Recent content by Daffy

Not sure I understand. For something of this size and desired use I would think you want the weight slightly forward? I also plan on probably using 3/8 micarta for my handles.

Yeah that's the type of handle I want to do. I just can seem to get the hang of it. I might elect to keep it a bit simpler this go around and do something like this type of handle instead.

That's was something I thought about as well but a machetes grind and length is different so I still had some doubts. Coincidentally I carry a small saw and hatchet in my pack. Lol I do agree that some knives on the market appear to be over built. Although, personally I'm still trying to...

For that type of use would you keep the grind at 3/4 or would a ffg be strong enough?

My intention would be to use it for something closer to this.

So when looking at the projects on my bench the other day I saw I have an untouched bar of 1095 that's 1 1/2 x 1/8 sitting in the corner. I thought it would be fun to make a camp knife out of it. Currently I have only worked on smaller hunter/utility knives. I would ideally like to make this one...

Sadly under those scales it looks like Swiss cheese and i have 2 more blanks that look just like that one so I'm chalking it up to a learning experience and making some new ones.

Had a chance to profiled em. I also made one 10% bigger (according to my copier) because when I held my cardboard cutout it felt small. I think they should turn out nice though.

So I had some down time and took another look at this design. I ended up with 2 possibilities that might improve upon what I had tried to do. First would be a Nessmuk skinner and second would just be a scaled down version of the previous design. Instead of being almost a 1.5" wide knife it would...

726 please and thank you

Yea I thought having the liner peek out from the scales might be a unique look. Haven't seen it done before really. As far as turds go. I may need a bigger box. lol

So I'm almost done with my third. I have just a little more sanding on the handle to go and I feel like its not living up to how I envisioned it. I don't know if I'm reaching beyond my skill level or if the design just isn't practical. The knife itself is comfortable and functional but looks...

Do you have a link to the antique ivory scales you showed in the beginning?

Re-did the handle. I think it looks better now. I don't think I'm ready to try that just yet lol... Maybe after these few are finished

The handle was intended to be a three finger grip. I for some reason like making smaller knives. Although I do have several coming up that are in the 7" + OAL range. The handle is also egg shaped and not rough as it appears to be in the photo. I took it up to 400 grit by hand but it does look...