Two I am busy with

I started these two a few weeks ago but then got sidetracked .They are both 250mm long and 4mm thick

 The tangs have both been tapered down to 2mm .
this is a picture of the flat ground blade showing the distal taper

Just a picture of the 'bushy' with a scandi grind . I do put a micro bevel on after heat treatment

Both survived heat treatment , now lots of hand rubbing




This is where I got sidetracked ...........

I moulded some hessian 'micarta ' around the tang today , but I think they might be a bit on the thin side . I might add a few more layers to thicken them up

My second tapered tang

 This is my second tapered tang and
also the biggest knife I have made so far.

 4mm 01 with wenge scales and brass pins and tube,
the wood the scales comes from Isca Woodcrafts .

total length is 270mm ,140mm blade .
the blade has a full flat grind and is hand rubbed to 400 grit

My first tapered tang

 This is the second knife made on my new grinder .
It is also my first tapered tang

 Overall length    225mm
  blade length      100mm
  Panga panga scales
  brass pins and tube

I left the blade with a belt finish . ground to 400 grit and then just cleaned up with a bit of autosol

Steampunk neck knife

 This is the first complete knife since getting the new toy . I have tried a few new (to me) ideas and materials . The bevels were ground to 400 grit and then polished . The scale has been left on the flat parts of the blade

the handle scales are made up of some copper pipe and vulcanised fiber liners , glued together and then pinned with brass pins 

I might give it a soak in a cup of coffee to age it a bit and give the blade a bit of a patina 

  

A new toy

 I received my new grinder last weekend . It was built by 'Aly' (a British blades forum member)
It uses 1050 x 50 belts and has a 1.5 Hp motor














Here are the first 3 blades

this is just a picture of  the large blade with a 400 grit belt finish. I should be putting some handles on these this week

A 40th birthday present

 This was  commissioned for someones 40th birthday.
I hope he likes it.

 It is 16cm long with a 67mm blade
the steel is 4mm 01

and the handle is panga panga from Isca Woodcraft's

Kitchen knife / bird and trout

 This is the third knife in the set .

 Overall length is 220mm
blade length is 110mm
3mm 01 steel
Home made hessian 'micarta'

and a picture of the 3 together