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Title: Knife making is becoming my 3rd hobby
Post by: JJB11B on March 10, 2020, 06:43:34 PM: I’ve been into making knives for a while but I’m really getting into it. Just finished this one on the cork board today
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on March 10, 2020, 06:52:13 PM: Those look great, have you tried antler for handle?
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Post by: JJB11B on March 10, 2020, 07:02:57 PM: Quote from: Buckhunter24 on March 10, 2020, 06:52:13 PM
Those look great, have you tried antler for handle?
i have not, I don’t have any good antlers for making handles, haven’t got around to buying antlers yet, I’m sure someday I will
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on March 10, 2020, 07:46:43 PM: Those are some really nice knifes.👍
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on March 10, 2020, 07:47:33 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Tracker0721 on March 10, 2020, 08:33:10 PM: I really like those blade profiles! Very nice
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Post by: lewy on March 10, 2020, 08:36:36 PM: Those look great 👍
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Post by: Badhabit on March 10, 2020, 08:41:26 PM: Do you do Damscus yet? Really wanting a 7" chef knife.
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Post by: Bango skank on March 10, 2020, 08:53:41 PM: Quote from: JJB11B on March 10, 2020, 07:02:57 PM
Quote from: Buckhunter24 on March 10, 2020, 06:52:13 PM
Those look great, have you tried antler for handle?
i have not, I don’t have any good antlers for making handles, haven’t got around to buying antlers yet, I’m sure someday I will

No need to buy em, theres plenty just laying around on the ground.
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Post by: The100Road on March 10, 2020, 09:25:17 PM: Awesome! Let me know if you ever need any stabilized knife scales or hybrid wood/resin scales. I make them and sell/trade quite a bit.
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Post by: JJB11B on March 11, 2020, 07:52:11 AM: Quote from: The100Road on March 10, 2020, 09:25:17 PM
Awesome! Let me know if you ever need any stabilized knife scales or hybrid wood/resin scales. I make them and sell/trade quite a bit.

I would love to buy some stuff from you! all about supporting local where I can.
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Post by: JJB11B on March 11, 2020, 07:55:39 AM: Quote from: Badhabit on March 10, 2020, 08:41:26 PM
Do you do Damscus yet? Really wanting a 7" chef knife.
I have the metals set aside to do it, I am waiting until I am more confident in my forge welding, ruining a stack of 15n20 and 1084 is expensive and a loss of a lot of time. I have been playing with making 5160 and mild steel san mai. I am going to make a billet of 5160 and 15n20 to make a big bowie and a camp chopper out of.
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Post by: JJB11B on March 11, 2020, 07:56:35 AM: is Wazukie still around? we haunted another website together and I seem to remember him making knives too
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Post by: JJB11B on April 07, 2020, 01:33:31 PM: From a hunk of mild steel, for once the forge weld went right the first time with no finnicking around! The bit is forged out of a piece of .270x2” 1084, I forged it down to about 1” wide and somewhere about 3/8” thick then forged in the taper. This project took way too much time and propane. I learned more on this project than any of my previous ones. I modified some of my tools and built some new ones. Made my best axe handle yet! Bought the board from local shop that milled the lumber here in my home town. Kinda cool to see something all locally made. The handle is 20” long
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Post by: CoryTDF on April 07, 2020, 02:25:29 PM: Shotty workmanship and poor quality. I'll come grab it from you tonight so you don't have to look at it and so other people wont have to see it in your shop. :chuckle: :chuckle:

Nice work man!
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Post by: JJB11B on April 07, 2020, 06:14:17 PM: Quote from: CoryTDF on April 07, 2020, 02:25:29 PM
Shotty workmanship and poor quality. I'll come grab it from you tonight so you don't have to look at it and so other people wont have to see it in your shop. :chuckle: :chuckle:

Nice work man!
This one sold for $200 before I even built it
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Post by: JJB11B on May 09, 2020, 11:04:48 AM: Simple is beauty to me. Both of these knives were forged to rough shape from the same piece of 1084 steel, then finish ground. Both have walnut/white g10/mesquite handles. One has a brass bolster and the other has 416 stainless steel. They are not perfect but definitely getting better. Thanks for looking. This was also posted on a different thread.
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Post by: JJB11B on May 09, 2020, 11:06:48 AM: Recently finished another camp axe. This one has a 20.5” handle. Here is the post I wrote about it.
“ All hand made, body was cut off a 2’ bar of 2”x4” A36 mild steel, the eye was cut with a slitting chisel and drifted with a small axe drift I forged here in my shop, the cutting bit was forged from a bar of 2”x.270 1084. For me this thing represents a whole lot of hammer blows, trial and error and lessons learned. Made the handle from a locally sawn hickory board.”