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First one ever. Burnt the tip of the blade and proportions all screwy. Used a buffer to hide the flaws! Lol. Nice piece of wood though!

New around here and had some health issues that stopped me for a while, but found some issues and fixing them. I have about 40 knives under my belt and the first 5 a 10 were about as simple as it gets. Stock reduction with a grinder. All full tang knives and that is not where my heart is...

How much of the blade is needed to make a good hidden or stick tang? Ones I have done so far had plenty of backbone because I had larger handles. Working on a couple where I needed them to be smaller, but wasn’t sure how small you can go. Assume the fit up is pretty tight meaning no wobble...

Thank you for some feedback! I am pretty tough and need the hard answers. While there is some room for interpretation, people generally know what makes things a step or two above. I have had more decorated knives, but this was a designless one off. Just waiting on shipments for my real...

I have made less than 40 knives so far, but finding certain aspects easier now. I am not on par with most of you, but I know each one is getting better and better. I am slow but deliberate. Thoughts on this one? 1095 with copper, elk antler, and what was dubbed as ironwood. I did sand to...

2 feet deep and 6.5 inside dimension of square tube. It is very robust. 4 gallons inside of oil if full, but a little less to allow it to not run out. I thought I could drop a hunk of steel in the bottom I’d I wanted less volume.

It weighs 60 pounds empty and the base plate is half inch. I am thinking it is going to last forever. I am still learning and got lucky on this, but making a knife in trade. I have lots more knife questions, but still in my little corner experimenting. Trying to decide if I want to continue...

I asked a friend about a quench tank and we found some scrap that already had a bottom welded on and was used for some larger application. He added handles and a lid and then we sandblasted it. Silver was the only paint I had, so there is that. It’s heavy, but cost me nothing. Any issues with...

It was scrap, so I can’t be sure. Going to think 1095 in this case.

I did this fun and then it got serious! Lol. Any dangers to hardening this thing? It is either 01 or 1095. I would hate to ruin it when it will not really get used, but want it to be as complete as possible.

No sir. I guess there are other things I don’t like about the grinder also that most others resolve and I ain’t that smart. I will figure out what money I can spend and do something. Thanks for all the responses.

I would need more equipment to build that than buying one! lol Nice. Looks like the same setup the KMG has for the 3 speed. Belts move exactly the same way. I am still deciding, but most likely have been talked into getting something and using the Grizzly for high speed only work and...

I was worried about changing the belts even on the KMG, so was leaning towards VFD if I was going to spend money. I do not making things, but I prefer to buy one of these and have all the kinks worked out for me. Sounds like the spend is worth it in things just being better with the VFD. I...

Before I got started, I bought a Grizzly knife grinder. After making 30 or so knives over a couple of years, I was thinking how nice a variable speed unit would be and have the ability to use different wheels etc. I find myself figuring out ways to do things, but seems like an investment here...

I usually do it by hand. So giving this a shot. Thanks!

When you have a metal spacer between two softer materials, how on earth do you get a perfectly flat tradition? The softer materials always wear away and leave the metal bump.

Yeah. How large? I’m sure there are some illegal things I can get into temporarily to raise some funds. Need some mastodon ivory?