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We have started the second edition of our local K.I.T.H. (Knife In The Hat) event, with fix EDC in focus. The pattern of the knife is made by a friend of mine. Heat treatment was made by me @58-59HRC Please see my knife below: 1.4116 stainless steel Laminated walnut scales Decorative pins

I made some handle work on a Lauri 160mm fishing knife blade, as requested by a friend of mine late spring this year, in March. His choice was Kitinite Lava handle block. The idea was to put brass bolster and the Kirinite Lava on the blade, hope you like it

I kinda feel repeating myself: Havent been around for a while. I have started a local Knife in The Hat (K.I.T.H.)  event here, and this is my knife to be offered. Enjoy. My next finished knife after  the customers one is this fellow here: Bill of materials: O1 tool steel 3mm Loveless stainless screws Carbon laminate handle  A few pics of the process: Template credit goes to Dan @ DCKnives.com this was originally his DS1 template, redrawn by a fellow knifemaker. Cheers mate for the cool templates! DS1 on the right, and the re-shaped one on the left. Contoured, ready for beveling: As a rookie knifemaker, I had some issues making the bevel symmetrical on my litllte grinder, that runs 37m/s. But nailed it! The carbon laminate, tested for looks Here it goes. The one with the holes in the tang is this one. The one without holes is his sibling, made from 1.4116 stainless steel. Have to admit, I love this shape: Current O1 projects after

Recently I was approached by a customer to make a knife for her father. I drew a drop point knife, as she liked one of my previous designs ( the 3rd one, with the gut-hook ). Since her father has big hands, I have stretched the handle to 13cm, and have re-drawn the blade without the gut hook, and erased the extra grip in the front of the handle. (I am actually making the original design currently too, it is almost finished, only needs buffing, sharpening and a sheath. Will post link here too, as soon it is ready) Drop point knife making It might not look similar, but the one in the middle was the basis for the one below, that has been made here :) The second knife is the basis, and the third one is the end-result. I have followed the curve of the hook, and brought it to the spine. Handle has been stretched to 13cm too. Also erased the extra finger groove. I started documenting the process on video, yet -as usually- at some point I forgot to take my GoPro with me. :( H

On Good Friday I invited a friend over. He has been hepling me with his expertise building my kiln, and other projects, so we decided it was time, to start his knife. He came up with his own tanto design, he drew based on several existing knives. Unfortunately for us, we forgot to film/photo his work, so I have only a few moments as evidence. We pretty much forgot to film the drawing and cutting part, but hey.. we have some footage from grinding it :) Material: O1 tool steel 40x3 mm stock Grinding the shape of the tanto He cut the shape with a zip disc, and started shaping the knife with the double grinder. Squaring the edges with Dremel Trio Here is the final shape. Clean design, that features a very solid grip. He squared the edges with a Dremel Trio up. You can see the Dremel Trio upside down. Filing with the jig. Easy peasy Beveling the knife with a filing jig. It was a nice experience to file a straigh