Recent content by ngraudal

This is my 61st knife, and I think it turned out OK. The handle is a piece of stabilised masurbirch, the fingerguard and pins are brass. The blade is made by the Linder factory in Solingen, Germany, it is made from ATS-34 and hardened to 60 Hrc. The sheath is 3-3.5mm leather dyed brown...

Hi Gary I use raw linseed oil mixed with vegetable turpentine (pine turpentine?) in a 2:1 mix and then add a hardener to the mix. The turpentine works as a thinner and help the oil soak in deeper and faster. There are different hardeners, I have chosen a leadfree hardener with a minimum of...

Thank you for the nice words guys :) These knives are not hard to make, the most important tool is a mitre-sawblade put into a wooden handle to help opening up the hole inside the handle :) Is it possible to add some kind of [Hide] tags around the pictures so you don't have to wait 2 mins...

All done for now :)

Here comes the last part before using epoxy. I was going to fit a piece of tooth to butt end, but I think it would ruin the simple look the knife has right now, so I'll save that piece for another knife. A picture of the knife in the vise, then one of a piece of sandingpaper, and then a couple...

I altered the front of the knife a little, almost not visible, I didn't want to disturb the lines so I tried my hand at something new. The first tools needed was a small vise and a jewellers saw, the white thing is a bolster I have discarded a long time ago because it didn't fit properly, it...

I like filing and rasping better than grinding, I find it easier to control. Thank you for your nice words.

Next step: Covered the blade in tape to avoid scratching it, or cutting myself, and then started with the large rasp and a smaller half round rasp. I remove the knife from the vise often to check the shape. Then shape a little more etc... Then I clean up with a file to remove...

Scandinavian knife WIP #finnished# (56k Beware, Pic Heavy) If it is in the wrong forum then I apologise. I have been taking some pictures in the workshop tonight. It is the first time in a while since I have had the wiring redone :) Knifeblade and a piece of wood: The first plan...

But I did make a cut at an angle and then pressed the leather down to get a better looking edge on the sheath, so it isn't the fuzzy edge/backside that is out but "narvsidan". Thank you very much for the nice words, it means a lot when they come from a man with your skills.

Thanks Seved, it is dry now. I have done some sheaths where I chamfered the leather but this time I wanted it to have a thick edge.

I was a little last creative night: Now I just need to dye it, but choosing the colors is difficult so suggestions are welcome.

Everything is there except for the scandigrind, this is a full convex damascusblade forged by danish Blacksmith Aage Frederiksen. The handle is made from grenadillo, thuya, fibrespacers and bolster in Mammoth Ivory. The sheath is half-tan leather, sewn and decorated by me. I hop you like it :)

It's a full convex :) Thank you very much for your positive comments, once I get back from todays skiing I will take some better photos :)

Blade by Aage Frederiksen The handle is grenadillo, thuya burl red and blue fibre spcaers and mammoth ivory. I hope you like the knife. Let me know what you think. I will do some better photos when the weather outside gets better :)