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Looks good, I usually use linseed oil followed by boiled linseed oil.
Now you just need to put it through its paces!

Best of luck with the move, at least its close to Masterton so easy to get bits and bobs from artisan supplies, and pick your self up a Tuatahi as well!

Nah, he does not use much L6 anymore, except in his big brutes like his Bowie’s and goloks, L6 is actually pretty good for a chopper and he personality heat treats everything himself (as in behind...

I tend to stay away from the 10xx and instead opt for O1, I figure if you are going to go and make the effort you might as well get damn fine small carbides in the process, although recently I have...

Latest, still cooking

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My next few will be made from this:
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1225 mm of nitrov, my first foray into stainless steel, not a super steel, but not super steel prices either, still a very good steel so should be...

Sometimes you need to take them apart to get rid of whTs stuck in there, does it have screws that yiu can undo? If not then give it a really good wash with soapy water and then try and blow...

And with the extra leather taken off, just waxing the leather now before a final clean up, never used a leather handled knife before, it feels amazing in the hand, warm and grippy at the same time.
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Latest couple, always trying something new...

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A leather handled drop point hunter and a sgihn dubh

It’s more of a finger groove than a true Choil, makes for a very secure grip, even with a wet hand.

When is ivory not ivory, when it’s elforyn, a German product made specifically to replicate ivory without the killing of elephants and the yellowing that ivory goes through over time.
Used now every...

Side effect of a semi lockdown is that I manage to find some time to do some more work on some knives I have been trying to work on, this one is now almost done, 01 blade, brass guard and pommel,...

I’m not in Dunedin, but if you post them to me I can sharpen stainless no problems at all, come back shaving sharp, with a mirror polish.

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So thought I would try something different, loosely based on the famed Loveless drop point, first time I have tried adding brass guards, lots of mistakes so lots learnt, this one is...

Awesome looking steel wood there Nga, I have never tried using anything like that.

This is my latest, just finished glueing up...

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Ah, but Bob dozier could make D2 dance...it really does come down to heat treatment a lot there sure are a lot of interesting steels out there these days, one day I would like to get a forge and a...

What’s the grip like, looks interesting.

Convex at 18 degrees polished edge to 4000...
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Nicely done, I’m jealous!
I have wanted a bandsaw for ages too!

Trying out new stuff...

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I don’t suppose you want To post the specs on that, I would be quite interested in having a go at making one...

Try sticking it in a pickle jar overnight, will come out with a nice even patina, don’t know what it does to the pickles but...

While a nice knife and I have not done the course you talk about that might be a little ambitious for a first time knife maker to complete in one day.

If I was you I would make a cardboard version...

Couple fresh off the glueing up process, ready to be shaped up, including my first ever tapered tang, the tapering is a tad subtle due to me being nervous, would I do another, well it’s a lot of...

Had to use the angle grinder at work today, so once finished I decided to give it a bit of a whirl on some O1 I took to work for just that purpose, waste not want not...

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One with the...