Recent content by Vance C.

awesome, thanks! what kinds of steel does the treatment work on? just high carbon?

Awesome! What is the process you used for "acid treating" the blade?

I have been working on coming up with a good assisted open design, and I am getting stuck, any suggestions?

Hey Aaron, the handle is stabilized maple burl

Latest big kitchen knife, first time doing a European style, I think it has turned out pretty good, it is shaving sharp and everything! I think the customer is going to be extremely happy.

Thanks guys! The pecan is a lot softer than i thought it would be. but it looks pretty rad! i dont think the pictures do the mple one justice, it is a lot more deep and lusterous in person

ohhhh man, that is an awesome collection you got goin there

I figured this show would be pretty unreliable, there are misconceptions about knifemaking in any media, newspapers, tv shows, wherever. I think the best thing I can do about the situation is educate people on the truth of what we do. I honestly have been avoiding watching it, but now I probably...

last year at the PKA show, my booth was next to John Bartlow, so naturally I spent most of the weekend drooling over his pieces, as they are amazing. He challenged me to try tapered tang style pieces, so that is almost all I have been doing this year (PKA show is almost upon us again) besides a...

Thanks for the info guys! I think next try will be having the bevel just past mid point on the knife, and doing a false edge on the back, like this, but less amazing

Until now, my main grind has been flat, but I have been drooling over Loveless and Bartlow knives, so I decided to try some tapered tangs and hollow grinds myself. Tapered tangs for me were fairly straight forward, and I feel pretty comfortable with them, but no such luck with hollow grinds. I...

My question is- I am doing a show out of state, which is a first for me, and i was wondering what the preferred way to get the knives to the show is? The other thing is that I have not flown much before, so I am not super familiar with how airlines operate. I wanted to ask what your preferred...

I have a tapered tang D2 steel clip point knife for sale, it has a brass guard and pins, white spacer material on the sheep horn handle, and a leather sheath. The blade has a 600g hand sanded finish. PM me for further details

This knife holds a few firsts for me- it is my first framed handle, my first (finished) dagger, and first PKA award winner! Like most of my knives, I took this picture sitting on some rocks in front of my house. I like to take my pictures on cloudy days, since the sun won't reflect directly...

I like the temper lines on this one!