What's going on in your shop?
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REK Knives
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Inkosi hollow regrind and DLC 
CDHumiston
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This one made me go out and buy a piece of that steel!
MTBob
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Chris: I was looking at your stand and wondering just how the knife stays vertical in the first photo, without stabbing the wood shown in the second photo. Is there a magnet in the branch?
chrisstaniar
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Yes there are magnets in the branch just above the tip of the knife and magnets in the base just below the handle. The knife isn't embedded in the wood at all it is free floating
Haines Custom
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Can you clarify on the magnet positions?
Dennis Morland
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Working on a final fit up before epoxy.
chrisstaniar
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Sure, the top magnet is inside the branch in the lower half. I had to cut it off, hollow out an area and then put the magnets insde. Then glue that section of the branch back on. The base I just drilled up from the bottom about 2/3rds of the way through the board, put the magnets in and then glued them in place. You can balance the knife either way, tip up or tip down.
Haines Custom
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My first foray into stainless steel. A couple of small kitchen choppers in 440C.
CDHumiston
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Very nice! I have a shape similar to those and it's my best-selling knife by far!
bladegrinder
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That's going to look good Dennis, what's that handle material?Working on a final fit up before epoxy.
Dennis Morland
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Ebony and ivory.
bladegrinder
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Nice! watch where it goes with the ivory on it. there's some folks that like to confiscate knives with ivory. I've got some nice pieces I've just been sitting on for about four years now, probably use them and just warn the owners about the laws out there.
CDHumiston
KNIFE MAKER
Got a guard roughed out and fitted on a replica knife I'm making for my sister-in-law. I restored the original for her brother last year and she wanted one for herself...
Chris, that is the slickest stand I've ever seen. Very creative - and the woodwork on the stand looks really good. Color me IMPRESSED!
Randy Lucius
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Lost my Dad in 2020. I've been missing him so I decided to make a tribute knife to him. He loved turkey hunting so the scales have feathers from a turkey he killed over twenty-five years ago. Gonna do some laser engraving on the blade when I get it finished.
Working on my first filet knife also.
Working on my first filet knife also.
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MTBob
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Chris: That is brilliant! I love that kind of creative innovation.