Recent content by htony1

This is one of the coolest grinders I have ever seen. I love the stand, totally awesome!

I have thought about this a few times as well, and may try my hand at this in the future. Its going to have to be hand files and mini-grinders for now.

Thanks for the replies. I will try and allow it to dig into the belt more. I know the machine is way less than optimal but it's all I'm gonna have for a long time so I gotta make the best of it. I didn't even think about the total square inch area I the belt. A 2 x 72 would be awesome!

I am very new to knife making and hate to air my ignorance with simple questions, but I can't find an answer through the search function. Last week I received a few Norton blaze 1" x 30" belts and got to use them a little over the weekend. I noticed that after grinding for about an hour, they...

That's awesome

That is a beautiful knife, well executed

thanks for the help guys, I ended up getting all three pretty straight using the vise, two pieces of angle iron, and some punches spaced accordingly. Here is the progess so far on the first one, i don't know why i am getting a smiley on the bevel lines but I like the design. The squared but...

Thank you fir the reply, I wish I knew a local knife maker willing to talk to me. I would love to watch someone who knew what they were doing. I'll try to straighten it out

After watching the Greenpete video about making a knife, I took some files (old nicholsons) and annealed them in a camp file. They turned out nice and soft but the weight of the firewood on top gave them a sweeping bend. I tried straightening on of them out using my vise but it seems to be...

I just found this site and was pretty excited when I found of that it was family friendly / G rated. Knife making has been on my bucket list since I was a kid so I decided to give it a try. This looks like a great bunch of people and I hope to become a contributing part of what appears to be a...