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  1. Ryan Minchew

    Lockback makers tang question

    I have the Lake, Clay, and Centofante lockback book and I am focusing on Ron Lakes section. When he talks about the tang and locklug in the closed position. There is a description and a picture a few pages later, but its too dark to tell if the point of the tang is sitting on the tang or behind...
  2. Ryan Minchew

    When is thin to thin?

    I was playing around with a nail nick and hollow grinding and ground this .085" thick blade on a 14" wheel. The line parallel to the edge is where the blade thickness reaches .015" and is .240" from the edge The line perpendicular to the spine is a little over half an inch fromnthe point...
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    Lockback lockup trouble

    Howdy gentlemen. Ive been playing around with trying to make a lockback and Im having a heck of a time. I have the "How to Make Folding Knives" with Lake, Clay, Centofante and I also have "The Lockback Folding Knife From Design to completion". Ive beem following the Ron Lake method the most...
  4. Ryan Minchew

    15 ram horn hunters

    Finished these up today. 15 ram horn hunters, cpm-154 stainless, hollow ground, tapered tangs, and 410 stainless bolsters. A hair under 9 inches oal. Let me know what you think. thanks Ryan
  5. Ryan Minchew

    Bird and Trout

    Here's a couple I completed last week Both are 6" over all length bird and trout/caping models CPM-154 stainless hollow ground with swedge Tapered Tang Damascus bolsters One is snakewood handles and the other antique micarta from an old CAT air starting motor
  6. Ryan Minchew

    Auodad Horn

    Made these for a customer and his son who owns an outfitting service. Auodad horn tapered tangs cpm-154 416 bolster Let me know what you think
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    twisting damascus problems

    Guys, My brother in law has built a small press and started learning how to make damascus. So far we've made a total of two bars lol the second being a twist pattern where we ran into trouble. The billet started 3 in long and we drew it out to a cube of around 8". We pressed on both side the...
  8. Ryan Minchew

    Free Knife Photography.

    Guys, My wife Kayla has been starting in knife photography and has done a few of the guys knives here. She recently upgraded her point and shoot camera to a better camera and is offereing this deal to build her portfolio. You can see some of her older pictures on her website...
  9. Ryan Minchew

    Damascus Handle Slip Joint

    Been a while, here's a cpm-154 blade and spring slip joint, along with damascus handles. The handle is milled for relief. Also first time cutting a nail nick with a stone. I did several practice runs and no problems, then the edge chipped out while cutting this one :sad::12:
  10. Ryan Minchew

    Kitchen Knives

    These are a first for me. They started out as .130 thick steel, I think next time I will be using a thinner steel. There is an 8" chefs knife, a 6" chef's knife, and a paring knife made out of .090" thick steel. All have tapered tangs, micarta handles, and a machine satin finish. Any comments or...
  11. Ryan Minchew

    5 Turn Damasteel and Mammoth Ivory handle

    Hey guys I have a fixed blade stainless damascus blade for sale. Five Turn Stainless Damasteel Blade Heat Colored Mosaice Damascus Bolsters Mammoth Ivory Handle Tapered Tang 8 3/4" Total Length Sheath by Parsons SOLD Thanks for looking everyone. You can pm, respond to this thread, or...
  12. Ryan Minchew

    Larry Shaughnessy FIRST CLASS GUY

    Hope this is ok to post here, I just received some wood blocks from Larry Shaughnessy he has his own forum on knife dogs. Great blocks and great guy to deal with. Guys like him are what make this a great place.
  13. Ryan Minchew

    Damascus Bird and Trout

    Went to the first Big Spring Custom knife show in Big Spring Texas this last weekend and had a blast. Got to finally meet Jason Fry face to face and met Stan Buzek, both great guys with grean knives. Both are also members of knifedogs. This is a knife that I sold while I was there, Random...
  14. Ryan Minchew

    Damasteel and Mammoth

    Here is a knife I recently completed for a customer. 8 5/8" long Damasteel 5 turn pattern Chad Nichols heat colored damascus bolsters Mammoth Ivory Tapered Tang Larry Parsons sheath photo by my wife Kayla Any comments or critiques welcome
  15. Ryan Minchew

    Jerry McClure Bird and Trout

    Color scrimshaw by me of a rainbow trout on one side and a Compara Dun - Callibaetis fly on the other of a Jerry McClure bird and trout knife. Photography by my wife Kayla. Any comments welcome. Thanks Ryan
  16. Ryan Minchew

    1st Annual Big Spring TX Knife Show

    I hope this is ok to post here. Sponsored by Big Spring Knife Collectors's Club Hog Heaven Party Barn Big Spring Texas October 23rd. Load in starts at 7 am and show ends at 5 pm. No production knives all handmade, and some sheathmakers.
  17. Ryan Minchew

    Colored damascus and mammoth

    Here's a few I recently finished. This is a full 8.75" hunter with alabama damascus, heat colored Doug Ponzio shop floor suprise damascus bolsters and ram horn. It also has a tapered tang. The next two are small bird and trouts around 6" long. The first is white mammoth, Chad Nichols...
  18. Ryan Minchew

    Black lip mother of pearl

    Black lip mother of pearl handle cpm154 stainless hollow ground blade mirror finished. 14k gold nail studs relieved stainless liners 416 bolsters to be engraved my Mr. Ken Hurst. Let me know what ya'll think.
  19. Ryan Minchew

    New mammoth supplier

    Jerry McClure is a good friend of mine and he has started selling mammoth. If you know Jerry you'll know this doesn't mean any ole plain mammoth. This stuff is as good as what's in his secret drawer. Jerry is cutting them up and getting scales that are nearly a perfect match. The pieces I saw...
  20. Ryan Minchew

    Slip Joint makers and FLAT pieces

    Hey guys, got a little time and wanted to ask a question. One of my biggest problems with slip joints is getting things flat really flat. I can flat sand on the grinder to get the scale off then take it a granite plate and get what I think is flat. When I put the mic to it I find other wise. THe...
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