Recent content by rybobales

I do this from time to time and find that i often overthink it. I use the old ordering from a restaurant approach, Whatever catches your eye when you first look at - that is what you want to draw out. I've wasted and thrown away my fair share of handles thinking i had something spectacular when...

I'll give that method a try on my next Ironwood handles Ed! I agree Tracy, danish oil is far better than teak. I really only got some because i couldn't seem to get it to work on the "harder/oily but still could use oil finish" Knives. I don't do more than a few light coats. I tried one like i...

I much prefer to grind AEB-L post heat treat. I agree with John, way too gummy. But with .065 and .070 we are talking about a very small margin of difference and i doubt you'd even be able to tell side by side. That is .005" or - 1/128" I was very nervous my first Post HT grind too! But its all...

Watco makes a teak oil for dense oily woods. I wonder if that would work on Ironwood. I've used it on Kingwood and Blackwood with success.

I've been on the forums for a while but i've not posted yet. This looks like a good place to start! I started with pre-made blanks and made my first from scratch in Dec 2014. But i don't have pics! Anyway, here are my second and third done at the same time around a year ago: ... and here...