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Stone spacer coming together. 1st one of those, too. The green spacer is vulcanized paper I might have ruined by using water. If I can get everything close I hope to switch them to white, filework the edge of the stone and fill it in with white epoxy- but I might be still dreaming. My kids...

I got a similar one almost ready for handles. This is my first tapered tang. 2 7/8 cutting edge. taper goes all the way up to the plunges

Sounds good - I also admit to not having done many. I remember figuring it out though when I was using the slack belt between the tracking and idler wheels. I noticed the sides of the belt would bend away with pressure and I'd have less contact at one time on the recurve edge.

Nice! Looks comfortable to use.

You have to use a belt narrower than the full 2", like 3/4' - 1", depending on the curvature. I've also used lansky (sharpening system) stones, too which are less than that and leave a nice clean finished bevel.

You have to use a belt narrower than the full 2", like 3/4' - 1", depending on the curvature. I've also used lansky (sharpening system) stones, too which are less than that and leave a nice clean finished bevel.

My first hamon, using file steel, without extra little dark lines in it. I have 1075 from Admiral that I was trying to forge and thermal cycle in order to reduce alloy banding. I got a nice hamon with it, but it had lines in the hamon which I think is alloy banding. So I'm still learning with...

It seems like I'm more efficient after a good break and not as tied to old unfinished projects. But during my breaks I'm still thinking about making knives and try to pick up materials, ideas, contacts, tools - stuff that's still related.

Looks good to me too and looks like you took to forge welding right away. I know for me I'm going to try for smaller billets/san mai(?) next time.

Very clean. Nice sheaths, too. Hope it works out for you here in the states.

I like the smoky/misty effect on those.

Does it have a deep etch? I wonder how it would look buffed clean. Looks good like that too though.

Just curious. I've been thinking about how to give people an ulu with better edge retention than what I usually see.

Yeah I saw you cut your finger on your bandsaw making that. When I saw that photo I thought it was going to be from the round edge. I know making mine was scary - trying to figure out which way to grind, sand, and finish. What kind of steel did you use for your ulu?

That's a great looking knife!

Very clean, Chris.

BTW I'm very happy to have one now. This cuts like a charm. Here is a link to the video that helped me understand what it was for. at about 3:45

Been doin' lots of other stuff but managed to also get a leather knife made for myself alomg with that other one for our frend. I needed a couple days to recoup after agitating the nerves in my lower back again and finished up a sheath for it too. Excuses...excuses... This is birch burl I had...

Looks really nice Bob., I thought I was the only one who ever thought of that! You really made that work well. I threw around the idea of having a table I could raise and lower like that. I read awhile back that some makers grind sitting down and wanted that option during the learning phase...

Are you going to mount it against a wall or keep it on a cart? I mounted mine against a wall and also wasn't sure on the height. I attatched a level 2 x against the wall, then built the rest off of that using screws all around if I wanted to re-adjust the height. On another bench I built I just...