One of the reasons that you are doing so well at your craft is your willingness to experiment with new ideas. Keep up the great work and happy holidays to you and yours!
Hey JP, you asked for recommendations on what you could make knives out of a few videos ago. My suggestion is... Call around to guitar shops, or guitar builders and see if you can get scrap Fret Wire. IT might take a while to get enough to fill a decent size canister to make a small knife. But most of the older fret wire has a bit of nickel in them. Could be interesting.
did you check the HRC of the nails? as far as you making videos, "if you make it we will watch" lol. like the sand shark. i made something similar and it makes hand sanding easier and faster. as far as making your own stabilized handle scales, it is a good side hustle and very lucrative as well. how long do you normally coffee etch. i like soaking mine for 6 to 12 hours. the darker the better IMO. great video and knife , brother
Thank you. I didnt check the Hrc but thats a good thought. I have left over and i got some testing files. You peeked my curiosity. As far as the etching process i just check on it periodically unless i do it late at night then it gets a good 6 to 8 hrs. Once im happy with the darkness i clean and oil it. Also i think if i get some sales soon the sandshark will pay for its self. If not then it will in a few months from the time i save per video. Which is 2 or 3 hrs of handsanding.
Instead of just throwing crap in a can and taking whatever you get, how about trying to do something creative? Oh yeah. Sorry. Happy holidays to you and yours.
One of the reasons that you are doing so well at your craft is your willingness to experiment with new ideas. Keep up the great work and happy holidays to you and yours!
Thank you. Happy holidays to you as well.
That is a really clean pattern. Beautiful knife.
This is my favorite knife you've made, it's gorgeous
Thank you
Beautiful knife JP. I hope you have a great holiday. I hope you have a happy, healthy and safe new year. ~Kevin
Awesome work
Thank you
Any way you do it is great mate.👍👍👍
Thanks
the handle is beautiful. I want those colors on the aston martin i will never be able to own
Never say never
GREAT KNIFE!! 🔥
Thank you
I really like that pattern!
Me too
Awesome work man. Do you reuse the coffee or make a new batch every time. It might get darker if you use a new batch.
I make a new batch. If i leave it out it starts to mold within a few days.
@JPsBladeworks ok cool. I was thinking that same thing as soon as I sent the message.
Beautiful knife
Thank you
I vote that you please record all your forging, including from stock steal bars.
I got you 🫡
You could stream some of them
That's sweet, as said, handle is v. nice!
Thank you
Interesting pattern, I like how it looks like Kenny from Southpark in that one spot near the handle.
Ill have to go look at it 👀
Hey JP, you asked for recommendations on what you could make knives out of a few videos ago. My suggestion is... Call around to guitar shops, or guitar builders and see if you can get scrap Fret Wire. IT might take a while to get enough to fill a decent size canister to make a small knife. But most of the older fret wire has a bit of nickel in them. Could be interesting.
Ill look into it. Maybe i can find one that wants to collab or i could just buy some if it isnt too expensive 🤔
Have you made a blade out of apex? Worn out Phillips, torx, etc... might look good.
Love the vids.
did you check the HRC of the nails? as far as you making videos, "if you make it we will watch" lol. like the sand shark. i made something similar and it makes hand sanding easier and faster. as far as making your own stabilized handle scales, it is a good side hustle and very lucrative as well. how long do you normally coffee etch. i like soaking mine for 6 to 12 hours. the darker the better IMO. great video and knife , brother
Thank you. I didnt check the Hrc but thats a good thought. I have left over and i got some testing files. You peeked my curiosity. As far as the etching process i just check on it periodically unless i do it late at night then it gets a good 6 to 8 hrs. Once im happy with the darkness i clean and oil it. Also i think if i get some sales soon the sandshark will pay for its self. If not then it will in a few months from the time i save per video. Which is 2 or 3 hrs of handsanding.
Not sure if this is possible but can you collect all the forge scale from your previous projects and try to make a knife out of it.
I dont think so. The forge scale is basically just an iron oxide. I dont think that can be reused to make a knife.
Kinda reminds me of a bolo kukri hybrid nice
It ended up a bit smaller than what i had wanted but my starting billet was also a bit smaller so it makes sense
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Instead of just throwing crap in a can and taking whatever you get, how about trying to do something creative?
Oh yeah. Sorry. Happy holidays to you and yours.