Search results for query: *

  1.

    How many of you are into Bowie knives?

    Could you be mistaken on the wood? It looks like ipe even better and more durable than hickory. Regardless, good work!
  2.

    New Biker 13 knife

    boiled linseed oil....raw linseed oil is toxic and never really dries.
  3.

    4 inch Damascus

    This is a most interesting video on Japanese sword making. I was taught the basics of how to sharpen knives, chisels, and plane irions by a japan-trained swordmaker in Hilo, Hawaii years ago....60 years or so...
  4.

    Vintage meat cleaver clean-up

    I guess I am an antique. regardless great for splitting fat-lighter
  5.

    Fixed blade knife porn

    He owed Lawrence and David Rockefeller a paltry $84m and refused to pay. Guess who runs it now.
  6.

    Fixed blade knife porn

    Made from the blade of a (broken) mid 1600's Japanese Katana. The shirogame (white steel) edge) is visible.

  7. Axe Handles

    get a seasoned hickory log or board, a suitable jig saw a spokeshave, and use one of your restored axes and make a new one just how you want it by yourself. Experience starts when you begin.
  8.

    Found this today

    The price increases we have been seeing lately are mostly a result of inflation created before the Biden Regime came into power during the reigns of Buckwheat and Trump. You ain't seen nothing yet.
  9.

    Damascus Tripletts

    what wood are the scales made from? Excellent..
  10.

    New knife

    I witness impetuosity and immaturity in daily life all the time. However, it baffles me that someone would put it on display for all to see.
  11.

    New knife

    How does it help the original artist when you respond to a legitimate question like a smartA$$? Just what will this knife do that well sharpened factory crap will not. The knife shown may be layered steel of some sort, but it is not Damascus
  12.

    Now thats a knife

    good work never was cheap

  13. Gone

    The Chinese can produce any level of quality that the buyer is willing to pay for. good work never was cheap. If you are getting low quality it is because that is what the importer specified.

  14. Getting your knife razor sharp

    if your knife is to be used as a weapon, almost any steel ...for a while anyway

  15. Getting your knife razor sharp

    before you begin, one must have a knife with steel that is very hard and with a grain size that is suitable for a razor edge. One cannot sharpen any finer than the grain size of the steel. It takes practice as well.
  16.

    Dug this out this morning...Japanese Tanto

    It was made from the pieces of a 1600's broken Japanese Tachi, similar to a Katana but shorter and wider blade. Original handle was long gone so was re handled in the late 50's. The inner core (cutting edge (hagane) is Shirogama style white steel). Spooky sharp. Pictured for those with an...
  17.

    I was surprised , Chinese

    The Chinese can produce just about any quality level the customer is willing to pay for.
  18.

    So I decided to start forging...

    me too, one tough enough to split fat-lighter

  19. Sharpening systems...

    Above comment is for general sharpening: For edge tools, plane blades and chisels especially, it is important to keep the stone surface a flat as possible. For this, I use a 1200 grit diamond stone for flattening natural or ceramic stones. A piece of 100 grit wet and dry sandpaper, duck-taped...
  20.

    WWII Japanese Swords

    There should be a small dowel or peg in the hand grip. just push it out and the handle should slide right off. Often the makers name or other identifying clue is engraved in the tang. Take a high resolution photo of the tang and the blade lamination's and send them to one of several Japanese...
Back
Top Bottom