Laminated Micarta
I just created a laminated Micarta handle with black and natural linen micarta. I also used loveless rivets to fasten the scales because I thought that the two tone brass and stainless rivets would look...
This is my latest camp knife.
This one is made with CPM154 hardened to 59hr. The spine is 1/4 inch thick and the bevel is flat ground and I tapered the tang to lower the weight and move the balance forward...
Bubinga as a knife handle? Will it hold up over time?
I discovered a store in town that carries some exotic hardwoods and swung by to take a look at what they have in stock. After a while I came away with a 3 foot long...
Hind sight and all that
After getting a few knives under my belt I looked back at some of the first ones and decided that I really did not like this knife as much as I did at first. The...
Cutting leather, a short story.
Cutting leather is apparently not as simple as I thought. The other day I was was cutting a pattern out of some leather for a project and could not figure out why the pieces that...
There’s something about steel.
There are so many different kinds of steel available with different properties that choosing the right steel for the job can be a bit daunting. Ask any smith and they all have slightly different opinions based...
Defining Some of My Design Goals
Design Goal In this post I want to talk a little about my design goals and my thinking behind them. In order to define my overall design goals, I had to think about form and function...
Another Warncliffe completed
So here is another completed knife with a sheath that I designed/made for it. The Warncliffe design is a mostly flat blade with a severe drop point. This design presents a lot of cutting surface...
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