After four years of grinding with a 2×42 Craftsman, I finally finished my “big boy” knife grinder. Back in January 2012 I bought the frame from another knifemaker who fell on hard times. Over...
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Sep
22
2012
Jul
22
2012
I have probably 100 pages of knife sketches. Especially when I was starting out, I drew knives all the time. It is an interesting study to see how the designs evolved over time. After...
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Apr
17
2012
The vine and thorns filework pattern is one of the more popular filework patterns. Almost every knife maker attempts it at one point. After I’d done it a few times, I decided to make a...
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Apr
17
2012
I remember when I was trying to figure out how to mark my knives, there wasn’t much out there on the internet other than expensive stamps or electric etching machines. I didn’t invent this...
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Apr
17
2012
I learned to build knives mostly by trial and error, and by reading all kinds of material online. It seems there is a lack of simple tutorials, so I thought I’d make a few. This one,...
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Oct
17
2009
I remember when I was trying to figure out how to mark my knives, there wasn’t much out there on the internet other than expensive stamps or electric etching machines. I didn’t invent this...
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May
2
2009
I’m working on a threesome of knives for a customer, and I’ve been sending him picture updates as I make progress. Since I’m taking progressive pictures, I decided to take the opportunity to do...
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