What's going on in your shop?

[Jon Buescher]

Another wrapped eye hatchet .270 thick 1084 with an additional piece of 1084 forge welded in to add mass to the bit. Hoping to get it mostly finished after walleye fishing with my Grandpa tomorrow

 

[tkroenlein]

Another wrapped eye hatchet .270 thick 1084 with an additional piece of 1084 forge welded in to add mass to the bit. Hoping to get it mostly finished after walleye fishing with my Grandpa tomorrow

What kind of drift are you using?

 

[Jon Buescher]

I forged out a tomahawk drift a couple years ago from a Tank track pin, it’s a smaller drift that makes an egg shaped eye, I’m heading out to the shop in a few I’ll take a pic of it. Wind is blowing 19mph so Fishing has been cancelled, saved me an hour drive to Grandpa’s, was gonna go anyway and help him work on a trailer for his little pond hopper boat but he said wait til this weekend.

 

[Jon Buescher]

I might even mess with trying to forge some San mai to make a hunter

 

[Jon Buescher]

Finished up, not much of a chopper with the heavy convexed edge

 

[Daniel Macina]

 

[Jon Buescher]

Finished up, not much of a chopper with the heavy convexed edge

I stand corrected, it chops like a champ

 

[Daniel Macina]

Customer order. Certainly going to be… “unique”

 

[Heikki]

Going to try my hand at a couple kwaiken in W2. I have some stingray hide inbound, and plan to try an "ito" wrap using paracord. I like the profiles of these. Should make a nice EDC style knife.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

some of the newest experiments...after heat treating and all passed the brass rod test!

 

[Randy Lucius]

View attachment 72309some of the newest experiments...after heat treating and all passed the brass rod test!

Nice work Bruce! You’ve been busy.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

Thanks, Randy. Just tryin to keep up with y'all.

 

[Casey Brown]

Working on my first double lugged guard for a fighter. It's starting to come together.

 

[Randy Lucius]

I stand corrected, it chops like a champ

I thought it looked like it would do the job. Good deal.

 

[Randy Lucius]

Working on my first double lugged guard for a fighter. It's starting to come together.

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That's looking really nice Casey. Hidden tangs are something I haven't done yet but really need to.

 

[Casey Brown]

That's looking really nice Casey. Hidden tangs are something I haven't done yet but really need to.

Thanks! I've gotten to where probably 90% of my knives are now hidden tangs. They take a little longer, but I really like them a lot better.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

That's looking really nice Casey. Hidden tangs are something I haven't done yet but really need to.

I'm agreeing with Randy on both points. Good job so far.

 

[chrisstaniar]

ok question about the hidden tang and guards. How are you guys milling out the slot for the tang?

My biggest issue would be keeping an almost zero gap b/t blade and guard and I could see that being pretty challenging with just a drill and file.

My ocd can't take even the smallest gap with bolsters or guards!!

 

[Casey Brown]

So, I ended up getting a mini-mill and use it to mill a slot to start. However, at the end of the day, the fit-up is all hand filing. You can definitely drill and file to connect the holes, and I've done that. Just make sure you start out with the holes (and slots) being smaller than your tang. Then you hand file to fit the guard to the tang. This should probably be thread on it's own.

 

[chrisstaniar]

Yeah, that's kind of what I expected but wanted to confirm. I didn't want to hijack the thread, just get a confirmation. Thanks!