2011 Knife Sale

UPDATE: I am now accepting Visa and Mastercard through Square. That may make things a little easier on everyone. Also, the big upswept blade is no longer for sale. It has been reground into something more primitive.

I figure it is about time that I do two things. #1. Take better product photos. #2. Put some of my knives on sale.

Here we go.

Mini Kiridashi

1084FG Stock Removal

Upswept Blade

Vintage 2009 Slim Blade

Vintage 2009 Utility Knife

Top to bottom:

Mini Kiridashi – 1084FG steel, kydex keeper sheath, $40+shipping

Stock Removal Knife – 1084FG steel, no sheath, $100+shipping

Upswept Knife – 1084FG steel, no sheath, $200+shipping

Vintage 2009 Slim Blade – W1 tool steel, Sherry Lott belt sheath, $120+shipping

Vintage 2009 Utility Knife – W1 tool steel, black sock scabbard, hadori polish, $100+shipping

For questions or to purchase, please email me at muchsharpernow@gmail.com. I accept PayPal.

Not completely idle.

Antler handle agricultural knife

I haven’t been completely idle on the knife front, just very quiet. This one is the result of an earlier project that died during re-heat treating. I liked the blade shape and decided to cut it down and make it into something else.

The steel is 1095 and the inset photo gives a decent indicator of where the hamon is.

First for sale of 2010-Temporarily Off Sale-Sold

Left Side

Right Side

This blade, as I mentioned in the previous post, is recycled lawnmower blade shaped by stock removal rather than forging. The blade length is about 4 inches (I don’t have it in front of me to measure it) and is held in the socket by the brass pin alone, similar to Japanese blades. The bolster, however, was cast in place out of tin-silver alloy and is quite attached to the blade. There’s a leather spacer between the bolster and the wood, just to keep things tight.

I made a simple black veg-tan riveted belt sheath for it as well.

$60+shipping.

1/28/10 Update: I’m taking it off the market because I need to repair the handle after another session of obsessive polishing.

Another one.

Recycled lawnmower blade steel, stock removal as opposed to forged. Tin alloy bolster and a tiger maple handle.

Yes, the edge is on the inside of that curve.

I’m calling it a “gardener” but I think that it might have more sinister uses. Cuts well and is nicely mobile in the hand.

The Gardener

Not a bad effort

I need to work on my hafting skills (putting a handle on). There are flaws in this maple handle that I wasn’t able to work around, so I may yet remove this one and start over. Not yet, though.

This is the blade from a few posts ago, btw. The guard is bronze with a leather spacer between it and the wood.

Maple skinner

The hamon showed up pretty well after a lot of sanding, etching, finger stones, etching in 3 kinds of acid, polishing with paste polish, etching, rinsing and more polish. I’d complain and say that there has to be an easier way, but I’m enjoying the process of discovery.

The First November Knife Sale!

I’ve got INVENTORY for the first time, as a knifemaker. The thing about inventory is that you really should get it moving from time to time, so I thought I might have a sale.

To keep this from being a really long entry with large photos, I’ve uploaded the photos to my Picasa.

The specs and stats are here. Prices do not include shipping.

W-1 Tool Steel Utility: hand forged blade with hamon (hybrid polish). OAL: 7.5″, blade 3″. The handle is Wenge with kangaroo leather turks head and tsukamaki. The blade could be removed by tapping out the small silver pin. $120

O-1 Tool Steel Shiv: hand forged blade, unsigned, rough polished, showing temper colors. 9.5″ OAL, 4″ blade.Paracord handle wrap. $100

Recycled Lawnmower Blade: says it all, really. Stock removal, triple tempered, with a small hamon area. 8.5″ OAL, 3.75″ blade. The blade collar and cap on the back of the white tail antler handle are sterling silver. $120

Double Edge Boot Knife: hand forged 1084HC, full hamon with slightly less hard point (similar to traditional Yari), triple tempered. Whitetail antler handle with African Mahogany spacer. Antler crown is carved with a triple spiral (not sh0wn). 9.75″ OAL, 5″ blade. $220

Autumn Green Man: hand forged from a Harbor Freight file (very similar to 1070HC), with hamon, triple tempered. The handle is whitetail antler with African Mahogany fore and aft. The eyes are 4mm Sunstone, and there is a smaller blue Paua Shell inset on the upper handle curve. This knife is a sole authorship piece: I did it all. 8.75″ OAL, 4.75″ blade. $380

Chevy Spring Sgian Dubh: you guessed it! Forged from 1984 Chevy coil spring. Based on how it handled, it is likely a 10XX series steel, rather than a 51XX. The handle wood is something oily and exotic that I got at a knife show. 6.25″ OAL, with an almost 3″ blade. $120 Sold 4/24

Thanks for looking!

Emails should be directed to: threeravensringo@gmail.com

WIP

This is the latest work in progress. The handle and guard are still rough-sanded, and I’m wondering if the hamon will be a work in progress until I die. Self-teaching finger polishing might be the death of me.

W-1 tool steel slim knife

The stats are as follows…

Padauk handle, white bronze guard, W-1 tool steel blade (hand forged, semi-trad polishing as mentioned), and an OAL of just about 9.5 inches. There’s a line of gray epoxy between the bronze and the wood that happens to act as a spacer, and looks pretty nice in my opinion, even it I didn’t intend it to be there.