Just finished up this Saya for a previous Nakiri commission. African Blackwood with stainless steel pins and a Desert Ironwood + Nickel Silver pin. I hope you enjoy!

I'm finally posting something other than a question on this sub, my very first folder !

It took a good month of work from design to finish, a lot has been learned in the process and I'm quiet happy with the result !

I started knife making about 4 months ago and made 4-5 fixed blades before this project but I'm really more into folding knives and I'm glad I made a knife I'll actually EDC !

1075 carbon steel & copper handle, hopefully both develop a nice patina.

it's heavy, no pocket clip, copper leaves smell on the hand and the action isn't perfectly smooth but man I love it !

Gonna keep practicing and maybe work on a locking mechanism for the next one.

thanks for all the help I got from this sub, keep up the good work !

I had fun forging the Damascus on Monday and Tuesday

First time attempting to sell a knife and looking for recommendations on how to realistically price. Specs are 1084 with micarta and g10 handle hardware. Etched and stonewashed. Looking to avoid lowballing myself but also keep my price realistic. Thanks!

Wanted a full flat grind chopper for this one. It ain’t perfect but it’s hopefully presentable. People don’t really talk about the obsession you get with the details of knife making and that includes the mistakes you make. Think my wife is already sick of me talking about it and I’m only 2 knives in lol. But I love the process and I have to keep reminding myself I’ll likely need a 100+ under my belt till it becomes easy

AEBL 2,36 mm, 61 HRC with jute micarta. The etching of my logo became kinda wonky so I have to fix that up.

blade and spring are CPM154
Bethlehem Steel micarta covers
unique shield. thanks for looking✌️

10" 240 Layer Damascus fighter. Full takedown with stabilized burl and blued steel guard and pommel.  Accented with a Cobra Mosaic pin.  Sheath comes with 3 diamond sharpening stones and a fire steel.  Has anchor points to carry on your belt or a strap to carry across your shoulders.

Just bought this knife and wondered what the black coating is on the blade, does anyone have any idea?

BHK : 3.5" VECTOR ( Ito-Wrap Proto. )

The first Vector Prototype is underway, this one is in 3.5" W2 that will be getting a Hamon heat-treat and then a Micarta / Ito Wrap handle 🤘

Mokume/micarta handle. Stainless damascus on the blade.

Specs:

• D2 steel, professionally heat treated

• 80 mm (3.15") blade / 175 mm (6.89") overall length

• Acid-etched stonewashed finish

• Rock-textured G10 handles

• Bolted mechanical handle construction

• Thin, slicey blade geometry

• Custom Kydex sheath with UltiClip for EDC carry

Feel free to PM me if you like what you see.

Lost the motivation to make anythung for a while but finally starting to get the urge to make something sharp again! This is going to be a harpoon fighter with a double edge/sharpened swedge (jusy zero ground technically but still sharp!). Blade material is damascus clad hitachi SLD with a block of black and white damascus g10 for the handle. Still unsure if i'll go steel or brass for the guard.

Here Are three brothers that i made today. I tried a new way to grind today.

So i have a sheath that arrived damp inside and has caused my Damascus fighter to turn brown twice. I just realized it was sorta wet inside. Whats the best way to dry out?

Can u really not store Damascus in leather?

I have ordered some waxed canvas chef kniferolls to store knives in that are supposed to not cause rust cause of dampness in sheaths.

This is the first knife i have ever had issues with. I usually use kpl blade lube or clp oil on all my knives with no issues.

I also used wicked wax cleaner and wax and scrubbed it clean and put a thin layer of fresh wax on the blade today. Its being stored wrapped up iin paper towel on a shelf in my house in a cool dry spot for the moment.

Currently i have the sheath in a ziplock gallon bag with a bunch of desiccant packets and one in sheath opening all zipped up hopefully drawing out the dampness. I dont wanna bake the leather in an oven. Not sure what else i can do?

I was attempting to heat treat Z-Max for the first time recently and I have had 2 failed attempts in which the knife bent like an actual banana in the oven and after quench the pre heat treat ground edge looks like a piece of bacon. The 3 knives i have heat treated are not savable unfortunately.

I spoke directly with the knifemaking rep at Zapp and followed the heat treat instructions he gave me. Put knives in at 1550f and then ramp to 2175 and soak 10 mins, cryo, 3x2 hours temper at 1000 for 68-69 HRC.

I also tried heat treating the way I normally do by just putting the knife in at austenitize temp instead of doing a staged preheat and got the same bent bacon edge result.

I left a good amount of edge thickness- about 50 thou, the way i pre heat treat grind all my knives and I did a 2 hour soak at 1200 with a slow in oven cooled for stress relief the way i do with all my knives. I've never had a blade bend visiblely in the oven and I've never gotten a bacon edge before.

I have 1 un heat treated knife left. Does anyone have any suggestions?

This is a simple little angle guide.