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[Horsewright]

Made some progress in our 100 degree heat

Been warm up here too! I was buffing a batch yesterday which I do outside and got bout half way through and said: " All done for today beer thirty!"

Yep hot up here too. Was half way through buffing a small batch yesterday afternoon and said screw it beer thirty. Rolled everything back in the shop and sat down with my buddy from across the way and had a cold one.

 

[Maelstrom78]

Little different profile with some redwood burl I stabilized. AEB-L blade.

Finally like my outcome with a coke bottle handle shape. The butt is what I've struggled with the most over the years.

 

[Cushing H.]

Regular 8 inch chef. Scales look like a flower bouquet to me.

Nice. Is that a dyed burl? If so, single or multiple dye?
EDIT ... sorry, did not see the second posting.

 

[Horsewright]

Very pretty burl on that one M Maelstrom78

 

[Maelstrom78]

Nice. Is that a dyed burl? If so, single or multiple dye?

Thanks. Single dyed. I'm going to do some double on my next batch.

 

[Maelstrom78]

Very pretty burl on that one M Maelstrom78

Thanks! Since I give mine away I think it's more special if I "did" the wood as well.

 

[Maelstrom78]

Nice. Is that a dyed burl? If so, single or multiple dye?

Oh I'm sorry double dye on the purple.

 

[Cushing H.]

Thanks. Single dyed. I'm going to do some double on my next batch.

Oh. Really cool effect with the underlying redwood color!

 

[Hengelo_77]

Lemons, lemonade, so I made myself a knife.

I had this one laying around the house unsharpened for about three years.
I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Wild African olivewood, a domed brass pin and a front bolster out of taugua nut with the brown skin showing towards the front.
Then out of nowhere after three years a crack appeared.
My former dayjob tought me that if you can't hide something, then don't but make it look good.
It was a nice, natural crack so I filled it with dark brown epoxy, matching the brown front. Not unlike cracks in some ivories.
Goes well with the knife IMHO.

But it does mean that I no longer trust the material I used and I don't want this knife in somebody elses hands.
So I made myself a knife with a sexy shiny nose and a well fitting sheath.

Bye bye taugua nuts!

 

[Storm W]

Little different profile with some redwood burl I stabilized. AEB-L blade.

Finally like my outcome with a coke bottle handle shape. The butt is what I've struggled with the most over the years.

I really love that profile.

 

[AVigil]

tried my hand at some jewling and beat together the knife

 

[Jason Volkert]

AVigil That looks real good. Love the rams horn

 

[Alex Topfer]

Anyway, kind of long, but an attempt to try to assure you that I am not advocating settling for junky looking product but rather, call it a "targeted level of fit/finish refinement" Historically I have a habit of taking targeted (but independent) stabs at developing technique, then all of a sudden pulling it all together. Hopefully soon I will have a knife I will be proud to post here - in the meantime here is this "learning effort" for the record. Hopefully someone else on the learning curve will be able to benefit from this.....

I suppose i think of it more as understanding what i can achieve. I have a guard that i'm not happy with, but i'm not sure i'm good enough at some specific aspects of crafting to do better. it'll be a display piece, so it's not a disaster (i think it may be more an aspect of my design of the whole knife, than me messing up the guard)
Hopefully we all remember where we started and help others be proud of what they are learning (i'm not sure i could solder those bolsters better, for example)

 

[DanF]

I need to set this aside and come back to it when my finger heals. Experimenting with a little faux forced patina, but may sand it off.

 

[ashwinearl]

Here is a donation for a local mountain bike trail advocacy group with some bike-specific touches. 8670 with green G10 and custom leather sheath. I inlaid a chain link into the handle and used chain links to stamp the leather.

 

[AVigil]

Barlow slipjoint
3.5" Closed
AEB-L Blade and spring LN quenched
Jeweled liners with mill relief
Threaded bolster
Pinned shield
flush 3 positions with half stop

 

[Bob Ohlemann]

Finished this up today. W2, zirconium and very old Westinghouse micarta.
Bob


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[AVigil]

 

[Kevin Kf knives]

Finished this up today. W2, zirconium and very old Westinghouse micarta.
Bob

Freaking beautiful dude

 

[AVigil]