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Blade finished and all wrapped to protect it, I am ready to press fit the guard. I use my shop built knifemaker vise clamped vertically the hold the blade while I drive on the guard with a sledge. All snug as bug. 95% of the time if I use menuki, I make my own. I decided to go fancy on...

I appologize for skipping some steps, but you get the general idea. Here we go! Laying out some lines for scallops in the guard. Guard scalloped and mounted in my cool little hand vice so I can do an orange peel texture on it. I do this with a wire wheel in a bench grinder. Guard and...

I leave a tiny radius, not big. I have never had a blade crack during HT there. Other steels may be different. Your mileage may vary.

Ok, I've been working like crazy on this thing all week. Finally uploaded some more pictures, so her you go! Here is a pre HT pic of it next to my Shinobi tanto, which is a pretty large knife. It pales next to Gojira!!!! Decent size piece of high temp foil needed for this one. All...

Hey everyone! So this is something I have wanted to do for a very long time. Don Fogg's knives have been a big influence for me with my work, and his Yakuza Bowie II is a stand out piece. Probably in my top 5 favorite knives of all time. Just a powerful design. I decided to build a knife...

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I have been playing with some different geometry on my kwaiken/tanto models. This one was playing with the "Okissaki" style or long tip. Which is about 50% of the blade length. (Although it does not have a defined yokote.) I have named this model "Dokusei". Which translates to toxic. I hesitate...

So to prove I still know how to make new designs, :D, I decided I wanted to try making my first dagger. It is based off my Oregonto model kwaiken. I wanted to maintain a similar tip geometry but in a double edge design. It was pretty tricky keeping all of the facets symmetrical but I am pretty...

I know I have been posting nothing but kwaikens lately, but honestly that's all I have been making! I have been doing many variations and working on things like making my wrap as tight and even as possible, as well as cleaning up my end knot. I am very pleased with them at this point. I have...

I was inspire by the paper cut test where you push cut through a magazine/phone book/etc. Only that didn't seem like much of a challenge (done it before with these). So I stacked up four pieces of old 11oz Veg tan leather for about a 3/4" stack. Made six straight down cuts and it still shaves...

If your sick of kwaikens or Japanese inspired pieces, you probably should move along. :cool: I have been doing a ton of these style blades lately, here are a few variations. XL Oregonto. This one is double ground and at .275" thick it is a serious battle blade. The Hartsfield style sheath is...

So believe it or not, this is the very first damascus knife I have ever made! This one is for my dad, using some damascus he picked up at the gathering last year. The Steel is Chad Nichols Boomarang san mai XHP core. The handle has black black sting ray and hammered Zirc menuki. It is double...

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Thanks Walt. The bottom of the blade has a slight convex grind, so the light reflects differently.

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I have had time to make chef knife but I was able to squeeze this one in. It is my very first Wa handle, and I am very pleased with how it came out. Thanks to Mareko Maumasi and Ian Rogers for the pointers! The handle is Stabilized Oregon maple burl, bias...

Here are the finished pics.......Swords don't fit in my light tent, so I snapped some outside pics.

Just finished this guy up. Here are the rest of the pics. Here the Ti Tsuba and copper seppa are pressed on it their final resting place. I use hard neoprene underneath the wraps on my Waki and tanto. It fills out the grip and adds nice shock (vibration) resistance when cutting. And...

Ok, back at it today! Here is the blade after I blasted and blued the fuller and flats. Hammered copper Menuki and seppa. Also the titanium tsuba. I give it an orange peel texture after I fit it up to the tang. I thought I got a picture of just the finished fittings, but apparently I...

Hey guys just finished up this Ronin Tanto. This new version has a narrower more traditional blade. It feels mean in hand. 9" 3v blade, Ti tsuba and menuki. Hammered copper seppa.

Fresh out of the Liquid nitrogen..... Tempered and ready to finish......