Thread: Show me your knives

Hey Duncan @viper - I just used the wee "C" knife you made me in D2 to skin and bone out a back wheels of a yearling redskin (for @Kiwi-Hunter )- its going real good, and the edge is holding up just as you'd expect from D2. I'm pretty careful not to "touch bone" with any knife, but its inevitable if you're only an "occasional butcher" so to have it do a couple of sheep and the back end without a touch up is encouraging. The shape is also working out just as I expected and is a great general purpose small knife.

Originally Posted by Tentman

Hey Duncan @viper - I just used the wee "C" knife you made me in D2 to skin and bone out a back wheels of a yearling redskin (for @Kiwi-Hunter )- its going real good, and the edge is holding up just as you'd expect from D2. I'm pretty careful not to "touch bone" with any knife, but its inevitable if you're only an "occasional butcher" so to have it do a couple of sheep and the back end without a touch up is encouraging. The shape is also working out just as I expected and is a great general purpose small knife.

@Tentman , that's great news , thanks for the feed back. Good to hear it's performing well and is getting a work out. They are made to use so it's nice to hear from owners .
@ Niven emailed me today as well , seems the little Krait I made for his mate has been busy as well. Apparently a very lucky knife according to it's owner.

Latest knife finished for a forum member. Viper model , composite handle featuring Aqua burlap micarta caps with Totara burl. Heavy grippy jimping, carbon pins and 12c27 stainless full tang.
Last order and knife for the year, a big shout out and thank you to the forum members who I have had the pleasure of making knives for over the last couple of years.
Your support has allowed me to get better and refine my work. Still early days yet with plenty to improve and refining to be done.
I have had the privilege of meeting several of you through the knife making and it's been an awesome experience.

everyone have a great Christmas, Viper

Originally Posted by viper

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Latest knife finished for a forum member. Viper model , composite handle featuring Aqua burlap micarta caps with Totara burl. Heavy grippy jimping, carbon pins and 12c27 stainless full tang.
Last order and knife for the year, a big shout out and thank you to the forum members who I have had the pleasure of making knives for over the last couple of years.
Your support has allowed me to get better and refine my work. Still early days yet with plenty to improve and refining to be done.
I have had the privilege of meeting several of you through the knife making and it's been an awesome experience.

everyone have a great Christmas, Viper

Looks mint man

I need to pull finger and finish my kiln build so I can get some blades heat treated and pump out a few more.

@Nick-D , don't worry mate I have two brand new electric motors, a new 2 x 72 grinder, cables , VFD and it's all sitting on the floor in box's , just been to busy to get to it.
The little 1 x 30 grinder has been holding the fort.

Originally Posted by viper

@Nick-D , don't worry mate I have two brand new electric motors, a new 2 x 72 grinder, cables , VFD and it's all sitting on the floor in box's , just been to busy to get to it.
The little 1 x 30 grinder has been holding the fort.

You won't know w yourself when you get going on that 2x72 man. Night and day from the 1x30

Completed

Love your work.

I did a knife making course that the Mrs. gave me for my 40th at Lost Arts near Clevedon on Saturday, awesome day and would highly recommend it as a must do if any wives are feeling generous hint hint
Really really happy with the result, knife is in 1084 carbon steel.













Mine is the bottom one in the last photo, handle is cherry wood that I selected from a load I bought for firewood.


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Last one before Santa rocks in, a Mamba model in 14c28n , micarta from St Petersburg in Russia with Black walnut end caps. Carbon pins and G10 liners and spacers.
Been a fun year learning to make knives and working on making them better each time, who would have thought something so simple could be as complex.

Very cool!

Lionsteel M2 and M4 in M390 and walnut handles. Very nice knives.




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Bestech Swordfish in D2 and Natural G10. An easy to use large flipper. QSP Leopard in 14C28N, green micarta and ceramic ball bearings for a nice action in a cheaper flipper. BM mini bugout for comparison.



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So thought I would try something different, loosely based on the famed Loveless drop point, first time I have tried adding brass guards, lots of mistakes so lots learnt, this one is 4 mm 01, heat treated and triple tempered, g10 liners, micarta scales, loveless bolts in brass and stainless and a stainless wrist thong, the full flat grind has a secondary bevel sharpened to 8000 grit, overall length is about 21 cm, the blade is about 8.5 cm.
Bobs ones were hollow ground and he used stainless steel mostly. He got into knife making by copying Randall’s so I feel ok using his design.

I still need to make a sheath to finish this off, will sell it off when I have done that...need to buy some more brass...and a wheel to try hollow grinds.

Merry Xmas all.