Recent content by jdale

Another Great looking knife John. When is the bringing out a hamon class going to be held and where can i sign up?

I cannot believe I have never heard of safe face files before. Any recommendations on types or preferred suppliers? I would have asked the question many posts ago but i havent had time to keep up with the hot threads lately.

Does anyone have a good resource for obtaining reconstituted stone for spacers? I am starting on the wives cake knife and I want to try something new. Assuming the material can be worked without special tools.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I was holding off on the makers mark for now, I use an etch-o-matic I am thinking of getting a stencil made up so I don't have to keep using that 50's typewriter anymore

The block of wood is Koa, very very curly koa

Glad ya like the spacer, I was unsure about it after the wife said it was the only thing she didnt like about the knife. Borrow all ya want, lord knows i've used more than a few design ideas.

Just finished this one up, i have been drying the desert ironwood burl since April 2012 and figured it was about time to try it out. The steel is 1075 3/16" thick differentially heat treated, lightly etched to reveal the hamon (which i couldnt get to show up in the pics, cause im a crappy...

Just finished this one up, i have been drying the desert ironwood burl since April 2012 and figured it was about time to try it out. The steel is 1075 3/16" thick differentially heat treated, lightly etched to reveal the hamon (which i couldnt get to show up in the pics, cause im a crappy...

I am so glad I found this thread. I have been drying out 2 huge slabs of ironwood burl for 3 years now and i think it is finally dry enough to start using it for handles.

Great knife. They may have been a pain in the ass but those pins really make the knife stand out.