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I've got the 1st stage of prep. done - I let the oil treatments soak in for a week - - - I'd treated an extra set of blocks so that I could cut them in half at this point to see the difference in penetration. Ha! Either each and every treatment penetrated 100% or I just can't tell the...

... last week about all I got done was to use a soldering iron to burn IDs into the blocks and get them into the drying box over the weekend. Today they seemed dry enough (and I had the time) so I've got the 1st stage of treatments in progress ... this will take at least 10 days - probably more...

Mikey likes it!

@tedinatl - we'll see how "timely" this really is <grin> - I expect it to take many weeks - I need to get a few blades completed, plus my "day job", chores around the place, etc. And with all of these treatments it will take some time just to get the blocks treated! I'll see if I can get the...

Thanks all for the encouragement! @Carey - veg oil - yah - my father did something like that with the wooden salad spoons he liked to carve after he retired - do you use just "Vegetable Oil" (aka soy oil) or a particular type of oil? Also - after reviewing Eric Ochs' excellent stress test of a...

I like wood handles. I want to use wood that I have on hand and do the treating myself. And I want to find a low-to-no maintenance treatment for handles destined for kitchen use. CA glue works - but it feels like plastic. Looks like plastic too if you don't sand aggressively between CA...

Here's some notes I made on the etching process I've been using - these days I'm better at getting the resin to adhere to be blade cleanly than I was when I put together my notes - practice, practice, practice... http://www.elementalforge.com/EtchingArticle200911.pdf This process is probably...

Very nice Eric! I like the flow of the whole piece. Michael Kemp

Another graceful honest knife. Love it. It was a pleasure to see your table full of blades at the December show down here. Look forward to seeing the blades again in April! Michael Kemp

I've put a piece of kiln shelf in the bottom of my forge - with thin cut pieces of shelving glued to the edge to make it a tray - and in the middle to lift a knife off the floor - thinking that would work great for keeping flux off the kaowool... but BobH mentions on the Hot Metal/Mizzou thread...

@JDW - My downfall is that I just love wood. I've got a lot of blocks and tree rounds stashed away around here that I want to dig into. I think for the moment I'll continue my experiments with CA glue - but you've got me thinking about gun stock oil finishes. Thanks for your specifics on...

@Doug - good points - I may try a more thorough treatment of boiled linseed (or tung) oil and see how that holds up in the kitchen. Michael Kemp

I've been experimenting with finishes for wood handled kitchen knives - both ones we've owned for awhile and a couple I've made... Our kitchen is probably less destructive than most since we don't have a dishwasher and hand wash everything... but still... whatever the finish is on wood, it...

OAL 13-1/4 - blade: 8-3/4 - and it may be a while before I see it with the full handle wrap but that's all that's left to do on it.

Hank and I collaborated on the design - he's going to finish it off with a hefty cord wrap handle. It's 5160, blued. Same for the guard which was fitted, pinned, and JB Welded. Forging & grinding I kept hearing "Psycho Killer" (Talking Heads)... and doing hand sanding the paper seemed to say Red...

Maybe my tastes are simple - but I love how oak looks - here's one of my Bowies with an oak handle:

And speaking as a newbie, 5160 seems pretty forgiving (can't do a temper line on it though)... I have not used Aldo (I'm on the other side of the U.S.) but have seed great feedback for his NJ Steel Baron business: http://njsteelbaron.com/shop I'll have to check shipping costs next time I need...

New maker here too - part time - been at it seriously for a couple of years. I figure I can buy a d@mn good factory knife for functional use for a lot less than a custom knife - so I approach it as a fun-factor thing. But I want it to work! And yes - I've been hacking and bending (and breaking)...

I've always held that if you have money and a lawyer you can sue a ham sandwich. That said, I do my bladesmithing as a Limited Liability Corporation (in Oregon an individual can do that for $100/year) - maybe that's worth it, maybe not...

Calvin - my friend Lynn put together a horizontal grinder like that and loves it - I think he got the parts here: http://www.beaumontmetalworks.com/em-page1.html ... but I think he scrounged up his own motor. I cobbled together a press (of sorts) by adding on to a 20 ton wood splitter - lacks...