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Ok, I have made perhaps 20-30 knives so far. Not sure the exact number. I have been using O1 exclusively. I've been quenching in mineral oil at about 130-140 degrees F. This gets the steel hard as verified by a set of hardness testing files. I also made a few "flint and steel" strikers out of...

Here's a "step by step" on how I made a sheath for my most recent knife build. Certainly not the only way, and probably not the best. But this might give some folks some ideas to use on their own projects. I recently finished a knife that needs a leather sheath. I wanted to do a bit of...

This is my most recent build. 5/32" O1 full flat grind desert ironwood scales 9" OAL, 4.5" blade C360 brass bolsters. I used a taper reamer on the pin holes and reamed them about 2/3 of the depth into the bolsters, then pounded the heck out of them with a hammer. You can just barely...

Well after making 20 or so Scandi grind knives with glued scales and Loveless bolts I decided to try a flat grind with some standoffs so the scales can be removed (just for kicks). Also this is my first kydex sheath. I followed Boss Dog's youtube videos on making sheaths with the material and...

This might seem a bit off the wall but... I want to make some flint and steel strikers from 1095. I have them already cut out (got them laser cut). When they came form the laser company, they were hardened about 1/16" in from the edges from the laser, enough to strike sparks. But, I want...

I have been very busy lately and it's probably been 2 months since I posted here. I've made a few more knives, but I haven't posted them because they were pretty much the same as I have been building. But a couple of days ago I ventured into new territory and tried pinning some bolsters. The...

I'm getting better and better at these. This is another of my "BushPick" knives. Ironwood is tough to work, but it sure looks pretty when it's all buffed up! I hope I'm not boring you guys with the same knife design over and over... Thanks for...

I offered up one of my BushPick knives for a pass-around on a bushcraft forum I'm a member of. One of the guys in the pass-around put it through it's paces today and it passed with flying colors! The only exception is that it suffered a chip in one of the dymondwood scales at the pommel, and...

I have an Evenheat kiln, so heating the steel to a fairly accurate temperature shouldn't be a problem. But I don't have the funds to buy thick aluminum plates right now for plate quenching, or to arrange for cryo treating either. I can get dry ice if absolutely necessary, but liquid nitrogen...

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I decided to get a blast cabinet after reading the glue wars and how sand blasting the tangs was found to be the best surface prep. But I am at a loss as to what media to use to blast with. I am using "medium" glass beads and the finish seems too fine to promote good adhesion. What's the...

Tigerstripe G10, and electro-black finish + sheath and firesteel I used my etching machine to darken the steel on this knife before the final edge grinding, and again after finishing the handle to darken the exposed tang. Thanks for looking!

I got to messing around with my etcher, and made a nice electrically induced patina on a blade. Turns it a nice black color. I wish I had though to mask an area so I could put my mark on there! :D Hopefully I'll get some time to put some handles on it this week. I'm planning to use...

This one is patterned after the classic woodlore. It's my first time using Loveless bolts and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. Specs are: 9" Overall length 4 - 1/4" Blade 5/32" thick O1 steel Brass/Stainless Loveless bolts Brass lanyard tube Red liners Desert Ironwood...

I've been doing a bit of reading today and while I didn't read all 19 pages of the glue wars thread on that other knife forum, I did read some of the conclusions. It has me wanting to work out a way to keep the bolsters clean and use gorilla glue for the scales, anyway. But on to my...

I have a couple of O1 stock removal blades that I have hardened and tempered, but I feel like I tempered them too hot and want to heat treat them again and shoot for a lower tempering temperature. What time and temperature should I program my kiln to for re-treating these blades? Can I...

I made this knife for a friend who was visiting for a few days. In the process, I had him do a lot of the grunt work and I touched it up and smoothed out the finer details. I'm still learning, but I was able to use this build to do a little teaching as well. I used 3/16" O1...

The specs for this knife are: 5/32" O1 5" Blade 10" overall length Brass hardware Yellow G10 liners Bolivian rosewood scales It has a 5 degree primary flat grind, and a 16 degree edge bevel. Thanks for looking!

I wanted to make another scandi since my jig was working so well for me. This time I used dymondwood again, and stacked black and white liners. Thanks for looking!

Tried a 3/16" piece of O1 steel yesterday. I cut out the profile, and ground the bevel, then put it in the kiln cold. Ramped up to 1475 and held for 10 minutes, quenched in 130 degree mineral oil. After tempering twice at 425 degrees, I brought it back out to clean it up and notice a slight...