I've been a member here for a little while but have yet to introduce myself. 
I've been buying custom users for around three years and have been hoping to get into making my own on a hobbyist level for the last couple. I had started saving for my own equipment but was still a long way off when I was lucky enough to win the Ed Caffrey benefit raffle for the KMG. 2thumbs In the months since I've purchased a portaband, a boat load of belts, and an array of other supplies. I ended up rough grinding about twenty five blades of various sizes and of those twenty five blades fifteen were decent enough to send to Brad at Peters' Heat Treating for hardening. The knife below is my first try at finishing off one of those blades.
When I originally profiled this one the blade was a couple of inches longer but I screwed up the grind at the tip and had to shorten it. I was going to throw it away but decided that it would be good experience to finish it up so sent it to Peters' along with the others. I put a scotchbrite finish on the blade and for the handle I used some stabilized redwood burl that was harvested my my uncle. It has black G10 liners and stainless hardware. The steel is 1/8" A2 and is between 57-59 rc. The blade is 4 1/2 " and the overall is 9 1/2". I'm pretty happy with it considering that it is my first, but I know that I still have a really long way to go.
My heartfelt thanks to Rob Frink for donating the KMG. I'd still be a long way from grinding my own knives without your generosity. My thanks go out to Tracy and and Brad at Peters' as well.
I've been buying custom users for around three years and have been hoping to get into making my own on a hobbyist level for the last couple. I had started saving for my own equipment but was still a long way off when I was lucky enough to win the Ed Caffrey benefit raffle for the KMG. 2thumbs In the months since I've purchased a portaband, a boat load of belts, and an array of other supplies. I ended up rough grinding about twenty five blades of various sizes and of those twenty five blades fifteen were decent enough to send to Brad at Peters' Heat Treating for hardening. The knife below is my first try at finishing off one of those blades.
When I originally profiled this one the blade was a couple of inches longer but I screwed up the grind at the tip and had to shorten it. I was going to throw it away but decided that it would be good experience to finish it up so sent it to Peters' along with the others. I put a scotchbrite finish on the blade and for the handle I used some stabilized redwood burl that was harvested my my uncle. It has black G10 liners and stainless hardware. The steel is 1/8" A2 and is between 57-59 rc. The blade is 4 1/2 " and the overall is 9 1/2". I'm pretty happy with it considering that it is my first, but I know that I still have a really long way to go.
My heartfelt thanks to Rob Frink for donating the KMG. I'd still be a long way from grinding my own knives without your generosity. My thanks go out to Tracy and and Brad at Peters' as well.
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