I finally got a few knives done, one's for my dad's fly fishing outings, the other is for mom in the kitchen. Both were forged from farrier's rasps and I did a LOT better during the forging of both than the last time. Dad's has a Lacewood handle and mom's is Purpleheart (her favorite color). Mom's has a little piece of copper that I peened the edges of along with several decorative copper pins. Dad's has a steel finger guard (bain of my existence...) with a thin copper spacer and single steel pin. Unfortunately, both have several "issues", but I guess they'll just make the next knives I make for them look that much better. Still need to sharpen them and give dad's a sheath to sit in.
Just started 2 other knives, both will be Sendero style blades. These are the first I've forged from known steel-5160.
Got the file guide on there to keep my "grind" lines right.
Darned near there
On a really cool note, I might be getting myself into a Grizzly 2x72 at the end of the month, which should make my "grinding" WAAAAAAY faster. I wouldn't change not having one to start with, though-I've learned a ton about better forging, filing, and several other things, most of which had varying levels of pain involved
. Anyway, I wouldn't be anywhere near the place I am without the help from you all on here. Here's to hoping these next knives are better than the last.
Jeremy
Topic: Some Knife Pictures (Read 605 times)
