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I am slowly replacing the wifes store bought decent knives with ones I have made. I say take yours with you. My inlaws are afraid to accidentally cut themselves with a knife so they leave them dull. I come over an help cook an sharpen every one I use. Then later the wife hears how her mom cut...

It is a tight fit for sure already. It barely slides in place with out resistance.

I was given a knife blade with a guard fitted and soldered to it but the solder was cosmetic and ugly. I found out after I smoothed the solder to fit scales on it and the guard moved as I bumped the scale against it. Now I am in above my head or feel like I am. So HEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPP. HELP ME...

Calvin that is a sweet simple lil blade.

Figure a way to hold the knife to match the angle by resting the tip higher is my suggestion.

Lookin sharp so far.

Welcome.

Ok so after watching these an reading what you wrote Ed, I use the two wheels I have to contour where the fingers go. A 1.5 an a 2" wheel since my lil sanders belt is almost a perfect triangle. But there is a guard that prevents me from using the wheels the same for the sides. There is where I...

Wait a min, people use the wheels to contour the handles not the slack of the belt above your platen? Man I've been doing things the hard way. Sheesh. Well I guess this just goes to show how different each maker is.

My honest dillema is how to display the most character in the wood and not have it ruined by a pinhole in the center of the character. To me that seems like poop planning. In order to best utilise these it is virtually going to be angled or opposite of how I have it in the picture.

Words of wisdom from one of the makers who has so graciously helped me on this journey. Thanks John. The drop there would be could be used later as a bolster type mabbe. I'm not gonna lie I just don't like wasting materials. True it will happen where I do.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks. In return I'll send you some nuisance hardwood, Hawthorne. It has blonde,carmel,tan to brown colorings in the grain.

Thats sure something, the way the pattern in the handle and the damascus seem to mirror itself there by the plunge lines. The owner should be pleased for sure.

Shaweeet sharpness. Looks like a dang good backwoods working blade. Am a lil pb an jealous.

I am happy with it at 400 bevel an 1k flats. Am now battling myself and the worry wart position of how to do the scales. The frustrating thing is I am seriously pondering not using the iron wood at all and using the live oak grampa cut and I put on my nephews knife. Another idea is using some...

Now thats not the support or input I'm after. Lol Come by the house when your up north again an I may be able to set you up with some wood scales or blocks.

Oooooohhhhh damascus. Im really liking the looks of the patterns in the blanks. I have a blade profile similar to the one on the right. Brown micarta pins in the black canvas scales? Andrew I think your getting the hang of this hobby.

My daughters boyfriends wanting to learn how to make a few knives for his family members.

Thanks Ty. Is a valid point but then again there is the, "what if it looks horrid and I just wasted a set of book matched Ironwood scales!"

Here is the start of the ironwood handle I want to put on moms knife. My quandry is to waste over half of this set by getting the character in the grain or Just go with my idea and try to match the curves of wood and the hanle. My idea