Recent content by Joel

While searching for mokume billets of 3/16" or more I came across a website called www.metalpenblank.com that offers mokume gane made by the M3(Macro-Molecular) process and that is quite reasonable in price, plus offers a variety of sizes. Of never heard of the company or that sort of mokume...

I get mine from Sheffield Knife Maker's Supply in Florida. northcoastknives.com also has them.

Went back to basics on this one, except for the steel which is 3/32" CPM154CM. I've a fondness for the old Trade Knife designs. Wood is some 25 year old Staghorn Sumac, from a tree that had died, and I cut it into slabs; and stuck in a dark corner until now. Small copper loveless bolts and...

Nice, clean design and the wood fits it perfectly.

The first time I saw this design, it was a picture of a flint knapped knife that was dated 160,000 years ago, and had the exact same profile as this one. It's hung around, I've seen the same, or similar knives in pics/paintings that date over the centuries. This modern version I call the Scotia...

Ran across these interesting scales over at Pat Ankrom's and thought I'd give them a try...Seed pods from a sweet gum tree in white aluminite resin. Interesting pattern to them. The bolsters are 3 metal mokume and I gave the copper a patina to bring out the pattern. Steel is flat ground 3/32"...

I keep mine on the small to moderate size; 3 1/2 to 4 inch blades for the most part. I work in stainless and keep them thin (3/32") with a lot of distal taper. Alternate between drop point, semi skinner or spear point designs; once in a while a recurve..they all work. Some have no guard, some...

Worked for me:)

Been making this design for a long time. Seems most of them seem end up in the kitchen; which means they're pretty handy knives. The Nessmuk never struck me as being particularly handy in the general utility sense; actually it struck Sears pretty much the same. By dropping the point to the...

Thanks....You'd have to talk to Pat about that at ankromexotics.com

Pat Ankrom was kind enough to make me up a set of his pine cone scales in pink resin for a knife for a customer's daughter. The knife is my Model #1 in 3/32 inch CPM154CM. Blade is 3 3/4 inches, and trim is copper and NS. The little drops you see on the knife are courtesy of Hurricane Sandy:)

Originally designed this as an "off trail" knife. The 20 lpi "file" and the flat at the back were designed to work with magnesium blocks or swedish fire steels...and they do that well. The file does a good job in notching bows or snare triggers etc. This one is slightly modified based on some...

I had one small "twig" half come partially loose along the spine. Super Glued it and had no further problems. Switching from a 50 to a 120 grit belt probably helped too.

Pat Ankrom's STIX scales(dyed twigs cast in resin) on my Model #1 in 3/32" CPM154CM. NS/copper trim. Still needs a sheath.

This is a sort of hybrid Sgian Dubh blade/dagger handle design that I have found to make a nice utility/hunting knife. The 4 inch blade is CPM154CM in 3/32 inch diameter with distal taper. Handle is the last set of pine cone scales I had laying around. The 3 metal mokume guard had originally...