Recent content by JD Brown

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 do everything I need it to do absolutely . I don’t care to sharpen my knife after using it “hard”, and I don’t mind a little patina on a blade . I have found in...

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 something small that just didn’t sit right with me , something that most people wouldn’t even notice .

Welcome ! Fantastic blades !

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

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 glass I decided to put the classic ebony on her ! The wife didn’t want pins , so I am trying out a new epoxy “Gflex” , we will see how it does .

The blade profile and swedge are on point sir !

Thank you sir ! Just like to piddle …

Hey Ken, I can’t take credit for the design , it’s one I picked up from a template and tweaked it just a little .

Hey guys , been absent from the forum , the wife’s kitchen knife is still in the works but knives for family doesn’t buy new tools lol!! So this little slippie is heading to Tennessee . O1 tool steel, nickel silver bolsters/liners /pins and vintage gold/brown bovine bone.

Progress !! Slowly but surely …. I waited a little later in life to have my son and no one told me how busy they keep you when they hit the toddler years but here is the wife’s new kitchen knife ground and heat normalized , I have to make a run to the store and pick up more oil before I can...

Here are a couple blades forged out and rough ground , no real bevels have been ground yet should keep me busy this week and weekend, the larger of the two is going to be a kitchen knife for the wife and the clip blade will go to a buddy who hooked me up with a nice propane forge ! Forged from...

Contour on the handles is spot on ! Well done !

Beautiful !! I love the contrast between the blade and near ivory color of the handle .

It was !!! After handling it for a couple hours I actually took a file and removed just a tad bit to allow for easier sharpening .

The inlay really sets well with the dark wood. Fit and finish is perfect! Beautiful piece !