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Stick your bit of rebar in your forge for a while then knock the end to a 90 degree bend at the end - now when you weld it to your billet you have a longer area of rebar that will contact against your billet. :)

Tuned in for this!

Ringed Gidgee is one that just doesn't get the justice it deserves through pictures alone. Hold it in hand and see the chatoyance.....

Good one. Thanks!

Thank you. :)

an fun journey this one. :) Stacked birch bark and laburnum handle with brass at the front and rear. Sheath is made from hessian sacking, hardened with fiberglass resin, with a wooden liner inside for the blade. Twine wrapping at the top made from strands of hessian twisted into...

Sounds bang on to me. May need a bit of experimentation to find the right tool to give the shape you want but the principal of what cuts to make sounds rihgt. Don't see the need for secrecy on it.

Hi Guys & Gals, One of my fellow brits posted this on a different forum and i thought someone here may be able to help. :)

So what are you all using instead of brass? Bronze, stainless steel, wrought iron?

So lanyard tubing...... It occupies too much of my time. I would hope that I drill an 8mm hole and with only a little bit of effort get an 8mm bit of tubing in place. If it's a tight squeeze, thin tubing collapses and deforms where solid bar can be encouraged through. I have got decent...

Sometimes I make the blade, handle and sheath. Sometimes I put a handle on someone else's blade (factory or handmade) Sometimes I make a blade for someone else to fit their own handle and sheath. Sometimes I just make someone a sheath on their own knife. I don't call myself both a...

It depends on what you class as a 'normal grind' . :D

Just finished this one and ready to go in the post. All the work is by myself - blade, handle and sheath. The blade is forge welded / damascus steel from 15n20 and CS70. When I forged the layers together, cuts were made in the billet then it was further forged down to show the...

The actual way to tell the difference between Mammoth and elephant ivory would be to examine the schreger lines.

Oooh, funky stuff. :D

I wish we did! :D

I dont think there would be any shame in starting off at a slower speed.... :D Thats gotta be a bit intimidating the first time its fired up!!

What grits and belt type you using for the shaping Steven? I find DI a pig to work. Sharp belts for sure!!

Aaah, you haven't glued yet. Hadn't noticed that! Yeah, know what you meant about the scratches. A pain in the wotsit! I was working on a Green River style blade earlier with an apple handle. all shaped down but scrathes round the tang that need working out - the metal dust is getting in the...

so presumably you add the other pins in later Steven? :D