Morland's KITH WIP

[Chris Railey]

You could grind the jimping off using a small wheel and make it a semi-circle cut out or indention for the thumb then it would look intentional.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Haha. If I had a nickle for every time I screwed up, I could make a living at knife making

Amen, brother!

 

[Dennis Morland]

Ground the bevels. Getting ready to heat treat.

 

[Dennis Morland]

You could grind the jimping off using a small wheel and make it a semi-circle cut out or indention for the thumb then it would look intentional.

Nice save Chris! Thank you for the inspiration.

 

[DanF]

There is no crying in knife making. Just vast amounts of disappointment when you screw up.

Haha. If I had a nickle for every time I screwed up, I could make a living at knife making

Two truths, for sure!

 

[Smallshop]

I woke up this morning with the intent to move this little knife forward. On inspection I noticed that I screwed up the jimping last night. You can see it right in the middle where the checkering file would overlap when cutting. An ugly double cut. I do not think this knife is worthy of the KITH. I will finish it and see where it goes but I have my doubts.

What if you put a very slight thumb curve there without removing the original jimping...and recut it with a triangle file? It would most likely have enough "dip" to the radius to allow you to clean up the double cut portion.

 

[Smallshop]

Lol...I think I'm saying the same thing Chris is?

 

[Dennis Morland]

Smallshop I just did this to get rid of the ugly.

 

[Kevin Zito]

Smallshop I just did this to get rid of the ugly.

I like it!

 

[MikeL]

Nice save. Creativity inspired by small mistakes. Looking very nice.

 

[Austin Thrasher]

I believe there’s an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. I reckon that applies here. Good save man. It’s looking sweet!

 

[BrandantR]

Knife makers don't make mistakes, they just make design field changes along the way. Lookin' good.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Made it through heat treatment. On to the temper. I decided to skip the hamon. Might come back to bite me. We shall see.

 

[Smallshop]

they just make design field changes along the way

LOL!! Sweet!

 

[Dennis Morland]

Tempering is complete. Straight. Going to clean up nicely. Moving forward.

 

[Kevin Zito]

Made it through heat treatment. On to the temper. I decided to skip the hamon. Might come back to bite me. We shall see.

Looks great! Question. How could not doing a hamon come back to bite you?

 

[Dennis Morland]

Looks great! Question. How could not doing a hamon come back to bite you?

When it is finished it may have looked better with a hamon. It could come back to bite me.

 

[Kevin Zito]

When it is finished it may have looked better with a hamon. It could come back to bite me.

Gotcha... that’s what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. Thanks

 

[Dennis Morland]

This little knife has been cleaned up at 120 grit. It is going to be a really nice knife when completed. Should be a cutter.

 

[Dennis Morland]

Ground and cleaned up to 220 grit. Going to be a slicer.