All Finished!!

[Rampage.Maupin]

Well, after a long layoff filled with events that have pulled my attention away for a little more than a year, I was finally able to back to my bench to start a-grinding once again.

Here is my first project, a small skinning knife with a 2.5" long blade.

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I'll post updates as I move through the process.

[Rampage.Maupin]

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[Rampage.Maupin]

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[Toyman321]

Nice, what are you planning on making the grip out of? I've been grinding away today, Im going to be be making some micarta tonight to finish mine off.

[duggan]

Nice! I just started on my first ever knives (making two small camp knives from a lawnmower blade). I think I have the shapes I'm gonna stick with so now it's heat treating and handle work. If they turn out decent I'll post up some pics.

[Rampage.Maupin]

Nice, what are you planning on making the grip out of? I've been grinding away today, Im going to be be making some micarta tonight to finish mine off.

I've got some bubinga and some mesquite planks , it'll likely be between the 2 of them.

[Rampage.Maupin]

Nice! I just started on my first ever knives (making two small camp knives from a lawnmower blade). I think I have the shapes I'm gonna stick with so now it's heat treating and handle work. If they turn out decent I'll post up some pics.

I think it is awesome that you are giving it a shot. It is incredibly rewarding once you have a completed blade. A word of caution when working with things like files and lawnmower blades though. It is very difficult to decipher what kind of steel you are working with, which makes it difficult to determine the proper heat treat recipe. I have worked with 1095 carbon steel (a known steel) before that I bought as a steel bar and still messed up the heat treat because it isn't a very unforgiving steel. Some steels are difficult to heat treat even when it is a known steel.

Check out a place online NJSteelbarron. Start working with a know steel. Most professionals suggest starting with 1084, because it is easy to do a homebrew heat treat.

It is incredibly frustrating to have "completed" a knife only to have it not hold an edge very well. Good luck to you!

[Rampage.Maupin]

WIP Update

image.jpgHere is an update to this. I screwed up the original one, so I started over from scratch. Little bit of a different profile, but I actually like it a bit more than the last one. Learning to do this on a grinder is way different that with a file!

Anyways this is pretty much all set to go to heat treat.

[mnichols]

Updates?

[Rampage.Maupin]

That are coming. Been swamped with work. About ready to start on the handles. I'll update in the next week or so.

[Rampage.Maupin]

Just Epoxied Scales

I just slapped on the scales. These are Bubinga with brass pins. I'll take another couple of pics in the next couple of days assuming I can start some hoging!

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[Rampage.Maupin]

Hogin' Some Bubinga!

We got aways to go...

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[Rampage.Maupin]

We're getting there!

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[Rampage.Maupin]

Time to get my swole on...

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[Rampage.Maupin]

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