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A knife (xmas) for my father in law. Custom knife stand ;)

Just a guess, but maybe a CNC machine where you program in what you want?

So I was at the Sacramento International Sportsmens Expo and there were several knife dealers there. Most were US dealers and they had some nice looking stuff at the prices you'd expect. But of course, then we found the Pakimascus table. Damascus knives for under $50, etc. etc. My son looked at...

Of course, I think I got it online here: http://dcknives.blogspot.com/p/knife-profiles.html

Filet Knife - g-carta brown trout scales, african blackwood bolsters

Glad I read this thread. I haven't tackled a hidden tang and have several on the bench right now. That radius'ing adds a wrinkle to my plan for hiding the guard gap. My plan was to grind a small shoulder across the "flat" of the blade as well that the guard would slide up against to hide any...

lol, those aren't grains, those are rocks!

This is a set of 2 for the guides my son and I had during our Africa trip. NitroV Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Bolsters Dyed Maple Accents African Blackwood Handles Custom Mosaic Pins Custom Leather Sheath with Mokume Gane accent, etched with Eland Antelope The second knife is the same...

Very cool, I keep thinking about one of those myself. What kind did you get? The ones capable of etching the metal we use are kinda spendy!

That happens to me with clients and what they want. 98% want drop point hunters and no matter what, I can't seem to change that. Speaking of which, time to grind 8 more.

Thanks Chris!! Thats actually the first small chopper style like that I've made. I have made cleavers and smaller cleavers but not quite the same. I use those stands all the time for a client that does quantity orders.

yeah that's 3 strikes and you're out. The next "thing" might cause actual damage!

Lol, I've done that many times. Take a pic and there's some dang smudgely looking thing on it and I'm like what the heck is that? Then I look closer and it's my face or hand.

Break in the rain here in norcal, mid 30's. Too warm around here for me. Current temp isn't bad.

A fair number of them do have good fit and finish, etc. If they used good steel then you're right, they'd have good knives. The funny thing is, they go to a lot of trouble to forge the "metal", get the patterns, etc., so why not just go that extra step and get some decent steel?

yeah the crappy blades are pretty rampant. I get people asking me a few times per week “…I bought this knife on facebook/ebay/etsy and it was super cheap, but it wont stay sharp” or “why are your knives so expensive compared to ebay/etsy/FB?” They know people are starting to get wise to the...

ok, sharp pointy thing and sheath done!

Think you got all the scratches with your scotchbrite? Wanna ruin your day and see just how much a scotchbrite misses? Run your scotchbrite 90 degrees to how you were running it.

All cleaned up

I suspect it's something like Rattlesnake Custom Knives or Rattler Custom Knives, etc. Only a guess though. Best bet would be to google names like that and see what comes up