Hey TW! Let's see your knives!

Damascus

http://www.knifekits.com/vcom/product_info.php?cPath=1_355&products_id=1876

It's only 25 not 60. Cool little site especially for opinel modding material

 

Theyre customs. Scales are buckeye burl, pins are a pattern i like to call dogs paws. I ordered in the steel, the rest is me. I made 4-5 as gifts last xmas. A friend of mine who moved to another state knows i used to make my own micarta and did pins and knives as a hobby. He sent me a link to a $500 custom knife with a note "can you make this?" You cant make the same custom twice so trying to duplicate someone elses is impossible. But i surprised him with a nice one, then decided to do a few more for other friends, and actually kept one for myself (top one). Its "my" first nice knife even though ive made quite a few all told if i retailed them out i probably gave away close to 2k in steel last xmas. The last went to a client of mine who is an avid hunter. He wont take the damn thing off his display cabinet and use it!

Ive got pics of the others, all in buckey and damascus, some with straight pins some with my mosaics. Its a fun hobby and occaisionally having a grinder whip a sharp knife past your face at 200mph makes it interesting from time to time and making new leather into an antique looking sheath is a bigger pain than anything.

Glad you appreciate them

 

Thanks again. I hadn't made one in 3-4 years before this batch, I was worried a bit since I wasn't using the cheapest of materials
Misc photos. I was really impressed with the buckeye when I did the first one. I did it because it was different, did them all last year with different cuts. Stuff looks fantastic imo. This batch was the first I did with damascus, everything else was 440. The damascus is SO much nicer.







This was a gift for my FIL a few years back.


Amboyna Burl, don't remember where this one went. Probably sold it.



I called this one desert camo, cuz why not Gave it to an airforce guy who was shipping to the sandbox. It still needed some cleanup on the blade before I took pictures.


This was a giveaway I did on another forum. I used to make denim micarta scales for other knife makers, so all the funky colored stuff is my work as well.



And just ones I made and resold.








That's about it unless you want a hundred or so of just different micarta patterns I did. Not very exciting

 

Awesome Knives and handles as well. Very talented and exceptional work. Metal is a great media to work with.
Also love this knife

 

I'm going to start dabbling with making my own as well...I ought to chat with you sometime Indy on making micarta stuff....I love the way it looks....

 

Its pretty neat, cheap but messy to make. And when you work it you really need to wear a repirator. Damn near indestructible when youre done though. Im headed out of town tonight though and wont be back until the end of the month so it will have to wait

But if you go here
http://s133.photobucket.com/user/NdIndy/library/Knives/scales?sort=3&page=1

Ive got a few pages of color patterns. When i was making and selling them id cut and finish a piece so you could see what it should look look when its done.

 

Nice..thanks !!

 

Just remember that g10 will mess you up. Ask the VZ guys...not something to grind on without equipment.

 

Yeah...anything like that needs a respirator..

 

None of mine are hand made or custom but I like them just the same. Here's a group of my Benchmades:

3350 Mini-Infidel
3300 Infidel
SOCP Dagger
Adamas Fixed


Here's the Adamas wrapped to match my battle belt (HSGI Surefit in multicam) which is where it lives alone w/the Dagger:

 

This showed up in the mail today....



Kabar Becker bk-16..

 

Im back if you want a tutorial. No pics though, i didnt take any when i was doing them. You would have $2-3 per set if you do lots and shop the right places, i would sell them for $15/set. If you do 1 set, it will be more expensive . Its like reloading, the first box you reload will be the most expensive ammo in the world. After that and you have the gear, reloading is cheap.

And be warned. If you do several sets you need to be man enough to hang out at hobby lobby and thrift stores, the womens clothing aisles.

But you also need to go to the welding shop and be able to weld, so it evens out.

I started with the extreme diy route and the stuff i made was crap. Hours and hours of working a slab to make it useable. A little thought, some welded diy equipment, then some pre-set and perfect slabs every time, ready to go in about 20 minutes. Once youre set is put together, takes about a day to cure and be workable. A couple days just in case it cures slow. In the end, done correctly, you have 2 perfect slabs.

 

Used mine all weekend in the campsite - cleaning turtles mostly. Good knife, but any bare spots in the finish will rust really quick outdoors. Keep it oiled!

 

My Gerber 06 Auto never leaves my side.

 

I am hopefully going to be buying this (provided I spoke for it first, don't know if the seller has any emails). I'll post more pictures when/if I get it




And specs

Scout Fighter


Hits that sweet spot in blade size, OAL VS Weight


Nice slim line slicer done in 3/16” D2


Blade is 5” tip to front of scales 9 ¾” OAL Fly for scale


Layered G10 scales W SS pins Yeah it actually rained here today


Sheath is set for a Teklok or Molle, Belt clip included

 

Emerson HK edition:

 

Nice squeeze cocker.

 

Some customs I've done.

 

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