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Been awhile, but I am still working on this one. Almost done. Hopefully over the next 3 days I will finish. Here I am sawing the lines to then chisel between for an mounting for the scabbard slide. Cleaning up the area. Using a Braun Block (from Ed) to sand the sheath. 100 grit paper and...

tell you what... that is one fine looking knife. I can't afford to buy your work, but if I could afford a handmade folder, I would get you to make me a lockback. If it helps any, I can't afford my own work either. I have to sell everything I make so I can pay for all of the tools and stuff (and...

neat idea Tai. Almost looks Drago. Of course, you can use that for the next one. I don't need a fee or anything for the idea. hehe. Or go with one of the Maori-looking faces sticking its tongue out.

woo hoo! congratulations!

damn man, that is a great package. I do like the flower, and everything about the handle and fittings. Totally right.

I have been plugging along for the last couple of days. This is all just basic work on the sheath. I have to get the guard inlet at the throat of the sheath, the wood nice and flat on all four sides, and the chape seated at the toe of the sheath. After I get those things set, I can do the...

good work! There is often some negative commentary on knives made from old files. I personally love that steel (at least, 90% of the steel from old files, or worn out new files if they are Simmonds of Nicholsons). I originally thought that converting files into knives was not very common...

excellent work. thanks for showing the way things really go, instead of the TV Chef version where every step works just right every time. We all know better, and it sucks for each of us just as bad from time to time. This is going to be a classy knife. How are you doing the pins? I know you...

Thanks Ed. I wish I had a lathe, though. Honestly, when this sword sells, I will probably use the money to buy a lathe. kc

More on the handle today. Center punch prior to drilling and pinning. I use a copper nail when I can. They are my favorite pins. 1/8". Actually, they are just about 2 hundredths under. Perfect for peening. There is now a peened pin (rivet) there. Can you see it? I can't, and I put it...

that has to be the cutest little sheath I have ever seen!

yeah, the return on time investment is great for those, and for sens. Your vid from way back, along with walter sorrells's vids, got me into sens, and more generally into the idea that hand scraping was an efficient way to remove material. Thanks. Vince Evans had or has a series of pics on his...

sweet. I saw Alan Longmire (in a video talk about) one of those scrapers for putting the fullers in Bell-type dirks. Of course, the Bell Dirks had little blades, and therefore little fullers. I made a scraper a lot like that, only a little bigger scraping tooth, a few years ago. I used it and...

Tenon in guard. Look at the awesome work Charles Wu (don't know his real given name) can do. He is also a very nice, and honorable, man. I suggest all of you should do business with him for fittings or engraved and chased silver bookmarks. He is a man with dignity, who works hard to support his...

Love this camp stove. I enlarged the opening for the tang, so I could get max strength for the sword. Making a blade to fit existing fittings is not ideal. Next time, I will send dimensions to Charles first. Peening the hidden face of the guard to increase friction fit. Cold forging lets...

Boss - I don't have any better pics of the twist. That bar was 140 layers across and 4 layers deep. I had rotated the billet 90 degrees prior to the last welding to make some crushed w's. I should have welded once more, or flipped one weld run earlier, but the pattern came out ok. The...

honestly, I think that using a flat bar of 80CrV2 would be a little simpler, except that you would then need to heat treat it. Great idea. I use files a lot, and I often use them to file blades that have been hardened and tempered. This wears out a lot of files. So, I tend to use worn out...

looks nice. very clean. What sort of alloying elements are in that steel?

I am going to make a couple of Chinese swords, and probably a seax. Plus, a lot of knives. Here is the first one:

The easiest way (as opposed to the best way, which I don't actually know) to make a functioning sen (I borrowed liberally from Walter Sorrells and his videos to do this). Here it is: 1. take an old file. 2. grind the teeth off until it really is smooth. 3. be careful with heat, so you don't ruin...