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Thanks man :) Thanks, nice in the hand too. Maybe. I think I just have a different way of learning. I do a lot of research before attempting anything, I hate making mistakes. Whether it is a good way of learning is questionable, two knives in three months is slow progress :banghead:

Ah shucks, thanks man. I lost a few days in it so fairly pleased with the outcome.

I've had a bit of time on my hands this week, for obvious reaons, so managed to make a new knife. Being the fool that I am I made it as difficult as possible with a tapered tang and lots of pins! I should really learn to walk before I run but I always do things this way and find that, although...

Thanks for taking the time to look. I love working with big lumps of wood, especially English Oak. There is always treasure to find within the grain. I am trying to organise my work life so that I have more time in the workshop this year!

Wow. You know I usually just play with wood, right? I'll send this to my father, he will understand lol. I am pretty sure it is set for K type, but will double check. Rockwell tester is on the list, but it's a long list and I am already in trouble for worldwide exotic wood purchases (she...

I am very knew to metal, so I was hoping to take as much guess work out of it as possible. I will have to stick to 'no longer magnetic, and a bit hotter than that'. The chamber of the oven is relatively small and well insulated so I wouldn't expect too much variation in the space, especially in...

That is essentially what I have been doing so far. The whole point of building the oven was for accuracy but it is harder to obtain than I thought it would be.

I could potentially drill a small hole for a probe. This is the only pic I have on me, not much to see really. Just imagine that all the welding is beautiful :whistling:

Hi all, I have built a heat treat oven. It has a PID controller connected to a k type thermocouple. The thing is I don't know if it is accurate. Can anyone recommend a method of testing. Obviously a thermometer would be the easiest way so I have been looking for a high temperature one. The ones...

:) Time to build a stabaliser. Fairly straight forward from what I have seen, and I can start using some of my wood collection i've collected over the years from tree work.

Awesome, thanks for the tip. Ah ok, the next knife will be more of a bushcraft style with a big butt, so I will have a go. If the wood is stabalised, say with cactus juice, is it less likely to attract dirt? Hidden tang knives will certainly happen in the future! I already have some...

Thanks. Definitely my first, you can't see all the mistakes in the photos! I have some experience as a maker www.philipjameswalker.com ;) Thanks. bobnew boy nailed it below! Good eye! The London plane is lovely, but magically absorbs dirt from everywhere. Not very practical. What is...

No worries :) Certainly keen on the 'edged tools' aspect of the forum though. I have been building up to making a knife for a long time after buying a handmade knife for a friend 10 years ago. I have built a heat treat oven with the help of my father, and spent an unhealthy amount of time on...

Happy to help if I can! Found it, thanks! Thanks for the welcome all!

Hello knife people! I have just joined the forum and am happy to find a place to talk about knives! I have just finished my first knife... which I will show you once I work out how to post pictures?

Hello all. I only managed to get out in the hammock 3 times last year, so I am here to feed off peoples enthusiasm, hopefully learn something, and get out more this year! I am a tree guy. I have a variety of jobs which are arborist (this is my trade, 10 painful years, love it!), tree surveyor...