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I’m a maker myself but am staying with family in Mendocino County, away from my grinders, etc. Looking for someone nearby to grind some pre-cut anodized stainless blanks. Also heat treat for me. This is a simple, smallish pattern, maybe 4” blade. Looking or pricing on lots of 5. Cheers, Yager

All My boy (age 50) came across some poplar logs here in N. Calif and we’ve milled some gorgeous burly slabs. I’m into wood stabilizing using Cactus Juice and love the process and the results. I get stainless knife blanks from the BIG DOG who sponsors this forum, and I make kitchen cutlery using...

Hey ya'll. I’m looking for stainless santoku style blanks. 6” cutting edge, 11” overall, 3/32 steel, full tang, 3 holes in handle. I usually buy these from the BIG DOG but they’re out at the moment. In fact you could use the specs off their inventory item "Chefmaker 6 inch Santoku" blank. I’d...

Hey Dogs I’ve been working on laser etching wooden handles for kitchen/other knives. I’ve tried a bunch of fancy stuff but this simple pattern is the best so far. Actually the FIRST so far 'cause I’m not sure of the sequence. I see two possible ways of doing this. 1) Mount up everything ahead of...

Hey all. Need some help with a finishing problem on handles. So, I’m making full tang kitchen knives with stabilized wood and 3/16 brass pins, sanded flush. Also using epoxy between blade and back of the scales. When I sand/contour the scales I’ll start with the grinder then move to a flat...

Haven't quite gotten brave enough to grind my own steel, especially when I can get pretty good made-up blanks for $20-30USD. So, here's a Skinner with blackwood handles and his little brother, a tricked out Swiss Army knife, same handles. These hardwood scales include the sap wood which makes a...

Hey Dogs I have been reading about thermally treated lumber and would like to get a bit for knife handles. As we all know there's not much real estate involved with a handle so I’m looking for something with character like curly/burly/squirrelly stuff. I have bandsaw, etc. so I could make my own...

Hey guys I’m making more and more kitchen knives because, frankly, they sell better. But the question is what’s to be used on wood handles to keep 'em shiny and nice? I'm using the usual suspects in hardwoods (maple, ebony, ironwood, walnut) and some stabilized wood material. My default finish...

Hey howdy from the sunny Baja peninsula (Baja California Sur, Mexico actually) Wife and I retired here 12 years ago and totally love it. I’ve been a wood butcher/builder all my life and started doing knife work a few years ago in my open-air shop here. This has developed into a hobby time...