Bill Kirkley

These look familiar!

LINK: https://knife.wickededgeusa.com/forums/topic/strop-cover/

Yes, I’ve looked at some of his videos. He does a great job.

Thanks, MarkH. It is a good little knife. I’ve used it around the shop a good bit.

Yes, I think it is Gorilla tape, not duck tape.

Here is my latest knife. Among its problems, it is not well proportioned.

I took a beginners class at New England School of Metal Work several years ago. I haven’t devoted much time making knives. I hope to make more in the future.

Maybe with time I will improve. Even though they have imperfections it is great fun forging and grinding t…[Read more]

Shelley,  I guess you can call it a sheath. It’s two pieces of an old leather belt duck taped together!

MarcH,  it’s a shadow!

Here is another design option. Mount the block on a threaded rod with a flat side.

There is no question the gen 3 is a nice holder. Personally I prefer the original vise design. It clamps well and will hold anything!

Here is a link to building a simple forge that might make it easier to heat treat your blades.

https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/topic/36681-very-simple-beginners-propane-forge/

Thanks guys.  I am not all OCD about sharpening like some of you guys! :-). I only sharpen a few knives every few months.  So the old style vises work for me.

I have posted two ways to work with long flexible blades.  If some of you have a second older WE vise you can mount it as a second clamp for your blade.

Here are links to the old posts.

Blade Buttress

WE Mod

Thanks!

There was no error message.  I inserted them into the post and they didn’t display.  If you look at the Stacking photos on iPhone thread you will notice at the bottom there is a .png and .jpg version of the stack 04 photo. Only one displayed.

I think the problem is that the forum doesn’t recognize .PNG format. I had to convert the photos to .jpg.

Tap Place Photo

Select your photo and pinch it to size and move it in place. Then tap Accept

Repeat the process to add and place a second photo.

Tap the back arrow in the upper left hand corner.  Export the project to the camera roll.

in the camera roll use the cropping tool to crop the photo to the desired…[Read more]