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Phil D sent a couple of photos of his work, very unique sheaths made from fallow deer skin with the fur left on.The knife has handle scales in Juma Gem and carbon steel blade.

Phil D from Broadford, Vic shared some photos this week of his last project.This is a drop point skinner with nicely contrasting handle scales.Phil used Tassy Black Wood inside Purple Juma Gem, with brass pins and red spacers. Nice contrating colours in a sturdy, solid looking result. …

How To Complete a Chef Knife Kit: Tutorial on the Grand Chef 220 KitThese instructions will be the same for most fulltang blades, here using the Grand Chef 220 kit.A "fulltang blade" means that the handle profile is part of the blade already, we will attach handle scales and shape it to our design in the 2 dimensions that are left. Epoxy spacer material to the handle scalesShape the front of the handle scales Drill pin holes in the scalesCut pin stock to lengthEpoxy handle scales, pins and blad …

We finally got some good steak knife blades in store!These are satin finished, stainless steel with 100 mm of blade and total length is 203 mm.Here is a photo by Shawne (@KnivesByShawne on instagram) with handles in Redgum and brass pins.Shawne also takes custom orders, if you are looking for something special. …

Everyone seems to make the hand filing bevel jig so very well explained by Gough Custom on youtube (link)That is a great way to get started when making your own blade.However, David T-N just took it up to a whole new level!Using his carbide-faced file guide as a file stopper for more consistent results than using the standard bolt, as a file stopper. By making a channel down the middle, in front of the eye bolt that holds the file. Now the file has a hard stop that does not wear away, unlike the …