Post by Ron on Mar 21, 2008 20:27:42 GMT -6
During the winter months, I like to tinker with a little shade tree knife making. Nothing to fancy. I made my first knife back when I was 18 years old.
I make a lot of knives from saw blades but recently, I have been buying bar stock O1 steel and doing my own heat treat and temper. I typically don't sell my knives but rather, give them away or donate them to be used as raffles or fund raisers. I also make my own sheaths. Leather working is another great hobby. Lately, I have been doing a few restorations of old knives.
these a few of my most recent knives.
10" Table saw blade with a gun blue finish and a handle of purple heart and hard rock maple.
10" Table saw blade with a Bloodwood handle.
Stainless gut hook blade with elk antler and brass handle with an 8 Oz. tooling leather sheath.
24" concrete saw blade with a curly maple handle and an 8 Oz. tooling leather sheath.
10" table saw blade with a Cocbolo handle
24" Concrete saw blade with alum. bolsters and a Cocbolo handle. I also used homemade mosaic pins.
24" Concrete saw blade with elk antler scales and a mirror blade finish.
An O1 steel blade with whitetail antler handle and 8 Oz. tooling
leather sheath
O1 steel blade with a Moose antler handle with a little ink work and some blade filing. The sheath is tooled 8 Oz. leather with a moose antler tooled into the sheath
A father and son set with O1 steel blades with filing. Whitetail antler handles and 8 Oz. tooled leather sheaths.
A small Bowie with an O1 steel blade with filing and a Bloodwood and brass handle. The sheath is 8 Oz. tooled leather
A neck knife with a whitetail antler handle and 6 Oz. tooled leather sheath.
A restoration of an old German Bowie with an 8 Oz. tooled leather sheath.
A restored knife with a missing handle and missing sheath. The handle is leftover bow riser wood call camo diamondwood. The sheath is 6 Oz. tooled leather.
I make a lot of knives from saw blades but recently, I have been buying bar stock O1 steel and doing my own heat treat and temper. I typically don't sell my knives but rather, give them away or donate them to be used as raffles or fund raisers. I also make my own sheaths. Leather working is another great hobby. Lately, I have been doing a few restorations of old knives.
these a few of my most recent knives.
10" Table saw blade with a gun blue finish and a handle of purple heart and hard rock maple.
10" Table saw blade with a Bloodwood handle.
Stainless gut hook blade with elk antler and brass handle with an 8 Oz. tooling leather sheath.
24" concrete saw blade with a curly maple handle and an 8 Oz. tooling leather sheath.
10" table saw blade with a Cocbolo handle
24" Concrete saw blade with alum. bolsters and a Cocbolo handle. I also used homemade mosaic pins.
24" Concrete saw blade with elk antler scales and a mirror blade finish.
An O1 steel blade with whitetail antler handle and 8 Oz. tooling
leather sheath
O1 steel blade with a Moose antler handle with a little ink work and some blade filing. The sheath is tooled 8 Oz. leather with a moose antler tooled into the sheath
A father and son set with O1 steel blades with filing. Whitetail antler handles and 8 Oz. tooled leather sheaths.
A small Bowie with an O1 steel blade with filing and a Bloodwood and brass handle. The sheath is 8 Oz. tooled leather
A neck knife with a whitetail antler handle and 6 Oz. tooled leather sheath.
A restoration of an old German Bowie with an 8 Oz. tooled leather sheath.
A restored knife with a missing handle and missing sheath. The handle is leftover bow riser wood call camo diamondwood. The sheath is 6 Oz. tooled leather.