Recent content by Colin

Thank you, I was thinking if I did the swedge first, when I filed The bevel it would push the swedge up to the tip but you’ve cleared that up for me, thank you.

So a good friend asked me to make him a knife, then he decided he wanted three so he could gift the other two to his brothers, cool, my first sale :cool: so I found a design he liked and got to work. added swedges, on the first side, it turned out just how I wanted, unfortunately getting the...

:D I have to say that’s the most honest answer ever lmao. I assumed it was for weight but I thought I’d ask before I run home after work and start filing down the tangs on my knives in progress.

I love that design but I have to ask, and please forgive my ignorance, what purpose does tapering the tang serve?

Will do, thank you!

Thank you! I read up on cleaning them on here aft that attempt and tried dawn and warm water on the little one, it came out much more even, just one pesky spot, I made sure to wear rubber gloves to avoid touching the blade after cleaning. thank You for the advice, it’s much appreciated!

A Christmas gift for my niece. My first attempt at an acid etch finish, pretty certain i didn’t get it cleaned good enough causing the unevenness towards the handle. The second is a little chopper I made just to use in the kitchen to see how the edge held up, the wife quickly latched onto it...

Thank you Drew, I’m from Greencastle, way out in the western cornfield, right before the bean fields ;)

Thank you gentlemen. It’s got it’s issues, mostly cosmetic, I come from a woodworking background so there’s a bit of a learning curve, but she’ll shave hair and is holding an edge. My eig year old asked if he could have it, I feel like I’d like it to have been better but he’s happy with it.

Hello all, just joined, glad to be here. I’ve only made one knife, nothing crazy, just stock removal 1080 and some mahogany scraps I had laying around I've Got a couple others in the works, one a gift for my niece, another a small chopper for the kitchen.