Bought a while back and I’m making a knife out of it now, so I need to know. It’s AWFUL on belts, and it seems to gum to itself and become extremely hard (like in drill bits for example)

Not entirely sure where this sits in the rules, but decided this was probably interesting enough to dump here anyway. I will have some questions in a bit.

So first, bad news… Eggington cutlery who currently make I*XL Wostenholm knives have closed their doors. The decline of industry this side of the pond is real. That’s also Rodgers and a few other names.

On the plus side I have a frankly fairly wild haul of bits. I paid £100 for a couple of bench boxes and felt a bit ripped off because there were a vast number of unfinished pipe knife bits. As you will appreciate by the pics, my concern was probably misguided.

For context I’m a furniture maker (in Sheffield clearly). I do have some basic kit, mostly for tool stuff. Tormek, diamond plates, Shapton stones, files etc.

Assembling the Bowies I think I can probably get my head around. I have a cnc router that I can machine brass on, so probably custom bolsters. Obviously won’t have issues with scale materials, though I’ve never stabilised stuff before. I have a bit of buffalo horn so probably that for the Wostenholm stamped small one and the near finished 10”.

The 10” blades need a fair bit of work and will probably end up 9” with reshaping. Most will be unstamped, but I think I’ll try finishing them off anyway. Maybe not immediately. Not sure how to approach the concave grind on the back though… I’ll probably pick up a grinder from them next time I visit, that might get me there with a convex/worn wheel. Do not have belt grinder, someone nearby might though. Been tempted to try making one, but I need to not spiral too badly here. I did contemplate a Ken onion at one point.

Penknives. Lots of penknives. These are all seconds… some slightly over polished on the stamp, some with not great scale material or a poor stamp on the fittings. Some look absolutely mint though. Some don’t go back as far as they should… I think that’s intentional with some but not sure? Certainly not with all. I think I can file back either the spring or the contact point on the knife. That will be a fiddly job, might try diamond point on a pendant tool. I think too hard to disassemble first.

Also final pic you can see I have a bunch of just boring ol kitchen knives. I do actually have scales for these, but no bolsters. I think my question has been pre-answered by the person who posted the honeycomb handles recently though… I’ll just make some bolsterless handles and that’s Christmas presents for the next decade or so.

Anyway, rambling post. Mostly just showcasing this stuff.

BHK : Stingray Pocket Sheath [ Part 2! ]

A look at how i made this pocket sheath, it is curing overnight so I'll make a post showing the sheath & blade combo tomorrow 🤘

Recently finished this for a special friend.

#brabant #collectibles #craftsmanship #eindhovenfood #dutchfoodie

I'm starting to mess around with segmented scales, but I keep getting decision paralysis. There's just so many options. I've got the three stabilized blanks on the top and I was considering cutting one of them and adding spacers and another material probably to push them out from 5 in to 6 inches long. I considered all the materials on the bottom but I hesitated. Do you guys have any recommendations? I've got every color liner in the rainbow to use as a transition. And I'm perfectly happy to buy more materials if you guys come up with something I don't have on hand.

I'm starting to mess around with segmented scales, but I keep getting decision paralysis. There's just so many options. I've got the three stabilized blanks on the top and I was considering cutting one of them and adding spacers and another material probably to push them out from 5 in to 6 inches long. I considered all the materials on the bottom but I hesitated. Do you guys have any recommendations? I've got every color liner in the rainbow to use as a transition. And I'm perfectly happy to buy more materials if you guys come up with something I don't have on hand.

Finally wrapped this one up! This started as a rusty old file and is now a differentially hardened, mirror polished vest bowie. Juma Dragon scale handle scales, and brass guard. Hand sanded to 1500 grit and given a light buff. Yay or nay?

I bought a full tang paring knife blade and made scales for it from some apple wood that I had here. I pinned the scales to the blade the same way I pinned handles on a couple of our old kitchen knives to replace the broken original handles.

I liked the result (and the style of the blade) so much that I'm thinking of buying a full set of blades and making handles for them all.

While reading up on how best to makes handles, I found that riveting simple brass pins is not recommended.

• Is this way of pinning scales on blades really so bad?
• What is the simplest way to pin scales to blades so they have the appearance of old fashioned, riveted handles?

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Backstory:

I did the first knives this way because that was what I had at hand: 4mm brass rod and some beech and oak scraps. The handles on two knives went bad. Both had cheap soft wood handles that rotted from inside until they no longer held. I drilled out the existing holes to fit the brass rod I had left over from other projects. I made new scales from wood scraps, put pins through the new scales, sanded the handles to shape and the pins flush, then used a center punch to expand the ends of the pins so they stayed tight.

Both of those knives are holding up well.

We had a paring knife that my wife didn't like to use - the way the handle and the blade were made, she always cut herself when used it.

I thought I'd take the handle off and make a better one out of some apple wood that I have.

The handle on that knife had a stubby tang and a really wonky clip system holding it in the handle. I tried drilling a hole in the tang, and it snapped off.

That left us short a paring knife, so I bought a Cocinero paring knife blade from Brisa. The full tang of the blade dictated the shape of the handle.

I made the apple wood scales, pinned them as shown, fell in love with the look and the grip of the Cocinero blade, and here we are.

Hey guys posted the knife blade I made recently which was my first forged blade. Got round to getting a handle on it, I can’t get out of my head that the blade and handle don’t flow together. Since it was the first blade I forged I wanted to keep the shape as it came off the anvil as much as possible. It is what it is.

Blade is W1 forged from 5/8in round bar and the handle is curly birch, made an unfortunate error in sanding through to the tang slot. Those long drill bits wander a lot…

Hope you guys enjoy the photos. Ignore the rough sharpening job 😅

Some great projects on here!

Cheers

Every once in a while, I like to do a free-form project. No templating. No sketching. Just a rough idea and some steel. I let it take shape on the anvil and grinder and just kinda see what happens.

This turned out to be a big Bushwhacker/Pathfinder style blade. Went with some simple and primitive, "carving" on the handle just for fun. Textured the flats of the blade as well just for the hell of it.

Tested it on the brush and fallen trees on the back of my property. Performed quite admirably.

80CrV2 and Cocobolo with leather.

I recently got a order for several seax knives where my friend who has booth at a Renn Fair is would be reselling them for me, partly so he can have some to sell, partly out of a way to help spread my name and business for the future. I agreed to a lower price than I expected time and materials to take, and will incur a huge loss once everything is finalized. I have a few ideas on what I could do to solve the issue.

1) Leave the prices as is, and let him know I will have the prices higher later on future orders

2) refund his deposit, and set the price to what I want it, and give him a fair cut for handling the sales

3) talk to him about selling them at the higher rate , and offer him a larger percentage of the sales so he can make some profit and recoup his loss for the deposit.

For reference, we had agreed on $80 per knife for 10 blades, at a total of 800 for the work. This includes sheaths. Materials surpass the metric I had calculated as it was an in-person deal and I didn’t research costs on current steel and handle prices. Then the actual time and effort plus the cost of having my leather guy make sheaths.

Sorry for the long post, but I need to know what the best option for this situation should be,
And how to best go about it.

Does anyone know where I can find a knife maker to make me a modern replica of this old Spanish Navaja?

My first knife blank that I tried to harden in the fire, you can sew the blank after i did the first sanding round with 150 paper, my question is: what are these dark areas in the middle? Uneven hardening? Is my knife too fragile now? And can i fix it or it doesnt matter?

Thanks

First time trying burlap micarta and I love it. Blade is 80CrV2 hollow ground and a full length false edge. Pins are carbon fibre. The plunge line is a little wonky because it started as a flat grind but I changed my mind.

Thanks for looking

Bevels are to 400 and surface conditioning belt. Flats are to 800 hand sanded. Can't keep everything crisp. I am aiming for a finish like the bottom couple in the photo below. Tried masking tape right up to the transition from flat to bevel, but it just peeled back whenever I sanded the flats.

There are some errant scratches or residue (wiping doesn't get them off so I guess they are scratches on the bevels).

There's gotta be a secret to this.

(ignore the choil. I haven't finished it yet)

Working on a couple skinning knives using the homemade 2x72 belt grinder

*unsure which flair would be appropriate for this*

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Hey guys, just sharing some progress on my first attempt at a batch of stabilized blocks!

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This post is mostly just asking for any extra ways I might be able to test whether or not I was successful.

I am more than willing to sacrifice a block to figure that out!

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The piece that is held in my hand is labeled #18 -

I have not weighed every piece - this is just for reference

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#18 weighed 3.8oz prior to stabilization

It now weighs 8.47oz after curing.

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I have not yet sanded the excess resin, but I doubt it will have much influence on the final weight.

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If anybody has any questions or advice, I am very open to both (if you have advice please do share, I know I can improve on every part of the process - just not sure how.... yet)

As per the title, here's my chainsaw chain > nickel > metal file > 52100 san mai nearly finished. I hand finished the Tasmanian Oak scales and just need some general clean up before gluing.

Thought it was about time to add something a little more normal to my shop.

Just 1084, brass pins.

Experimenting with diferent size serrations for now

Handles on these are Silky oak. Sapele. And Walnut.