A side shot  Rough-Cuts-done-3.jpg

Minor progress to report. I got the weave and haunches roughed in over the last few days. This is done with a few wood carving chisels, a couple of po...

Domed pins: There are a couple of videos on the ABS YouTube channel by Nick Wheeler about how to do this. Most of us use a system similar to his.

One method to fix this is to take a center punch and peen around the tang slot on the handle side. This will push small amouts of material toward the ...

The partial or stub tang is probably the oldest handle form known to humans. It certainly dates back well beyond the Iron age, and even as early as th...

This is something I have spent a good deal of time cosidering throughout my Maker's journey. Hancock and and I also had numerous discussions about des...

All I have left to do, is sharpen them.

And a set of three wood carving chisels.  Done-2.jpg

There is a set of three leather working tools.  Done-3.jpg

The handles were stained with a light pecan and sealed with Danish oil. The tangs were files a bit and everything was glued up.  Done-1.jpg

That small flat bit was shaped, sanded, quenched, tempered, sanded again, etched and blued as well. Blued-2.jpg

Finish sanded to 400 grit, etched in ferric, added a maker's mark, and blued.  Blued-1.jpg

Now I needed handles. So a few small bits of quilted maple got turned on the lathe.  9-Lathe-work.jpg

After rough grind (220 grit) and HT  6-Tempered.jpg

I forged the first set into submission  2-Forged.jpg