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I like it. It's lines and finish are very elegant. How do you like the angled diamond wood? I have worked with it a couple times and it has always made a great looking handle. I know that some people think diamond wood is not a classy handle material but I think you proved them wrong with...

It's very good use of scrap material. Make a stand for it and anyone would be proud to have that setting on their desk. I for one couldn't wait for the mail to show up.

I ruined three blades in one day. I couldn't grind to save my life. I was like a palsy victim who had rented a new body for the weekend and hadn't read the owners manual. Every new attempt was like throwing gas on a fire. I couldn't make a knife so I got out of the shop and played golf...

The Loveless drop point was a different style of knife for me. I thought I would try a new style of sheath to go with it. I have seen on the web that some of the really good sheath makers are lining their sheaths with deer skin or some sort of thin hide. The opening of the lined sheaths have...

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Making this knife using different methods was "interesting". Art, I will make another in the future but it will be awhile. I am trying a new method of making a sheath to go with the this knife. I'm lining the sheath with one of those cool fold over type...

Thanks and yes it is. I still think his mind worked in strange and wonderful ways. His guard method gave me fits.

I finished this one today. There were several firsts for me on this knife. I tappered the tang on this one which I usually don't do and I tried a new method for attaching the guard. The knife is 8 1/2" OAL with a 3/16" O1 blade. The handle scales are stabilized redwood.

He has been a great source for stencils and I talked to him on the phone once. He seems like a very nice guy who has a great love for knifemaking. Get well soon Ernie.

I have to admit, I read medievil style blade and scrolled down to the first picture and thought, Yuck! another person is making the choice not to finish their blades and attaching descriptions like rustic, period, or medievil. That didn't last long as I scrolled down to the other pics. Wow! I...

I thought about this also. You can get a treadmill at a yard sale for next to nothing and they usually don't have much use on them. Why the seperate controller? The treadmill has a speed controll in it. Can't you just rob the controller out of it same as the motor?

Thanks Art and everyone else for the good info. I hope it turns out good but Bob and I have very different methods and I'm still leaning towards him being crazy, crazy in a very skilled sort of way.

Thanks guys. It will get an Art Loc sheath on next set of days off.

More good info. Mine has a flat grind on it and it doesn't go all the way to the top of the blade. I did notice that he ground all the way up.

I did taper the tang on a flat platten and hand finished it on sandpaper glued to a granite tile. I went slow but I got there. Thanks guys for the info on Bob. Red liners, ok sounds good.

Thanks Jay. Yep, it looks just like mine. I just trashed a guard because the fit was lacking. Bob Loveless sure made a fine looking knife but after trying to duplicate one, I leaning towards crazy.

I decided to make a Loveless style knife. Not just the profile but actually try to make a Loveless drop point. I have never seen one in person and I haven't watched his video. I'm just trying to produce a flat ground version of his drop point knife by looking at pics on the web and using my...

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Yep, made a template and used a router to inlet it. That ebony is hard stuff. I had to run the router on it's slowest speed to keep it from burning.

You are welcome. I made that knife for my daughter. Some jackhandle stole the other one I made for her.

Thanks for the kind words. I sand the antler to 1500 grit and buff with white rouge.

I have a couple racks laying around the shop from deer I shot. I finally decided to cut a hunk off and make a handle out of it. This is only my 5th knife using antler. I don't like working with it. It smells funny and often behaves poorly. Wood and micarta cooperate with me much better than...