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  2. Awesome skills mate, knife looks amazing!!! Well done
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  4. Green with envy at this side of the island. Love it.
  5. Very, very nice work 👍
  6. Thanks. That is definitely what I was going for. I like wood handles a lot, but its hard to beat the practicality of a brightly coloured synthetic handle.
  7. Awesome knife, you are doing a great job. I like the high viz, there's less chance of leaving them behind
  8. So after making my last attempt at a night visible knife, I was asked by someone to make the same knife for them. I wasn't entirely happy with the last handle material, so did some some more searching online and found what seemed like a good alternative and ordered a set to try. This new handle material has decent luminosity - the best I have found so far. I would rate it similar to good luminosity on a watch. The material is a little softer than I would like. Its fine for use on a knife, but I have to watch it when I grind the shape on the handle as the belt rips material off quicker than I am used to. The blade is 3mm NitroV with a tapered tang and a distal taper to a pretty sharp point. The handle is luminous Chinesium with an orange G10 liner and Loveless bolts. I was also asked to make a Kydex belt sheath, so did it in orange in keeping with the high viz theme. It was only at the last minute while I was taking photos that I realised I got a bit ahead of myself at glue-up of the handles and forgot to engrave my logo on the blade. I will get a friend to laser etch my mark because I dont like to electro etch the blade once the handles are on.
  9. Wry handy skill to have , nice knife
  10. Another great looking knife RT. We'll all be signing up for your knife making school when you open it.
  11. Most high carbon Damascus is etched in a ferric chloride mixture, then often given a finish etch in coffee. The first time I tried making a knife with stainless Damascus, I tried Ferric, but it didnt touch it. Despite trying for increasingly longer periods, Ferric brought out virtually no pattern at all. The last two knives I have actually successfully made from this stainless Damascus, I have used hydrochloric acid for the etch. It does much better, with some pattern emerging within the first minute. Now I am just trying to work out how long to leave it in the etch, so thats still an ongoing process.
  12. Yeh, bugger about the layers being off centre, nice looking knife otherwise.
  13. Very nice. Great looking skinner
  14. Nice work. How do etching?
  15. Awesome knife, well done
  16. Another variation on a knife I have made a few times now. I am going to have to come up with a name because I think I will be making a few more soon. Second time working with Chinesium VG10 Damascus steel. This was a 3mm billet, and the layers are slightly off centre which is a bit of a pain. Guess I cant really expect quality control from Chinese production. Luckily it has enough core steel to sharpen up with a good edge. Last time I etched Damascus, I left it a bit too long and it etched pretty deep. This time I etched it for much shorter periods. Its probably a little under done this time. I will maybe split the difference next time. The blade is a full flat grind with a tapered tang. Handle is African ebony with thin red G10 liners, mosaic pins and a hand rubbed oil finish.
  17. Hi, i'm Julius, new member of community. Thanks for your welcom and i'm passionate of hunting with longue range fire.
  18. great idea, glow in the dark handle
  19. Its Chinesium and I dont really know what its supposed to do. I just bought it off the photo which made it look pretty bright in the dark, but it didnt turn out that way. For all I know its radioactive waste from a Chinese nuclear submarine encased in resin - but probably not since I expect that would glow better. 🤣🤣🤣
  20. It's a ripper RT. How do I order one ?
  21. Rifletuner, you say you were a bit disappointed with the luminosity of the handle on that knife. Is it supposed to be luminous all the time, or is it only as luminous as the "charge" that is applied to it? Do you think there is too much happening with the other ingredients in the material?
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