Recent content by Self Made Knives

Looks great! Done any testing with it? Need to see you chop open some crates or ice blocks, lol.

A few months ago, a knife club or guild was started up again here in Arkansas. We're still getting it up to speed and one of the guys has proposed a cutting competition. I've never actually tried it before, but watched a lot of Blade Sports on Youtube. From googling around you can tell the CPM...

I've collected all the materials and have the plans. Just need to start. Finding the anvil was the hardest part, there just aren't that many 6 in or larger round bars laying around my area. I finally managed to get a 9" anvil made of 4140, former life was a shaft in a paper mill. There is a...

I've made a couple. Best one was from some super tough A6 steel. I left it fully hardened and no temper, files won't hardly touch it. I keep one side "perfect" as a reference, the other is the "working" side. Every few knives, I put the reference side down on the surface grinder and just give it...

Here's mine. I converted a HF to be a bench top vertical and I love it. Use it all the time.

Everything I've read says shouldn't be used for food. It is an petroleum based product, so of course their lawyers have to say not for use around food. Personally, when a knife is in use out in the field I don't feel there is enough oil on it to have any effect. Now, I would not take one freshly...

I always use acetone. It's a chemical that I already have on hand and use for other things anyway. Once the dry ice has boiled off, just pour it back in the can. Not sure what kind of super foam Steve is using, I'm on my second foam box due to a little spill. My foam was just building insulation...

I've had good luck with AD. You'll hear a lot "experts" belly aching about it online, but it's been fine for me.

Does it have a sharpened clip or is that just a shadow line? It it is a clip, then you need a second source of light to highlight it, like a piece of white poster board to cast a some more light at that angle. I agree with the other guys, the background is a little busy, but I'd also suggest...

I think it will be fine within reason. Don't cheap out on wire and get too small or go too far. If you standardize the socket end of the extension cord, you could run the grinder, a kiln, even a big milling machine if they all shared the same style plug. In the long run, make the landlord a...

When I bought my first welder many years ago, I lived in an older house that had a jam packed breaker box with no room. The laundry room was right next to the garage, so I went down to Lowes and bought 75 feet of heavy 3 conductor cable and the plugs to make my own extension cord. I plugged it...

I checked out your FB page and have a few thoughts. As mentioned above, Instagram might help. I've sold a few on Insta to people that I had never heard of on FB. Problem with FB and Insta is getting more followers, it takes a while. You have to post on there quite often to keep yourself...

I'm guessing there's a reason you have overstock. I think you should ask yourself honestly, why isn't anyone snatching these up? Lot's of things could be the cause, priced too high, could even be priced too low, quality not high enough, material selections not popular, pictures aren't great...

Hey, off the wall question maybe, but by any chance were you marking before you hardened the blade? I noticed AEBL won't really acid etch when annealed, but will after hardening. Just wondering if that could be the issue for etching a mark too?

In my experience, it's really hard to nail a perfect grind on both sides and not have an errant scratch in the edge of that black finish. You have to be spot on to keep that line crisp. The thinner the stock the harder to do.