ECCKS is in Jersey City this weekend, March 1,2,3. I will have a table there and here are three of the knives that I will have there:
Hope to see some of you.
Here is a Santoku that I just finised up. Overall length 242 mm. Length of cutting edge is 170mm, Height at heel is 48mm. Steel is stainless damascus forged by Devin Thomas (AEB-L/304). RC 59/60. Handle is Buffalo horn, Afezelia and walnut burl. Weight is 6.1 oz.
All comments and...
Here is one I just finished up this weekend. OA 8.25", Blade 3.75" Steel S35VN, RC59/60, Guard is 416, Handle is stabilized redwood.
Weight is 4.1 oz.
Comments and criticisms welcome.
Thanks, Kevin
Hey Keith,
I just started using one to set the pins on my bolsters. I tried and tried peening them but this gives me better control and is faster. But...care must be taken. On my first set of bolsters I tapered my holes but I left too much pin sticking out and the pin press made everything...
Think about how you want to define your collectiion. 1. One of each knife made by a manufacturer. 2. Only one knife but in every handle material offered by the manufacturer. One manufacturer and all knives linked by a single characteristic. For example: all pearl handles, all liner locks...
Hi guys,
Could you please change my user name to Kevin Cross. If I need to send you $ or tweek anything on my end, just let me know.
Thanks,
Kevin
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A gentleman I have known for about 15 years recently asked me to come and speak to his "Club 60" group.
He knew about my knife hobby and said nobody had ever talked to them about anything like this before.
So on Monday afternoon I went over and talked to about 55 of them. I had a...
The only knives that I sell without a sheath are my kitchen knives. I feel that a sheath is really a part of the package. I do not make my own sheaths but there are many good sheathmakers and I try to match their work to my knives. It has been my experience that the only knives that I have...
Get yourself a wooden ruler, yardstick or meter stick. Grind out your blade shape. Then get yourself some modeling clay and experiment packing it around the handle and get a shape that is comfortable. Now you have a 3-D rough mock-up of what you want your knife to look like.
Kevin