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I have a nephew that is graduating high school in a few months that is a gear head. I'd like to make a shop knife for him to use as an auto mechanic. What do you guys see as the most useful knife style for a mechanic?

Finished up my first knife with a hamon. 1084 with Paduk scales. Ended up with some scratches on the tip during sharpening where I slipped up, but it turned out pretty nice.

I'm looking to do a leather sheath for this knife with a small clip like a boot knife, and I'm wondering if anybody has a good tutorial to reference? I have a pretty good idea on how to do it, but I haven't used that style of clip on a sheath before. thanks,

I recently made a set of steak knives out of 15N20 for my brother. Chose 15N20 because I have a simple forge for heat treat and I could find steel thin enough for what I wanted. So I knew 15N20 would not be stainless but these blades rust pretty much on contact with anything mildly acidic. He...

I tried putting a hamon on knife for the first time and ran into a snaffu while tempering. After tempering the blade cracked at the the choil. I heat treated 2 other 1084 blades at the same time, and had no issues. The only difference was the attempt at a hamon on this one, but it doesn't look...

I'm looking at buying some 15N20 to make some kitchen knives, and I was wondering what everybody thought about 15N20 on its own for a knife? I know its used in Damascus all the time, but I don't see it on its own very often. I have very basic heat treat methods, using a 2 brick forge and a...

So far I've done a lot of hand sanding to finish my knives, and it looks good, but it takes a lot of time and patience. My question is to those that do a satin machine finish, what do you prefer to use and why? Cork, Felt, Scotchbrite, norax? I have some limitations on my sander where the...

A friend asked me to make him a sheath for his camp ax so he didn't have to worry about it cutting things when he had it in his pack. This is my first ax sheath. It's all 8-10 oz vegetable tanned leather with a single strap and a line 24 snap to hold it all together. I think it turned out...

This is my first knife, I kept it simple with a pattern similar to some of the Green Rivers I have. It's 5/32" thick 1095. The handle is tiger striped Dymondwood. Pins are 1/4" brass lanyard tubing. It turned out ok, but the blade didn't harden quite as much I was hoping for. After reading...

Hi all, I've been a knife addict for years. I've been buying blades and finishing out handles and sheaths for the last couple years when time allows. I just built my own forge and hope to start heat treating some of my own creations soon.