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Well I don't know how much work I will be able to squeeze in for a while. My house is sold and I have to be out on Tuesday. And I haven't packed anything yet. Moving into a rental. However. I did get a little work done. Swedge cut in. File work well under way. Guard holes drilled. If at all...

Guard or no guard?

Well. I have to confess. I didn't even get a chance to touch it again yesterday. Partly due to work. But mostly because a friend saw the picture, and said. "Hey that looks good but could you make me one even bigger? "Umm, how much bigger?" "2 inches?" "I don't know. But I'm willing to...

Hmm, I have family in vernal. I might attend.

The hamon looks good, I have no input but I have a question. What are you going to do for a handle?

Yes I did, and thanks again. Well it's 1/4 inch 5160 steel. :)

Thanks everyone, and thanks Rex for the advice. I would love any advice you care to give on creating a good hamon. I currently have about 12 linear feet of aldo's 1084 as well as some 5160 and 1095. so I hope to play with a larger knife and a hammon this week.

Lots more sanding needed but I might get it done. I think I'll call it 12 inches of persuasion. lol The end caps make it heavier than I thought, I think it will need to be a bedside knife cause I don't want to carry it lol. So Far...

Got a request from My Sysco rep for a knife for him and his son. Here they are, he is coming to pick them up in the morning so I just finished them up. Can you tell I had a day off? :) Plus it looks like my house is SOLD and I have to move into a rental and I don't know how...

Ok weatherman, I want to see yours now. Is it finished? Well, I finished mine, polished it and sharpened it. Then made a Kydex sheath and Delivered it to it's new owner. (I need to learn how to work with leather) I was worried about whether he would like it or think it was worth the...

Well, I finished it, polished it and sharpened it. Then made a Kydex sheath and Delivered it to it's new owner. (I need to learn how to work with leather) I was worried about whether he would like it or think it was worth the money he paid. Which was a pretty good sum for a newbie knife...

Doug, do you mean the one on the contact wheel? or the main rest. The main rest has a design flaw that is easily remedied. It is not adjustable to the belt. It would not be to hard to make the screw hole slots so that the rest could slide forward and back and I don't know why norm doesn't do...

I put one together last week. Norm has 3 motors he recommends. I picked the mid price one. It was this motor. http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?catname=&qty=1&item=10-2380 This is how mine is set up, except I switched the pulleys around after I took this pic. There were no instructions...

Interesting. Thanks for the WIP. So I take it you hammer on the top piece?

I annealed the Blade, drilled holes in the guard and then the blade and re heat treated, It is now in the oven @ 400. 1 step forward 2 steps back sometimes...:)

It is finished, except for sharpening and a sheath. What do you think? Suggestions? Improvements?

well, the solder was a failure. The potato and wet rag kept the blade cool, but the solder simply would not flow where I wanted it. I tried 2 different types of flux. So right now the blade is cooling in my bucket of ashes to anneal it so that I can drill for the guard.

Ok, since I already heat treated the blade, and I don't have any 3/32 pins to use, I will try the silver solder. If I feel I got it too hot and tempered too much, I will anneal and drill hole to use to attach the guard, then re heat treat. Thanks for the help.

I can't figure out why I'm so enamored with Bowie knives right now. In all honesty they serve no practical purpose when it comes to what I actually use a knife for. There are certainly more practical hunting knives and I would probably never use one for that.. I carry a Small EDC folder for...

While I was waiting for the handle Material to arrive, I started another similar knife. and one after cutting the swedge. It is now in the oven tempering.