Knifemaking
Collaboration with Tony Mont
A fantastic knife maker from Greece named Tony Mont has graciously offered a collaboration to me – each of us makes a blade, sends it to the other, who finishes the knife with a handle and a sheath. I jumped Read more
Knifemaking
Vanadis 4E Razor
This is an older knife – just filling in the gaps in posts. Thin grind, segmented handle with ebony and bronze.
Knifemaking
Vanadis 4E laserbeam
I suppose it is the combination of a thin grind and a fine grain of the steel that makes these knives scary sharp. This one has 3,8mm thick blade, 10 cm long, one of the 3D printed bolsters and a Read more
Knifemaking
Takedown bowie
This bowie is almost the largest one I made. It is a takedown construction, with bedded tang, bronze spacer, blued steel guard and indian ebony handle.
Knifemaking
Carbide straightening hammer
There is a technique to straighten a blade bent after heat treatment – you repeatedly strike the inside of the bent curve with a very hard object, thus spreading the material on that side only and straightening the bend. For Read more
Knifemaking
Dogmeat keyhole bolster strikes again
Similarly to the previous knife this one is an attempt at a keyhole bolster. Steel is Vanadis 4 Extra. Handle is grenadillo. The bolster has been 3d printed with allowances for final machining and polishing – that worked a treat.
Knifemaking
Dogmeat Keyhole bolster
This is my attempt at a keyhole handle design. I can’t make integrals (easily) so a simple bolster it is. It took 4 attempts to get the handle to fit right, but it was worth it. Steel is Vanadis 4 Read more
Knifemaking
Another blast from the past
This one is the sister blade to the 1850s bowie posted earlier. In fact it was finished first, but then I decided to redo the handle scales, and make a sheath, and hold it tight for a little while… But Read more
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