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I wanted to also try spray acrylic. Along the same lines, Kyle Royer used something like a spray epoxy in his you tube video, Glass Finish. you can check it out - I wanted to get ahold of that as an option too.

I was thinking to try Fuller's Varnish as an alternative. It absorbed well and hardened on a test peice, but I haven't had the chance yet to test it's durability.

This is the one I gave them. I ended up having fun with it. They were happy with it. The edge is hardened and I barely pulled off a bolster slot under 50 thou. Lucky shot.

I really like the line that runs from the center of the handle into the scabbard and that it's the same thickness as the spine. Beautiful knife. Looks comfortable, too. I like the feel of a knife with the handle bumped up a little higher than the spine.

I hadn't thought of different etching rates. Along with the color differences that's a great detail.

I after this I found lots of info on you tube if interested. A search for head knife or round knife yielded a lot of results with more trails to follow.

Forged to shape. It was a challenge. I started out trying to split a 1" wide bar to begin with making the heel. The split went ok, but I got lost in the process of making the rest. So I switched to a pretty liberal preform cut out of 2" x 1/4" 1075. I hooked a corner I had in the ricasso...

I like Larrin's book because he teaches you how to choose steel and heat treat for what you want to make.

Beautiful knife, John. Great presentation photo again, too. I'm intrigued by the damascus mix... idk - still learning - carbon content, toughness, and different contrasts? Looks overall very light and the twisted spine/backspacer is very cool.

I agree! If it weren't for the crime and drug use in my area I'd do that too. I just know that when I leave for awhile and the house sits empty I can come home to find that stuff gone. But I choose to live in the area in order to be a part of making a difference or at least to offer the choice...

I have to figure out how to forge the shape. I have a blacksmithing book that had just a couple similar shapes but didn't really have the answer. The shapes were for tools made of thicker steel. The only idea I have is to cut a rectangular portion out of the lower corner of a peice of bar...

Just for fun I'll show you this one. This is one I cut out of a circ saw blade about a week ago and kept the cooling slot. It's 1/16 thick. It hardened in P-50. (Didn't harden in AAA and cracked in water.) The cooling slot made it look aggressive....for the tactical push knife that needs to...

The shape of this one is probably more what I'm thinking Something like this would be fine for leather work, too. looks elegant and comfortable and would suit the purpose.

I wondered how I could combine the comfortable knife I had with some nicer flowing design elements. I couldn't really see what angle the handle needed to be in relation to the edge in order to keep it comfortable and, also, more versatile. I like the relieved bevel behind the edge of this one...

Congrats on 39 years!

Looks good. I liked the position of the point on the heel in relation to the handle. I've been looking around online some more this evening. I found a design element I liked that also emphasizes (for lack of a better word) the push cut along the heel. The edge was slightly extended in the back...

It'll probably be kitchen use. I didn't think she realized she wouldn't like the hook on the heel when she actually tried to use it - to pull back when cutting something. I found that, too. Ulus also. I guess a "quarter" knife is more like the shape I have going. I searched 'custom quarter...

Those are on my list to get. I bought diamond stones - electroplated from Amazon - up to 2000, for finishing but they didn't give the look I wanted. I went back to 600 sandpaper finish for now.

That looks good. I like that tail end for leather. I need to make one for myself, too. I was surprised to learn the other names for them - I only knew them as leather knives. For our friend, I think she had kitchen use in mind. I could ask but wanted to surprise them with it. The pictures I...