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I think O1 makes a decent blade. Adding extra vanadium could vary the heat treat anywhere from not much at all, to quite a bit. Can you...

With a decent heat treat O1 makes a great knife in my humble opinion . Are there better steels out there ? Sure why not , but does O1...

I personally like it , gives it some patina / character . That being said I don’t know how many times I have redone a blade over...

Very nice.

I never put pins in kitchen knives with hidden tangs. With epoxy and perhaps a few notches in the tang it will never come off without...

Welcome ! Fantastic blades !

That will make a fine guard !! Love the pattern , shame it’s no count for a blade !

Even closer. Handles are pretty much complete. Need to sharpen, final clean-up, and sheaths. Cherry burl-black liner Elm burl-green...

Took a piece of my 16 layer billet and forged it out. This was the end cut and was around 1.3" thick, 1.7" wide and around 1.4" long at...

Finished this one up today - Yanagi-ba (Fish/Sushi Knife). This one is mine! 1095 62 rc Hollow (left) and Flat (right) grind - right...

Wife’s new chopper is finally done ! After some trouble with a handle material I had never worked before that ended up acting just like...

Hello everyone, i show you a clip point hunter. Böhler K110 steel (D2), 416 guard, snakewood scales with 316 pins, full tapperd tang and...

First, let me say I'm not a big fan of Bowie knives, but I feel like there a right of passage kinda like a Railroad Spike knife! So I've...

I decided to stabilize the handle wanted a little bit of color. Belive it or not that is Blue! Couple more ideas I'm gonna try...

The blade profile and swedge are on point sir !