Puukko... and One Year!

Hey guys, this is a little puukko, made of bocote and stabilized box alder burl. Blade is forged from 1084.

I finished this knife the day before my one year anniversary in knife-making. Thank you all for supporting me, and being with me along this journey.

Black Linen Micarta EDC

Here is a little EDC with a black linen micarta handle, 1084 blade and filework on the spine. This was a fun knife to make.

I apologize for the picture quality, I might be getting some higher quality ones on here later.

Heavyset hunter

Here is a hunter I made from O-1 tool steel. I made it a bit stocky so I am calling it the ''heavyset hunter''.

Mount Knives Chef's Knife Review

This is a review of one of my chef's knives I made someone for Christmas. The dots in the short review are where I have taken out the personal parts. I asked the person to be honest with me about any problems they were having or anything they did not like about the knife, they did not say anything to answer me on that subject though. Keep in mind when they mention that it is starting to get dull that is after more than three months of everyday use.

I love the knife, Silas.  I have a 2" x 8" India oil stone and some special sharpening oil, that I ordered just for this knife... I haven't sharpened the knife yet and it's still pretty good, although one indication that I need to sharpen it is that it won't cut tomato skins easily. I intend to sharpen soon though.

 

It's beginning to develop a nice patina, but no rust, since I wash and dry it after each use.

 

Again, I'm very pleased with it, especially the nice tapered blade that slices with very little resistance.

Carving Knife

My latest knife. I started putting this knife together because I wanted to get some time working with two of my new woods, wenge (dark wood) and bloodwood (orange wood), The second I started sanding I decided I loved both, especially the wenge, the bloodwood is amazingly hard, twice as hard as american hickory! The blade is 1095 high carbon steel. I deferentially hardened it so the cutting edge and tip is around RCH 61 while the back is closer to RCH 54-56.
So here it is, a nice little carving or whittling knife.

Bocote Neck Knife

After I posted the cocobolo neck knife I got a request for a similar one with a bocote handle and silver pins.
I really enjoy making neck knives and I think they show what I appreciate in a knife, functionality, compactness, no more handle or blade material than is needed for the job and of course they started in the ''wilds'' of America, made popular by Indians and mountain men, that holds a great amount of value to me.

 This is my new sheath design that I hope to use as a starting point for all the rest of the sheaths I make. It took me awhile to figure out what design I wanted to use, but now I have it. This sheath has been sealed and is waterproof.

Not Your Average Pocket Knife

Hello everyone, here is my latest knife... I was very pleased when the customer ordered it since I have never gotten to make a fillet knife. Making this knife's sheath was quite a process in itself since the knife was so incredibly long. The handle is a nice piece of bocote, the pins are nickel silver and the blade is 1095 high carbon steel at HRC 56 to keep the it from breaking with such a long thin blade.