Some Grinding pictures of a few New Projects

I had some time to do some grinding over the weekend.

I want to make some more hidden tang knives, so you will see three of the knives are Hidden Tang.

One blade is a clip point, but it may still evovle.

Four of the five blades are full flat grinds.



As you can see below, I start off with a flat piece of 3mm O1 Toolsteel and my cardboard designs

  

Below is after I attacked the flat metal with my angle grinder

This is a shot with the Stock Removal Method finished

The grainy texture that appears on the blades are actually WD-40 that I sprayed on to prevent rusting

 

Now I need to find some time to do the Heat Treating, but I will keep you in the loop.

Antler Handled Recurve

This is my 13th knife that I have made

I decided to make the handle from Deer Handle.
More specifically a Red Deer that was hunted on the west Coast of New Zealand's North Island.

Anyway, Overall Length is 270 mm or 10.5 inches
The Blade length is 130 mm or just over 5 inches
The knife is made from 3 mm thick O1 Toolsteel
Titanium Pins

I left the patterning formed on the blade during heat treat, because I though it nicely compliments
the texture of the Antler Handles

My first attempt at Sheeth Making

In my previous post I showed you how I  finished the Ebony Handled Hunter.

I decided to try my hand at Sheath making.

The first time I tried was a huge failure because I did not know that I was allergic to Chromic Tanned
Leather, or rather the chemicals used during the Chromic Leather Tanning Process.

I was very careful  with the vegetable tanned leather, but it turned out that it was safe for me to use.

Anyway, the progress and finished product is below

Ebony Handled Hunter

O1 Tool Steel
Overall Length - 220 mm (8.5 inches)
Blade Length - 105mm (4 inches)
Full tang
3mm Thickness
High Gloss Polish
Ebony Scales
Titanium Pins

Initially I wanted to keep the heat treatment Black residue, but during final fit and finish
I decided to go for a full high gloss finish.

Rough Shaping

Stock Removal Method

Initial Grinding Prior to Heat Treat

Post Heat Treat
I really liked the contrast between the black residue from heat treat.

Unfortunately during final Fit and Finish some of the black started to come off when
I cleaned it with Acetone for Gluing.  Therefore I had to change it to a high Gloss Polish.

I guess the beautiful contrasts that a Knife Maker like Trollsky gets it due to the hand forging
and not due to the heat treating.  Check out Trollsky's Blog and fantastic knives by clicking
the link below.  He is from Poland and also have great videos on Youtube.

http://www.trollskyknives.blogspot.co.nz/

After fitting and shaping the handle I did a final finish and sharpening.
Below is a quick Sharpness test.

The Finished Knife

I love the contrast between the titanium pins and the Ebony

Restoring a Chef's knife

I replaced the handle on this blade with African Ebony Scales and Titanium pins. I also decided to give it a high gloss finish to make the cutting smoother. 

THE CANADIAN

Good friends of ours went back to Canada recently. 

He is big into buscraft, so I hope this knife will serve him well in the Canadian Wilderness. 

Steel:  O1 Toolsteel

Handle:  White Liner material, Indonesian Teak, and Titanium Pins. 

Check out the Video Here:  

http://youtu.be/coM9Rp7Miiw

This knife is in the last two minutes of the video.