Results of a rainy saturday

[BarryC]

One of my interests is making knives so here are the results of a rainy saturday in the shop.

The top on was made with goncalo alves scales and a Helle blade.
And the bottom one was made of Zebra wood with an aluminum spacer and a Helle blade.

 

[RandyJ]

Nice knives, Barry:icon_thum...Do the blades come with the profile or do you shape your own?

 

[BarryC]

The blades just as you see them and are very sharp. I haven't gotten into forging blades yet. I want to get the hang of putting on and shaping a handle prefected before I dive in to the forging.

 

[TBone]

Very nice knives. :icon_thum If they are in your way you can send one of them to me, I'll store it for you. :mrgreen:

 

[JimmyC]

The knives are beautiful Barry, and I agree with Tommy, if they are getting in your way then you shuold send him one to store for you. I'll store the other one:lol:. I have one question though, are you sure that the new assembly table is large enough for working on knives:rotflm:.

Jimmy

 

[BarryC]

Well Jimmy it is kinda cramped on the table and sometimes I have to rest while walking around to the other side to grad something but I think it'll get the job done.

'Preciate the offers to get them outta my way! The Leopard handled one is being made for a friend to match his Leopard wood bow he has ordered. The smaller one I will use as a neck knife when I go hunting.

I have two more of those blades to work on and a block of cocobolo, a block of bacote, and a block of some kind of ebony from the discount table at Woodcraft. Stay tuned for those pics sometime soon I hope.

 

[Ray Martin]

Barry,

The knives are beautiful.

Just terrible... those other posters offering to store your knives for you ... shameless... by-the-way, did I tell you when my birthday is?

:gar-La;

Ray

 

[cpowell]

Wow, that is way cool to me!! Nice. :icon_thum

Although I am severely lacking in artistic ability I have always wanted to make a knife...or a few knives....well, maybe a few fixed blade then try a few pocket knives. :eusa_thin

What do you think of the steel in those Helle blanks?

Oh, man, I think I've found a short term misson here. First, I've got to finish up the current project that has taken over my assembly table...hmmmmmmm...may need to buy a tool or two to get me going on this knife project thing.

"Honey, the dining room table must wait, I need something practical that the whole family will enjoy - knives!" (think LOML will buy this??)


Chuck

 

[BarryC]

Hey Chuck, good luck putting off the table to make a knive or three!

I haven't used the Helle blanks before so I'm not sure how they are going to be in the long run. But there were quite a few recommendations for them on another forum I read so I gave them a try. There is one thing I'm not sure I'm going to like about them and that is the angle of the edge. For hunting knives I like a 20 degree and these are more like 15 degrees so I'll have to use a different knife for the heavy work but I think these will make great capers.

I'll tell you this you really need to tape the edge before you start working with them or you will need a box of bandaids handy. They come really sharp...hair shaving sharp. I still have bald spots on my arms from testing their sharpness.