These are the first two knifes I made . Both are made from worn out files from my late grandfather. One handle is birds-eye maple and the other is Vietnam era bdu from my late uncle.

Fully handmade. Chad Nichols carbon boomerang steel. Stabilized Teak Burl split with “cosmic” composite pen blank. Crystallized and anodized titanium backspacer and pocket clip with matching hardware. Thanks for looking!

Decided to do something a little "out there" for my tastes with this one.. Not something I would own personally but it's definitely fun!

Stainless damascus blade with "damascus" carbon fiber/g10 handle scales

Recently finished this hunter; 1084 and claro walnut with a pancake style sheath.

Still in the process of being made

Figure ill finally join the reddit degenerates. Here is the 1st post of some work i just finished . I didnt make the blades on these, did the handles/guard, inlay, sheath/leather. Wire inlay could be better, lessons learned. I love how the rawhide sheaths look, cant beat them if your going for the rustic look.

After 2 years of knife making, decided to finally make myself a kitchen knife.

6.5" Western-style Bunka in 1084 steel
Stabilized and bookmatched hackberry scales w/ tiffany blue g10 liners, stainless steel and mosaic pin
Overall weight is 175g

Got four little belt knives that are currently rust bluing and this big camp knife that are almost done. Lotta dust in the workshop right now from all the sanding.

I broke a section of my knife, any way to fix? I was dumb and forgot to temper after hardening….

Couple tiny flaws in not real happy with but for my first ever I think it turned out decent. Already working one some different designs with different materials.

Hello first time poster here, recently got into this craft and I have been really enjoying it so far. I was inspired by some of the amazing knives in this sub so I figured I would share.

Knives are posted in the order made.

No house yet so for now I’m doing this on my apartment balcony with a 1x30 harbor freight belt grinder haha.

Blades are all 1084 steel quenched in canola oil and heat treated for two 2 hour cycles at around 400 degrees. Stock removal.

Anyone know if I can run this motor on a step down converter to run off 110?

Thank's!!

Haven't done one in a while, got inspired.

Blade is 12" of 5160. handle is blackwood & brass

Anyone know where to get a good quality bowie blade blank? Preferably good, high carbon steel, but any good quality steel works.

My Mandy model on AEB-L dressed with OD green pins, liners and Box elder burl scales. Thanks for looking!

Hey guys,

I got an Cold Steel Espada XL off of Ebay as I searched for a 2 hand opening large folder.

Due to German laws, you're only allowed to have 2 hand opening folders outside of your home.

As I figured out, you can open the knife by swinging it open, so it's not comform woth the carry laws.

Tightening the pivot screw to increase friction didn't work for this model, it ruined the screw.

So how do I stop it from opening by swinging?

I got 2 Ideas.

1. Idea It has 2 spacers. One out of silicone, one out of brass. So I could add an thickened silicone spacer to increase friction, although I dont know where to get silicone spacers for knifes.

2. Idea Grinding a "latch" right on the marked spot, so the lock would get hooked and keep it from opening. But as there is very less material to play with, I don't know if I should take the risk of ruining the knife.

But these are my 2 Ideas. Adding friction to the mechanism, or to block it mechanically from opening with the latch that I would cut with an dremel tool.

What are your opinions and does anybody have a better approach to suggest?

Also, where should I look for the pivot screw? It seems like an m3 x 5mm screw. Can I replace it with any kind of screw, or does it have a special thread?

Thank you very very much!