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Lack of content

By ParkPosted on Posted in Combat knife, Defensive, Knifemaking, Randomness

I have been extremely busy with getting settled into our new home, plus I went back to working at the old manufacturing plant. The jobsite is a two hour drive from here but the compensation is well worth it. Unfortunately I haven’t had much time to dedicate to the photo blog but rest assured I am working on knife related things and hope to have more updates after the new year.

Small O1 blade

By ParkPosted on Posted in EDC, Knifemaking

A hefty little O1 knife with a razor sharp full flat grind, traction jimping, and textured G10 scales fastened by stainless Torx screws. The blade has been coated with 2400 series GunKote for an anti-reflective finish. It weighs in at 4.3 .oz.

Corotid cutter [video]

By ParkPosted on Posted in Defensive, Knifemaking, Video, Work-in-progress

I like to use Sharpie fine point markers to roughly plan how my scales are going to look in relation to the plunge cuts and maker’s mark. Again, it’s just a rough idea and I may change things up during the grinding process, such as bevel height or plunge angle, or I may decide to add a swedge. Below: The top knife has been heat treated and beveled. All that’s left is GunKote, scales, and sharpening. I brought the bevels to a near zero edge which will make for a very sharp blade.

A really great tool…

By ParkPosted on Posted in Knifemaking, Shop tools

One of those small tools I never really knew about, but now that I do, it’s become one of the most useful things in my shop: a magnet with grip. It allows me to quickly surface grind without burning my finger tips or losing control of the work piece.

Simple Kydex and quench plate presses

By ParkPosted on Posted in Knifemaking, Shop tools

I scored a vintage woodworker’s vise on eBay for an amazing deal and converted it into a small Kydex press for smaller blades. It works extremely well for quickly applying even pressure over the work piece.

Pictured above is a vintage US made Dunlap vise (also purchased NOS on eBay for cheap) and 1″ thick aluminum plates that I drilled and tapped for 1/4-20 bolts.

I mounted it a few inches away from my quench tank for rapid transfer. This is one of the more useful shop tools I have; it ensures every blade is perfectly straight out of the quench.

Hefty 1084 chopper

By ParkPosted on Posted in Knifemaking

I made this hefty camp/chopping/what-have-you knife from Aldo’s 1084 steel. It’s 3/16″ thick and has a full flat grind, black paper Micarta scales, red G10 spacers, and stainless pins that are all held together with West System G/Flex. I added additional small pins for added scale strength.

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