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

[Daniel Carraher]

Work in progress on first hidden hardware liner lock with a bolster. This will have completely hidden hardware with zirc bolster and clip.

 

[bike4fun919]

 

[TexMac]

Just finished this one. Blade is .250” A2 coated with graphite Cerakote. The handle is G10 and rubber layers, very grippy stuff especially when wet.

 

[Richard338]

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Just finished this one. Blade is .250” A2 coated with graphite Cerakote. The handle is G10 and rubber layers, very grippy stuff especially when wet.

Nice. Finished in plenty of time for Halloween.

 

[AVigil]

Just finished up

 

[TexMac]

Nice. Finished in plenty of time for Halloween.

Yeah definitely not the look that I normally go for, but my customer wanted a knife to carry around his property in west Texas. We wanted it to stand out if he sits it in the ground or maybe stabs it in a cactus or something. Not sure but you can see this one for sure.

 

[Richard338]

Yeah definitely not the look that I normally go for, but my customer wanted a knife to carry around his property in west Texas. We wanted it to stand out if he sits it in the ground or maybe stabs it in a cactus or something. Not sure but you can see this one for sure.

I like the choice of A2 steel. I made a batch of A2 blades a long time ago and although I've moved to C3V and others, I still love the edge it will take and the performance.

 

[Nick-D]

Mucking around on the new/proper grinder. 1% better every day. Freehand is definately improving but still getting some faceting through the edge belly area. Keeping it simple for now and focusing on getting the little things right

 

[weo]

Keeping it simple for now and focusing on getting the little things right

Good idea...
I really like the wood, what is it?

 

[Daniel Carraher]

Zirc came in today so started on bolsters

It always amazed me how fast something can go from looking “meh” to great once cleaned up.

 

[Nick-D]

Good idea...
I really like the wood, what is it?

Birds eye maple

 

[HSC ///]

270 mm Gyuto order
Z wear high grade polished finish to 15 mic with diamond film
Full tapered tang
Bog oak and ironwood

 

[ashwinearl]

Two mini kwaikens

 

[Storm W]

270 mm Gyuto order
Z wear high grade polished finish to 15 mic with diamond film
Full tapered tang
Bog oak and ironwood

I love that one. Something special about the handle. How is the diamond film to work with. I see that true grit now has diamond belts.

 

[TheEdge01]

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[HSC ///]

I love that one. Something special about the handle. How is the diamond film to work with. I see that true grit now has diamond belts.

it's very good to work with, it's just very expensive.
finer than 60 micron doesn't work on this steel unless it's diamond.

if you try regular abrasives, the abrasive just immediately dulls and yields nothing.
with the diamond, it cuts, but then dulls...so it's not long life, but it does work

 

[Hengelo_77]

Here’s an 80crv2 blade that I’ve been working on. I still have a few things to do then it’ll be ready for the scales.

Round those sharp corners at the butt end. They'll hurt your hand

 

[TheEdge01]

Round those sharp corners at the butt end. They'll hurt your hand

Definitely!!!! I was planning on it while shaping the scales.

 

[Willie71]

Zirc came in today so started on bolsters

It always amazed me how fast something can go from looking “meh” to great once cleaned up.

I wish I could get zirconium here in Canada.

 

[bike4fun919]

W2 Hamon and WIP on scales