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Making some templates to have some blades water jet cut. The small one can nest into the larger one, so I am planning to do 10 of the larger in Magnacut, and 10 of the smaller one in Nitro V and maybe 10 in 80CRV2 or 52100. Nitro V and Red AmeraGrip with mosaics: Nitro V and Blue Ameragrip...

Another 4.75" 80CRV2 dagger, this time 1/4" thick with Carbon Fiber, Red G10 and black Ameragrip and a Red/White/Blue Ameragrip Tuna Poker finished up this week! Would have done more on my days off, but ended up getting sick and having to take it somewhat easy.

I would do some metal "legs" from the tang area? Red box would be the same thickness as the tang area; grind the back of the tang flat to butt up against the metal bar, or better yet, grind the metal bar fit completely around the tang of the blade. Blue box would be some steel legs that could...

It was a pain, especially because of the little pieces! Very tedious and time consuming! I have my way of doing Wa handles from larger blocks, so using premade/preshaped pieces from other handles is a pain! The burnt chestnut handles are easy to do since they are often oval or D shape, so...

Finishing up a big rehab order! 3 Stainless Damascus spoons were thinned/lightened from 3.8oz to 2.5oz each and then re etched 3 Burnt Chestnut handle pieces got red spacers, faux ivory ferrules installed 2 Ho/Buffalo Horn handles got buffalo horn butt caps installed after owner cut the handles...

Shipped these 4 out earlier this week! 8" fillet knives are in Magnacut steel and feature AmeraGrip handles in Cool Grey and Blue. The matching Tuna Pokers (tuna drop blood knives) are in chisel ground Nitro V with matching handles and black G10 guard and frame.

Ah, gotcha! Figured it would save lots of work...lol!

Edwards, grinds look really nice!! Do yourself a favor...get a radius platen!! You can do the shallow hollow grinds with them a lot easier than how you are doing them now without having to buy a large diameter contact wheel! I have a 36 Radius platen from AmeriBrade, they have a 24" one as...

Made this little guy. Its one of my tuna bleeder blades, but I did a stubby full tang handle on it instead of a hidden tang. Its a chisel ground nitro V blade designed for bleeding tuna out by piercing the lateral blood line just under the pectoral fin. Males a cute little utility blade too...

I am going to try that out! I use my electro etcher to etch jimping into the spine, never thought to use a towel for blade texture!

I gotta try that towel trick now for etching!

When I used to make fishing rods, we would use an alcohol burner or a heat gun to heat up the epoxy and it got water thin and very runny and drippy, but it let all the bubbles out. The alcohol burner work well with the epoxy in a thin metal tray, the heat gun would often blow dust into the...

Too much acetone can effect the curing, so use as little as you need to. Or use a heat gun to get it more runny. Wrap the handle, put the epoxy onto the wrap and then heat gun it on low and it should thin out and soak in. Or soak the paracord in epoxy, heat the epoxy and then wrap, bit it...

Acetone I believe thins epoxy? You can also warm it slightly as well, but it will set up faster the warmer it is. Try marine guard 8000, its pretty thin when mixed.

I was shown this paracord wrap. You remove the white inner cords and as you wrap it, give it a twist on each side. Maybe do a flat wrap of paracord under, then do another layer with different paracord with the guts removed with the twist as the overwrap? A little of the tang shows through...

Or your second, or third if you don't learn the first few times! I try to make sure I drill holes so if it does helicopter, I get hit with the spine and not the edge. I also know to go slower and when I hear the metal sound change pitch when it's close to breaking through, I am really careful...

Had the last 2 weeks off from work, so I got lots of stuff done! 80CRV2 7" camp knife: 4" Magnacut with Black/OD Green G10 burl Red AmeraGrip on a 4" Magnacut drop point: 2.75" edge S90V warncliff: 3.25" CruWear with Orange AmeraGrip handles: Nitro V Drop Blood Knives. Double edge...

No way! Ground to about .04" thick at the edge before HT. Spent another 3 hours or so post HT grinding. I took them up to a 16 micron belt and 1000 SIC belts, but didnt spend as much time at each belt, so they arent as shiny as the 5" ones I did. The blades are pretty flexy, more so than the...

Sharpened these up today, hoping to ship tomorrow! 3/32" thick S90V, blades are 18" x 2.5" wide, just over 23" OAL. 240mm Tanaka R2 damascus gyuto next to them for a size comparison.

Do you have any welding skills or know someone who can weld? Housemade.us has various kits/packages to build your own grinder and they get rave reviews.