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Laurence, Thank you for the kind offer. I don't have anything ready for heat treatment yet I was just trying to plan ahead. The prices I have looked at, Paul Bos included, seem quite reasonable...if you are sending a decent sized batch. Unfortunately, at this stage of my knife making, I am a...

Hi, I have been making knives using O1 tool steel because heat treating is fairly simple. I would like to transition to D2 and am looking for a local (Washington/Oregon) knife maker who has an oven and a willingness to heat treat a small batch (4-6) of blades for me. If you're interested...

Thank you gobblergetter. Lee

The photos below are of a semi skinner I recently completed. the blade is O1 steel and is 3 1/2" long. The handle is stabilized Spalted Tamarind. Overall length is 7 1/2". This was my first time working with stabilized wood and I am sold on it. The natural beauty of wood is still there, but in a...

I am close to completing this one. It is a skinning knife with a 3 1/2" blade and an overall length of 7". The blade is 1/8" O1 steel and the handle is Thuya burl. I don't know what others experience has been when working Thuya, but I HAVE to wear a respirator while sanding it unless I want...

It has been a while since I posted anything, but I have been working on knives. This is a recently completed caping or bird and trout knife. The blade is 3" long and is made from O1 steel. The handle is Desert Ironwood. Overall length of this knife is 7". Lee

I thought I would throw the perspective of a master hunter into the mix. The link will take you to an article written by Ross Seyfried. Ross has guided extensively in North America and was a professional hunter in Africa. He has written for Guns and Ammo, Rifle, Handloader, The Double Gun...

How long on average does it take you to make a knife? Being new to this about the best I think I could do is a knife in a weekend. On my first knife I didn't have a belt finer than 220, so I did a lot of hand finishing on the blade. With my second, I had belts up to 400 grit, so I saved some...

Thank you for the comments. I am using precision ground O1. Lee

I am close to completing my second knife. I just need to put the final edge on it and make a sheath. Like the first, it is a Dozier style skinner. The handle is Hawaiian Kauila. Lee

Followed up with my brother-in-law, and the wood is kauila. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphitonia_ponderosa Lee

It's not Koa. I believe it is "Koai'a" which is denser than Koa. I'll have to follow-up with my brother-in-law just to make sure. He is from Hawaii and had been holding on to this piece of wood for a number of years. I was told this wood was used to make shark tooth clubs, daggers, fish hooks...

I took an in progress photo of my second knife. The scales have been rough shaped and the blade needs to be hardened. My brother-in-law gave me the beautiful piece of Hawaiian wood for the handle. Lee

One of the things I discovered while working on this knife and its sheath is I enjoy leather work. Prior to this I had no leather working experience. The sheath in the photo is my third attempt. I refer to attempt number one as Frankensheath because of the appearance of the stitching on the back...

Mark, Thank you for the welcome. I have two more knives of the same stye in progress, then I am going to make an attempt at a couple of Loveless style hunters. I have some Desert Ironwood and Spalted Tamarind that I have been saving specifically for their handles. Lee

Thanks for all the comments. Steven, I made two attempts at beveling prior to this. Both were done on a small 1x30 sander that had some tracking issues. The blades weren't very symmetrical, so they met Mr. Hack Saw! I subsequently built a a No Weld Grinder and this is the first blade I beveled...

Thank all of you for the welcome and comments. Lee

Yesterday I posted the photo below of my first knife and sheath in The New to Knife Making section. It was a bit of a journey getting to this first finished knife. I bought a couple of finished blades from Jantz and before I had a chance to work on them I purchased "How to Make Knives" with Bob...

I recently completed my first knife and sheath. The knife is a Dozier style skinner. The blade is approximately 3 1/2" long and is made out of O1 steel. The handle is Honduran Rosewood. Thanks for looking, Lee