small/utility kitchen knives I am working on.

15n20, black canvas micarta, and stainless pins. This is the first knife I etched my initials on to, too. It still needs an edge and I'm thinking of 15 degrees per side. I have thus far only gone more acute than that but perhaps my skill level is not there yet. You guys think that's a good edge angle for kitchen knives?

And I forgot how much of a bear canvas micarta can be - especially with getting an even color going. I'm going to try black paper micarta at some point and I'm going to order it thicker next time too. 3/16" on .065" steel doesn't leave alot of room for sculpting without getting too thin (at least how I look at it).

 

[Kentucky]

Some forge work