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Good looking knives! Like that basketweeve sheath!

Thats a good looking little knife.what kind of finish is on the blade How you do that? Thats really cool! Dan

Frank Niro. That is a 2"x3" drum.I cut my own handle slabs and it does a good job of flattening the scales.But I still hand sand .I use the table on my band saw with a big sheet of sand paper to touch it up! Dan

I use a driil press attachment called the Luthiers Friend.A thickness sander.It does a very good job with handle scales and Ive used it to flatten copper and brass. It sells for $159.00 I also replaced the drum that came with it,for a sleevless drum,I can use any grit of paper I need with the...

First knife This was my first knife,made from an old black diamond file,whitetail antler.From a small 9 point buck I took one year, and a brass washer. That was around 20 years ago.used hand tools to make it,I remember it took me about 2 weeks to finish.It works ,and has field dressed several...

Thanks! I will post pics,when they are finished, about 2 or three weeks! Dan

Maybe I did something wrong,I can see them. whats up?

I dont do much flat grinding anymore,but when I did,I also used tape to keep the plunge cuts straight,And clamped a stop block to the work rest to keep going to far,past the plunge cut.And I didnt go quite 1/8 past the platen,just past it! And you can kind of round off the sides of your platen...

Here are some pics of a couple of hatchets Im working on,in the rough! They are from 1/4" A2 tool steel and arond 81/2-9" long.Handles will be osage orange and applewood. [/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

Hello! Welcome, From another Buckeye! Dan

Thanks for the welcome! Dan

Thanks for the welcome! Dan

I would like to start off by saying "HELLO" to everyone. My name is Dan Brodess, I live in southern OH.About 25 miles north of KY. Im new here,but not to knifemaking.Ive been making knives on and off as a hobby for around 20 years.and started making hatchets several months ago. I sell them...