Sam N visited for most of a week, and I talked him through making two […]
Category: Finished Works
“There, that’s done” he muttered, as he wrapped the piece up in a lightly oiled towel and placed it in the “not fucked box”
mjr
Kiridashi
Just some basic kiridashi out of 1095/15n20 low-layer twist laminated onto 1095 core.
Serenity
W-2 tool steel; this started out as an exercise in pulling hamon. But I liked […]
Assembling the Shop Doors
Japanese-ish looking doors, for a northern climate with lots of wind. Central (stressed component) sheet […]
Skew Chisel and Roughing Gouge
I finished bolting down the lathe and was looking at my selection of chisels, and […]
W2 Bog Oak and Silver yanagiba
Title pretty much says it all. Wrapped some silver around a mandrel, soldered it with […]
Letter Opener
Blade is 1095/15N20 twist, parkerized. Handle is ebony with boxwood burl. Scabbard is oak.
Voyager’s Trimmer
Face-on wire rope damascus, ebony bolster and fiddleback maple. The maple is from an old […]
Aaron’s Slicer
Chisel-ground blade of 1095 high carbon steel wire rope, welded and crushed end-on. Differential tempered […]