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super nice! I like the straight grain. what steel did you use for the drawknife?

Hi Aikenn, The two sets of stabilized moose I've put on to knives have done that on me during the build, but the bow was only slight and I was able to pull them back together with clamps, epoxy, and rivets. But this was on fixed blades so not sure how thin you need to get for a folder. I also...

That is a good article. Even though it's short it's enough info to give it a try. Have you watched any videos on it yet? I searched "how to make birch oil" on you tube last night got the videos we watched already. They we're helpful, too - good to compare the amount other people get for the...

I'll check it out.

Beautiful combo, Chris

I really like themed knives, too. Once I got the hamon I wanted to finish it this way. Thanks Dennis.

Search "distilling birch bark." It's a lot of fun to do when you're sitting around a fire.

Let it burn for an hour or two - adding wood to keep it hot - not so much though that the bark inside catch on fire. I'm trying to load a shot of the size of the fire but it won't work. file too large, but, honestly, it wasn't that big of a fire! That firepit we have is about 24" diameter and...

Thanks fellas. It's got a few details to be refined but by far my favorite knife I've ever owned. Here's the process: I cut and pasted this quote from another forum. I still have the link bookmarked if your interested, but this is the most relevant. "I cut anywhere from 12-18 face cords of...

"Alaskan cache" themed Old everything: File steel, walnut gunstock handle, brass is from a long 1" diameter propshaft i believe, mastodon spacer Sheath is from an old swiss army pack and kariboo leather Walnut and leather finished with birch oil we made this spring. It looks and smells smokey.

Looks good, Chris - both of them.

Very nice!

Stone spacer coming together. 1st one of those, too. The green spacer is vulcanized paper I might have ruined by using water. If I can get everything close I hope to switch them to white, filework the edge of the stone and fill it in with white epoxy- but I might be still dreaming. My kids...

I got a similar one almost ready for handles. This is my first tapered tang. 2 7/8 cutting edge. taper goes all the way up to the plunges

Sounds good - I also admit to not having done many. I remember figuring it out though when I was using the slack belt between the tracking and idler wheels. I noticed the sides of the belt would bend away with pressure and I'd have less contact at one time on the recurve edge.

Nice! Looks comfortable to use.

You have to use a belt narrower than the full 2", like 3/4' - 1", depending on the curvature. I've also used lansky (sharpening system) stones, too which are less than that and leave a nice clean finished bevel.

You have to use a belt narrower than the full 2", like 3/4' - 1", depending on the curvature. I've also used lansky (sharpening system) stones, too which are less than that and leave a nice clean finished bevel.

My first hamon, using file steel, without extra little dark lines in it. I have 1075 from Admiral that I was trying to forge and thermal cycle in order to reduce alloy banding. I got a nice hamon with it, but it had lines in the hamon which I think is alloy banding. So I'm still learning with...

It seems like I'm more efficient after a good break and not as tied to old unfinished projects. But during my breaks I'm still thinking about making knives and try to pick up materials, ideas, contacts, tools - stuff that's still related.