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

[David Mary]

The waiting game

 

[SBuzek]

Just picked this one up from Alice Carter.
Blacklip pearl w/ gold shield and pins, Damasteel blade and spring. 416 integral liners and bolsters

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Got this kitchen knife done for the show this weekend. Dragon Skin Damascus by Delbert Ealy with ringed Gidgee/ebony wa handle. Hard to get a good shot of the pattern in the dining room light. I sand to 400 grit and then use a Scotch-Bright belt for a vertical texture finish. Then I buff well to make the nickel shine and leave just a trace of te brush finish to make the scaled look. The vertical brush lines are not nearly as obvious as the blown-up photo makes it look.
Also finished another bearded throwing hawk for the show. I call it the All American Axe. This one throws like a dart at 11 feet.
I'm taking about twenty throwers from 12" to 30" to the show. After the show I'll put some in The Exchange.

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[David Mary]

Been hand sanding the existing batch handles and then shaped this one which is almost ready for hand sanding as well.

 

[David Mary]

My usual 400 grit finish and strategically shaped handle for sheath and grip retention.

 

[Lorien]

it's tough for me to not attend to all the little details, so I'm proud of myself for letting this knife go- scabs and all. Still has layout lines! It's going to a friend, and although he deserves a nicely finished knife, I want him to use this one without fear of fucking it up. I got it finished up yesterday.

 

[Tony Mont]

Practicing my skills to achieve better symmetry.

 

[deerrockknives]

Yeah I played a little jenga when I was a kid no big deal. About 80 magnacut blanks. Profiling has got to be the hardest thing on my body in the shop.

 

[DanF]

Got the stone removed, not likely to the smoky quartz (but doesn’t behave like plastic or acrylic either). Possibly citrine quartz-maybe-TBD.

Smoky quartz, citrine are both quartz, just different hues it seems.
“Cairngorms” are from a specific place (based on the always accurate ‘net ).
Bottom line-there will be a shiny, rock-like object in the pommel.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

The Cairngorms are mountains in the highlands of Scotland.
Cairngorm is the stone of Scotland. It is Smoky Quartz. It was found in a fair abundance in the Cairngorms, thus the local name.
Citrine is yellow quartz. You often see citrine used as cairngorm in tourist and online Scottish jewelry and broaches. In the modern world no one really cares but the purists.

If you have a jeweler/gem friend with a refractometer he can identify it easily.

 

[navman]

Blade Show tickets purchased! Anyone else going this year?

 

[Richard338]

Got the stone removed, not likely to the smoky quartz (but doesn’t behave like plastic or acrylic either). Possibly citrine quartz-maybe-TBD.

Smoky quartz, citrine are both quartz, just different hues it seems.
“Cairngorms” are from a specific place (based on the always accurate ‘net ).
Bottom line-there will be a shiny, rock-like object in the pommel.
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I ordered some smoky quartz from Gemselect for a project that I need to get back to.

 

[Linus Knives]

Blade Show tickets purchased! Anyone else going this year?

I had really wanted to but we have another commitment over it. I've got it on the calendar for next year hopefully...

 

[navman]

But...I will be bringing Eagle Rare Bourbon...

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

it's tough for me to not attend to all the little details, so I'm proud of myself for letting this knife go- scabs and all. Still has layout lines! It's going to a friend, and although he deserves a nicely finished knife, I want him to use this one without fear of fucking it up. I got it finished up yesterday.

Your leatherwork is equally amazing.

 

[Taz]

Navman...Linus is only 19

 

[navman]

Ehhhhhh....

 

[Lorien]

messing around with Nathan the Machinist 's little boot dagger