Members lel Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 After seeing and excellent post from rawcustom about his skiving knife I decided to show the knives I recently made. I have "Super Skiver" and "Safety Beveler" from Tandy but no mater what I did I could not master any of them. It usually took a lot of time and effort to get the result I wanted. My other hobby is a knifemaking so I decided to make my own skiving knife. I also wanted to try a small round knife instead of "Angled Utility Knife" (also from Tandy) that I've been using to cut leather. I could not call it a head knife, more like a half of a head knife. Leather Wranglers knives were my inspiration for this project, so you might see familiar shapes. I looked at my small steel inventory and decided to use a 2" wide 1/16" thick piece of ATS-34 that I had. I don't have a furnace so I had to send blades for professional heat treatment. They are about 58-59 HRC. For handles I used stabilized wood: maple with 416 stainless steel bolster for skiving knife and spalted maple for another. One of the images shows sheaths that I made for them. As you can see I made handles thick and rounded just because I like the way they sit in my hand. Quote
Members tomt Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 those are some really good looking knifes and the best thing about it that you made them your self Quote
Members slipangle Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 Those are very nice. Beautiful. Quote
Members Oldtoolsniper Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 Very nice indeed. Quote
Members Tugadude Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 Love the handles! The one on the round knife looks a couple of millenia old. Never heard of spalted maple but I like. The bolsters look great, too. Just cool stuff you have there. Quote
Members MonicaJacobson Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 I love the one with spalted maple. So nice. Quote http://monicajacobson.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrimGoTrix?ref=si_shop
Members Itch Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 You are very talented indeed ... Quote Quality leather goods www.captain-itch.com www.Tennesseeholstercompany.com
Members Ta2ooz Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 They are great, how are they to use, they look like they would be as smooth as butter. Quote Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Ta2Leatherworks
Members shadowryder Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 COOL!!!!!!! Quote http://www.bat-shadow.jigsy.com/http://www.facebook....tShadowLeathers
Members Pkay Posted March 29, 2015 Members Report Posted March 29, 2015 I have also found that what is offered is not necessarily the best. These look worth selling !! Quote
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