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Yup. Have mine hooked up to a Dust Deputy and shop vac for wood n such. Just use the water bucket for steel. Sometimes I’ll use a box fan with a furnace filter attached too.

Nice one John! Looks like that one will have lots of interesting activity. What steel do you find gives you the best results for your process? I'm playing with W-2 right now, but see others get good results with 1075, 1095 and W-1.

Here’s after sanding to 1200 followed by a series of etching and polishing. It’s hard to get a decent photo. I’m pretty happy with the activity on this one.

Time for a test etch. I sanded to 220 and cleaned with soap followed by alcohol… And here’s after 10 minutes in the ferric chloride. Now I’ll see what I can get with some more sanding and polishing.

I do HT myself. Added an Evenheat to the shop a year ago.

Working on another Bowie project. Thought I’d try for a hamon on this one. Hope to have some cool pics to share after heat treat. Got it clayed up with some Satanite.

How thick are the final pieces? I've been wondering if they could be used for guards and spacers. Looks like a lot of fun to do.

Nice looking knives Paul. Welcome to KD.

Finished up with a ferric chloride etch, some stingray leather, and a para cord wrap. I’ll have to figure out a kydex sheath for it next.

Right. That’s kinda what I was thinking too.

Trying something completely new. New profile, new grind. I don’t know if there’s a name for that profile, but I’ve seen it on folders before and it’s really intrigued me. Been told it’s a flat grind vs compound, so that’s how I’m approaching it. Hopefully I won’t screw it up!

I bet it will polish up nicely. I've used Cumaru (sometimes called Brazilian Teak) on handles before. Pieces came from flooring, so very dense and durable. It was also plain to look at, but finished out beautifully. Give it a try.

It's beyond annoying.

Reminds me I need to check mine for flatness soon. May need to replace it.

Finished up the axe. Now it’s back to knives for a bit.

Wouldn't galvanic corrosion be a concern between the copper and steel, especially in a kitchen knife? I do think they look really cool though ;)

I’m working on another Viking Axe. I cut in the wolf motif with the Dremel. And finished antiquing the blade and blued the engraving. Next up is getting the handle fit.

Awesome space! Gonna be a nice shop.

That really turned out nice Gene! What's the plan for it now?

+1 on the DMT diamond stones. I use a Lansky set up for smaller blades which also works great, but got the DMT diamond stones for larger knives like chef knives. I think I have 600 and 1200 if I remember correctly. Another plus is you can hold them with a magnet, either in hand or in a vise. I...