I made these two pieces for two of my friends, it’s a present for their birthday. Basically it’s a stropping block, but with 4 sides – each can be used with a different grit of polishing paste (they of course can not be used one over another, hence the need Read more
This one is from a new batch of Elmax blades, it has rounded spine and some jimping added to it. It turned out great and I think I will keep adding it to more blades going forward. Handle is indian blackwood, bolster is stainless steel. Blade length about 90 mm, Read more
This knife is slightly larger than the previous two, blade measuring at 12 cm. The guard is made of bronze, to which I applied regular cold blue. The bronze turns to dark brown, then almost blue, then bluish grey. So far the guard has withstood the handling, however the decorative Read more
I have actually finished the handle on this blade couple of weeks ago. I proudly showed it to a friend, who promptly said “well there is a crack in the handle here, look”. Oh well, it was just a stabilized block of elm, no big deal, 30 Euro or something. Read more
This is my first knife from Elmax – a powder metallurgy miracle steel. Look at its properties and the datasheet here: https://www.uddeholm.com/en/products/uddeholm-elmax-super-clean/. I find the steel to be nice to work with, no noticable difference in grinding in annealed state (although the sheet that I got did have some hard Read more
Today I finished a small batch of carbide-faced file guides and I thought it would be funny to look at my past attempts to make a file guide. In case you are not aware of this useful tool, you can check out this video: https://youtu.be/gh_Y74uQSwI?t=316 The first one I made Read more
Some time ago I scored a nice big piece of bronze for a decent price. I love how it looks like fresh off the machine and I can’t wait for the patina to show up. I will use this stuff a lot I think. Edit: it’s brass! goddammit I misread Read more
A friend of mine “complimented” my last knife by saying “you know, I liked the simpler knives that you made”. I do not know how much simpler my knives can get, but I guess this could be it. A very simple fulltang construction, full flat grind (albeit with a swedge), Read more
For a while I wanted to make myself a nice machinist hammer. I did not exactly follow any blueprints, I only made a rough sketch and then kind of winged it. It turned out ok, although making it out of stainless steel might have been better. Or polishing it for Read more
This blade is from N690, handle is stabilized birch burl, brass spacer and a cold blued steel guard. The cold bluing is already rubbing off on the edges, creating sort of worn look, so durability of the finish is not great. But it looks nice (for now).
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