Had to stop making back in 2014 for financial reasons, but am back on my feet and still had my craftsman 2x42. Hated to sell everything but and back at it. Missed making a whole lot.
This is my first hidden tang knife finished a couple months ago. I learned what not to do next time that will make my life easier. It has a 1084 blade, Axis deer handle and brass hardware. There are red g10 liners but for some reason they dont really look red.
Hello everyone. I usually peen my pins with a small peen hammer and sometimes miss and ding up the handles. What is a good dye, or process to use to dome pins on antler scales without causing damage to the scale material? Thanks!
This is the first time to use a material like bone/horn/antler for scales. The steel is 1/8" ats34 the handle is about 5" long and the blade is around 4". I was very nervous and sweating bullets when I was peening the pins. The last time I peened some I cracked a nice piece of cocobolo. I...
I sometimes make tapered tang knives. I have been thinking about this and figure some sort of aluminum plate jig to quench the blades. How do you guys quench tapered tangs? Thx!