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wow, what a beautiful knife! i love the fittings. i'm just looking at your linked flickr galleries, and i am really drawn to all of your work. quite inspirational. thanks for sharing!

hi erik, i am in portland, or. i guess i don't have my profile stuff properly filled out. i have been meaning to go through and do a proper introduction on the forums, so maybe now is a good time for that! i've been lurking and popping up occasionally on the boards here for a couple of years...

hi, i am planning to go. this will be my first time with a table at any show anywhere, and come to think of it, the first time i'm attempting to sell a knife to the public at large... yikes! i will be at table R07. come say hi!

this is a beautiful knife! its good to see more people making these scandi style designs.

thanks for the blunt response! i understand the points you make about the hot/cold zones of a torch flame, so this part makes sense for sure. my only real experience with a forge up to this point is in using a coal forge. it looks a bit more likely that i am going to build a 2 brick forge to get...

thanks for the comment. can you explain more about why i wouldn't want the flame straight down? from what i understand of the smaller 2 brick style forge, which has a round chamber, and the cylinder style forges i have seen around that style seems to be based around the idea that the heat...

hi guys, i thought some of you may have opinions and could help me make a decision on a small forge to get me started forging my own blades. i know there are plans out there for making small forges for beginners, but my time is so scarce (limited time on weekends) i think its more worth it to me...

these look great. i love the concept of the welded on butt cap. great idea.

wow, this is beautiful! nice work!

disposable nitrile gloves are nice and tight, don't get in the way of mixing up and applying epoxy, and most importantly they protect you from solvents (acetone, etc...) that you may be using for cleanup. i know a lot of people use latex gloves, but solvents just pass right through latex and...

i'll be the first to admit that it is a weird looking knife! basically i showed the customer some other knives i had made, and we settled on a shape that was a mishmash of "this handle feels good to me, but shorter, and with a fatter belly"... that sort of thing. i've always thought that puukko...

okay, i think i've regained my composure enough to start again with some basic info on this knife. but first, thanks for the compliments guys! the customer is a female with small hands, and she wanted a short puuko style knife with a fat handle made from bog oak. that's basically what i ended...

oh man... i just wrote a really in depth post detailing everything you could want to know about this knife and sheath, and then accidently navigated away from the page, and i lost the whole thing. what's this "auto saved" thing that keeps popping up as i write, and what use is it? bleh. anyway...

"I would think you would have this knife done by now." ray, that makes two of us!!! i wound up moving house and everything else that goes along with packing/painting/repairs/moving/settling in have unfortunately taken precedence over getting this stupid knife done! fortunately i took a nice...

hey guys, just thought i'd update the thread. the knife is done, but the sheath is not, so i'm not ready to show anything JUST YET. i wound up ordering from knifebargains shop in the uk. i ordered 2 blocks, and i actually got one long piece of wood that was a couple of inches longer than the...

thanks for the info ray. i'm a big fan of your work. from the pics i saw of your bog oak knives, i thought it looked pretty nice. anyway, i'm also in the portland area -i would love to sneak out and visit your shop and see your work in person some time. obviously, i'll let you guys know what my...

i ordered 2 knife block pieces at about $26 apiece, plus shipping from UK. not too bad, and customer agreed to pay the added cost. i'm looking forward to trying it out.

my customer is a scottish born american who really liked the idea of bog oak for cultural reasons. interestingly, the wood i have sourced comes from either the british isles, or russia, so i'll have to see how much of a stickler she is if she wants to stick to this idea of using bog oak. i plan...

thanks for all the feedback. i may bid on the ebay auction, but since there is no buy it now option, who knows how high it will go. i found a seller in the UK, but shipping alone will be about $30. maybe that will work. -if she wants to spend the money on sentiment (family heritage), why not. if...

hi guys, i'm hoping you can help me find a source for bog oak knife blocks. the only place i am finding bog oak for sale is ebay, and only one auction at the moment. that doesn't seem right. i am making a knife for a friend and she's convinced she wants the handle to be bog oak. can anyone help...