Made myself a knife at last.

[HillBill]

Its been a busy 6 months for me, i've made plenty of knives but never actually dedicated one for myself. So now i have.

I've just worked through a design phase with a customer and we settled on the second design i did, i liked the 1st design quite a lot so that is what i made.

Usual spec, 3mm 01, 3.5" blade 8" overall,
The handle material is Thuya burr that i've been saving for a while, it has some gorgeous figure and rippling effect to it. It still needs a buff but i'm waiting on a new wheel so it will have to wait. Still got the sheath to make too. lots of pics.

 

[MartinK9]

Very nice Mate.

 

[TeeDee]

Looking seriously tasty!!!

Me want!!!!!

 

[Andy2112]

Very nice Mark. love it.

 

[porchini]

Very nice indeed! The scales are lovely

 

[BigM]

Tasty indeed...drool.

 

[alecf]

Nicely done! Love the scales.

Do you grind freehand or with a jig?

 

[eraaij]

Very nice. Bit of a Chelsea one, mate Get it dirty and scratched soon!

-Emile

 

[HillBill]

Thanks for the comments

 

[HillBill]

Nicely done! Love the scales.

Do you grind freehand or with a jig?

I use this.

 

[Shewie]

Very nice Mark

Good job mate

 

[HillBill]

Cheers Rich

 

[Barn Owl]

Like it Mark.

Very nice.

 

[bhofmann]

Smart blade and a SEXY handle - what more could you possibly wish for. Very nice job indeed.

 

[durulz]

Clean and lovely.
Someone's going to be happy.

 

[sensi5446]

Nice!!!!

 

[Toddy]

That was well worth waiting for Mark

Love the scales , though the whole piece just works

cheers,
M

 

[zorro]

I really like the lines on that, you've obviously put a lot of thought in during the design. Nice work.

 

[HillBill]

I do like the lines on this one i must admit

 

[Taffy63]

That's really lovely, I like the details and the clean lines. Do you have more photos of your grinding set up? I have a belt sander like this, but just can't quite make out how you've adapted it to grind your blades or the angle adjustment. I would appreciate very much if you could show how the knife blank is held against the belt. Also what kind of belts do you use, I'm sorry for the request, but you've inspired me to adapt my sander and have a go!
Cheers
Nigel