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Here's my modest 10x12 basement shop: Workbench: Handle woods: A bit of moose antler(weathered and fresh): Pieces and parts: African Croc and seal skins: My oven(Well not actually mine. Its at the Canadian Coast Guard College): Grinding, shaping and...

The sheer number of times this question has been asked on knife forums would sink a battleship.... I'm sure of that. However, because I've never asked one, its now my turn to add additional ballast to the topic. I'm about to hit the "Buy" button on a new grinder and retire my well-worn 1x30...

These get heat treated tomorrow and will hopefully be done before Christmas.

That's handsome!

Thank you all for your gracious comments. Gahagan - If you're referring to the shots of my Kukri/machete, they were taken on our farm on the shore of the Northumberland Straight outside of Pictou, Nova Scotia. Every storm brings a new load of poles washed up on the beach. We've had 25foot...

WOW!! That's one inspiring piece of craftsmanship.

"Roger (Mudbone) Jones"....Accomplished Bladesmith From Waverly Ohio U.S.A. He's the one on the left with more hair on his chin than I have on my head! Google is my friend!!

Jeff - I've sailed similar waters. Keep you chin(s) up and you faith strong. My prayers for your wife and all the best to both of you.

Stew, Gary - Thank you for the compliments. Stew - I'd be worried if this loop was part of a large chopper, or other design where it may be subjected to considerably greater stress than on this piece. I think on a hunter like this a lanyard loop is more decorative then functional and wouldn't...

Here's a bit of my recently completed sheaths in no particular order. Although I've been exploring the use of wood as a sheath material lately, I also like using leather in a more traditional way. Thanks for looking: [/URL]

Thanks for all the help guys. Is it important that I keep the blades raised off the floor of the oven? I see racks/holders sold by Evenheat for this purpose, but I've also seen photos of blades placed flat on the floor of forges prior to quenching. edit to add: I imagine its quite important.

Happy Tryptophan Day to all those south of the 49th. Have a great day!!

I'll dig out a better one later, but this is me in Kejimkujik NP in southern Nova Scotia several years ago. My wife and I do A LOT of canoeing. And, here's the light of my life while on a camping trip this past summer:

Nathan - The College has some VERY thick foil that I was told was for heat treating, but my instructor friend did not know how to use it. Does this foil serve the same function as your pipe-baffle set-up?. And.... thanks so much for taking the time to answer my questions. I just visited your...

Denton, James, Nathan and Shane - Thanks for the advice. That's what was hoping for. It seems there is some agreement that my process is a bit lacking. As for my oven temp.... I was following the info on a chart in the Mech. Eng. building at the College. After about 15-20 min at that...

I'm a hobby maker with about 20, or so, knives made so far all using O1 steel(some of my work....http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?t=3466) . While I believe my heat treat/temper process has been adequately producing usable knife blades, I don't know that to be the case. Because my wife...

I'm new to the forum, so for introduction I thought I'd post a bit of my recent work. I'm a hobby maker with about 20 knives built to date. Thanks for looking. :D This is a large Sgain Dubh I made for my father-in-law. Blade: 3/16 01 steel w/ fileworked spine, 1000 grit satin finish...

Madainn mhath from The Rock in the Sea. Great forum!