He gave me a PSE Kingfisher as my introduction to bowfising. He has a thing against invasive species. As soon as the water hits 50 degrees he is out scouting for some tail. I also have a 10+ year old Hoyt recurve that I refuse to get near water! A friend had a 15 yard indoor range in his...
My brother got me a nice recurve bow so i made him a knife.
Blade was hand filed from a piece of Alabama Damascus. The the guy at the knife show gave me a free piece to start with! Cool dude! The finger guard is nickel/silver and it was done with a few rat-tail files and sandpaper. The wood I am...
Well thanks, been busy with my job. I decided to spend more time and money on tools so I haven't made any knives for a while. Got the NWG plans from Tracy. Now I am gathering up mostly free steel to make it.
Yeah.....its pretty easy to put a nice finish on somthin ugly :D
That's what I learned on this one. I couldn't keep the blade to handle ratio aesthetically pleasing and keep it so it would fit a regular sized hand. Ok enough excuses. It was fun. I made somthing sharp from a piece of scrap lying...
I was just messing around free handing with no fear of messing up and this funny critter kinda popped into existence. First person i showed thought it was crap but the Lady I made it for REALLY likes it.
2" 1095 3/16" thick blade hollow ground on 6" wheel
hidden tang
heated and smashed...
When choosing the big contact wheel its recommended to use an 8". I know I don't want to go smaller but what about bigger? And why are some serrated and others aren't?