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Here's some photos of my first pattern-welded blade - a kitchen utility knife for my personal use. 1095/15N20. Brass furnishings. Mosaic pin by Sally Martin at CustomKnife dot com. Maple handle finished in coconut oil. I've had the blade profile rattling around my brain for years (for a kitchen...

It needs some tweaking - but I'm glad to be at the "usable" stage. This forge gives me more even heat than my 1st propane forge - and is portable - and is marginally hotter (that's where I'll be tweaking and tuning). Here's the WIP - let me know if you are interested in details or costs. (hover...

I'm building my 2nd propane forge - this one's more for forge welding - and I asked the folks at Omega what they'd recommend, given the temp range for forge welding. They came back with these: http://www.omega.com/pptst/DPi_Series.html http://www.omega.com/pptst/RAT_SAT_BAT.html which add up...

Wayne Goddard brings cured bamboo to 5160 Club meetings every so often and challenges us to use them in a piece. I wanted to try making a dagger so decided to make it a learning experience. The 1st try at the blade went into the "Oops!" drawer - the "waist" design means continuously changing the...

Our local knifemakers club (5160 Club) is having a hammer-in tomorrow. I could not resist cobbling together a makeshift forge to take out there. Yes. This is a loose pile of bricks with an internal temperature approaching 2000°F. What could possibly go wrong? (I promise to strap it up with...

Here are a couple of shots of a blade I finished last week. I'm such a dufus. I was thinking "I don't need to protect the blade while I do the finished edge" - - - so SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH on the bluing... next time there will be lots of blue tape involved... Neal specified this shape - I...

I like wood handles. I want to use wood that I have on hand and do the treating myself. And I want to find a low-to-no maintenance treatment for handles destined for kitchen use. CA glue works - but it feels like plastic. Looks like plastic too if you don't sand aggressively between CA...

I've been experimenting with finishes for wood handled kitchen knives - both ones we've owned for awhile and a couple I've made... Our kitchen is probably less destructive than most since we don't have a dishwasher and hand wash everything... but still... whatever the finish is on wood, it...

Hank and I collaborated on the design - he's going to finish it off with a hefty cord wrap handle. It's 5160, blued. Same for the guard which was fitted, pinned, and JB Welded. Forging & grinding I kept hearing "Psycho Killer" (Talking Heads)... and doing hand sanding the paper seemed to say Red...

Customer's blade shape design. I put together the etching based on conversations with him. Handle & fittings in real simple brass and cherry wood. Just wanted to share!