Let's Talk Knives

That looks really nice!

 

I just finished the sheath for that one today.
The knife, though, is no longer available.

 

I love seeing that the growth and skill of your leathercraft has followed that of your forgemanship.

 

Thanks, Casey. I’m having a great time and continuing to learn. I don’t remember, did I show you the layers that I got in this little Bowie?

 

Initially thought this was going to be larger, more like a chopper. Seems interesting but not really sure if it makes sense. Looks cool though

https://www.civivi.com/products/civivi-vaquita-ii-c047c-ds2

 

^^^ different in a good way,,, kind of

 

Got a nice little EDC folder for Christmas. We traveled to Knoxville, TN for the holidays and visited Smoky Mountain Knife Works while we were in town, such a cool store.

 

We were there for the holidays so stopped in for the first time as well. That place is huge! I think we spent 2-3 hours there and that wasn’t nearly enough time to really look at everything!

 

Between that store and another favorite of mine, Music Outlet, being close together in the area, I realized I could never live in Sevierville without going broke!

 

@gosolo , have you ever made a marlinspike?

 

No, I have not. But it seems pretty straightforward. Since I am pretty much focusing on pattern welded Damascus it looks like a small canvas to display a pattern.

these two were pretty difficult;

 

Ah, I didn't think about displaying a pattern. It's a simple design, but may not be worth the trouble of doing it in damascus.

 

How many do you want and what length?

 

Depending on price, possibly 2. I'd be looking for it to be around 5 to 6" long and roughly the same design, though an RT flair would be neat. It'd be used for paracord and up to 1.5" rope in my case.

I'm honestly not super concerned about having an eye popping pattern on it. They're like $30 for mass produced stainless ones so I just figured paying a bit more for a cool RT one would be better, and if it has a bit of a pattern thats just a bonus.

Maybe a group buy would be possible if others on here are interested and it makes it worth the effort?

 

I always just used the spike on my spud wrench when I had to make Molly hogans for rigging out of wire rope cables. Of course, these days, site built rigging is verboten!

 

I don't want to pack a spud wrench around in my gear bag while hunting and hiking.

 

Not many people that aren’t Ironworkers know what the fuck you just said.

 

Yeah, but I’m pretty sure Aaron did, lol

 

Knife update. Still loving this.

 

HELLO RICH! We haven’t heard from you in quite a while. How are you doing? Thanks for posting this picture, I practically forgot about this little knife. Have you got a picture of the deer you processed with it?

 

My daughter took a cool pic of the knife I was carrying at dinner last night.

 

Kinda just jumped out there after much reading and scrolling. I went with FOBOS knives

been looking at mounting options with the seat jackers Molle brackets.

the blade is super sharp and sharpening blades I want to learn to do. Got to get all the equipment to do so

 

I still get a lot of pleasure from using this knife. But I had a question come to me. I've only had to sharpen this one once and I used a stone. Question for Ray @gosolo , would it be ok to hit it with the steel occasionally? My Gerber kitchen knives are SS, I think 440A, and I run them across the steel every time I use them, my exectutive chef doesn't, so it's maybe every fifth use or so. They stay shaving sharp. I'm not sure that the carbon steel would really be affected by using the steel.

 

My daughter wanted me to carry this, so I did.

It’s an excellent knife. Dessert Warrior Elementum

 

Well, guess it’s a Civivi weekend for me, Civivi Qubit, purple, S-35VN.

I promise I have more manly knives than this.

 

I know what a Molly Hogan is, though I've never actually done one myself.

I've touched up my @gosolo knife with my steel a few times without issue. I generally stick with my ceramic honing rod and give it a few swipes each use. That keeps it popping sharp.

 

The effectiveness of a steel depends on the quality, just like with knives. I use my own knives in the kitchen most of the time and it seems like I take them to the shop and whetstone maybe twice a year to make the edges perfect and restore the profile. That’s usually good for a month or so but then I will occasionally use a few strokes on my steel. My steel is a very good one, bought separately from any set, at a high end knife shop. The steels that come with the stamped stainless steel knife sets are usually very course and low quality.

 

Knives are addictive! They can be beautiful! They can be dangerous! They can be useful! And they can be fun. But worst of all is, they can be expensive, lol.

 

What knife does your daughter carry? How old is she? I will be working on a knife this year for my granddaughter’s 18th birthday.
She wants a double edged neck knife, like a small dagger.

 

Ray, if you figure out how to do sprinkle Damascus. I think the knife world will lose their shit