Recent content by Lodato knives

Hello everyone! Here are some of my most recent blades. Thank you in advance for checking out my work, I greatly appreciate it! I post more work in progress pictures on my instagram: Lodato_Knives if that is something that interests you. This one is W2 with a hamon, forged flats, ironwood...

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This is one that I just finished up. It is 3/16" thick 1084 steel with cold blued and tumbled flats and bevels, satin tapered tang, and california buckeye burl with black g10 liners and brass two tone pins for the handle. Thanks in advance for checking it out! .

Thanks Doug for the reply. I had a feeling that my quench tank may be the cause of the differential hardening I see and I am going to replace it. Along with that though, there are streaks of darkness that are horizontally across the blade. Im thinking that my acid is contaminated somehow and...

I dipped this knife I was working on in some 4:1 diluted ferric chloride from radio shack and got some strange effects in my steel. Its 1084 from Aldo that has been heat treated and finished to 800 grit. I can see that I have some sort of hamon looking effect which I believe is from my newer...

I have made a handful of knives over the past 2 years and feel comfortable enough to sell my work and take custom orders. I have learned a lot from visiting this forum and am thankful for the wealth of information and people that are on it.

Hello, My name is Landon Lodato and I am 22 year old college student studying biology. I have always had a passion to create what ever I can imagine as a way to express my creative nature. Two years ago I stumbled across the craft of making custom knives and decided to give it a try. Little...