A little blast from the past......

[kbaknife]

.........no comments really necessary, unless you want to poke fun at me   :rolleyes:

I was just moving some things around this morning and found an old pack of photos and this was inside.
It was hard copy, so I had to scan and resize - sorry 'bout the quality.
Circa '00 or '01.
Not what I'm doing today, but I didn't have any less fun!
   

[gudspelr]

I enjoy seeing the earlier works of such accomplished knife makers.  No "poking fun" here, I've got a ways to go just to be at the level of those in your pic   .  Thanks for posting it.


Jeremy

[Toecutter]

Looks like tight lines and solid designs then as now, thanks for sharing.

Nathan

[Scott Teaschner]

Karl are those forged or stock removal?

[kbaknife]

Scott, those are all stainless, stock removal, and all hollow ground on a $400.00 Grizzly grinder. And some finish work done with a disc sander.

[L. Harris]

I think they all look GREAT!!!

[Scott Teaschner]

Just goes to show you are only as good as your tools. But if your good thats all that mattters!

[Steve Nuckels]

Very cool!  Thanks for sharing, always interesting to see the evolution of a talented bladesmith!  

You have certainly developed your own recognizable style!

I think you have mentioned it before, but who has influenced your work and style?  I see a little bit Ed Fowler influence in your later work!

Karl, as many others I started and with, and am using a Grizzly 2x72.  Did you ever make the lame work rest to work on the Grizzly?

Steve
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Potomac Forge

[kbaknife]

Originally posted by Steve Nuckels:

I think you have mentioned it before, but who has influenced your work and style?  I see a little bit Ed Fowler influence in your later work!

  Did you ever make the lame work rest to work on the Grizzly?

Steve
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Potomac Forge

My single biggest influence would be world class Damascus and auto folder maker, Jerry Rados, and that influence would be partly in the assembly procedures, and more importantly, in the philosophy of knife making.
In a bigger overview, I'm influenced by every maker I meet and every knife I see.
The list of influences is endless.
Ed Fowler is but a miniscule part.

The work rest, as well as the remainder of the Grizzly grinder leave a LOT to be desired.
I now call it my $400.00 pencil sharpener.