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Nice results. Is the end look about the same with HC Steel and stainless?

This is a good place! -a mass of skilled makers and desire to help. Welcome! How about sharing some pics of your knives if you have them.

You’re teaching him well! Count that time together as a blessing for you both, and time well spent. (and just plain fun!)

Nice work! Looks like you’re progressing quite well, especially for only being a couple years into knife making.

Nice for sure! How thick was the AEB-L stock you used? And did you do your own heat treating? I’m starting on a couple of paring knives and a couple small kitchen knives for daughters and wife, and really appreciate the input! I’ll have to show yours to my wife. I’ve never paid much attention...

Thx for all the ideas on the drill press, everyone- gives me some things to think about! If I get around to upgrading it, I’ll try to post some pics of what worked.

Good idea, John! -for my other drill press, but...(didn't mean to take us off topic), ... I got this old Walker Turner together recently and really like it, but the table has no slots and It's kind of a pain clamping the vise down. Any suggestions? Its kind of a long reach for C-clamps. Let me...

Thx for serving!

I just recently bought some step drills and this makes me even more anxious to try them out! Only thing I can add is- a drill press and vise are very important when drilling those larger holes (at least with conventional bits), as it seems the bit, when getting close to cutting through, will...

Interesting...I haven't done much with stabilized woods, but thought that after stabilizing, they wouldn't soak up much of anything. But, I have been wrong before... at least once, maybe twice. :-0

Awesome work! Being (still) a novice, I have very little insight into the character or value of that piece of history, but it strikes me that the owner of the knife entrusted exactly the right person to create the sheath for it!

Nice...Tons of character in a small package! I like the way the damascus grain is 'arrow-shaped in the double-edged area. Is that liners I'm seeing between brass on the guard and bolster?

So many ways things can foul up, huh?! Even when you do everything right. Reminds me of the action of a bi-metallic strip, as in the old fan controls on furnaces, or in house thermostats, or even even the old flat coils in the automatic choke on your carbureted car (anyone remember those?) They...

That gives me some options. Thanks for everyone’s input. Hey it’s good to be back at Knifedogs!

Ok, I'm hearing you guys. I had no intention of attempting heat treatment of stainless (wish I was set up for that!). I figured I could grind the 'hard' stainless, much like usual grinding after heat treat. Two of the knives I have planned won't require a lot of grinding, but I guess I don't...

Glad to hear that. Thx!

I made my wife a little paring knife this Christmas. She thinks it's great. I was up for making some real cool chef's knife, or maybe a cleaver, but she kept insisting she wanted a little paring knife. So, of course, she got one (and she loves it). But, a few times when I've mentioned another...

Man- thanks for a the quick help! The stuff I had picked up is WATCO brand. You guys filled in the blanks for me. i tried a little on some scraps and it seemed like it was giving the desired look, but looks aren't everything. I think I'll go with it on these two and see how it does. When I was...

These two are almost there. Just a little more sanding, handle-finish, and touch up the edge. Looking for advice on handle finish. Neither are stabilized. I believe the larger one is burl ambonya, amboyna, ? I don't know what wood the smaller one is- the grain isn't as tight as the ambonya...

Hi Calvin- I have been out of the KD loop for I guess over a year, and recently was drawn back. It felt good to find the group still here. I think it's a two-edged sword that attracts me to this site: 1. the ability to be present in a group of men with advanced knife-making skills, who are...