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A hobby-smith obsessed: December 2015
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Wednesday, 30 December 2015. Christmas Break Project: Hultafors Axe Sheath. As promised - part two of my Christmas project! This would be my first attempt at a sheath for an axe still in production - so hopefully it will allow me to work on future projects with this model. Transferring my CAD template to leather. Adding my makers mark. All dyed and ready to punch and glue. There are a n...
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A hobby-smith obsessed: May 2016
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Sunday, 1 May 2016. New knives and new designs WIP - more lessons learned ( 2/? It's been a bit of a gap due to waiting for some handle materials to come in the mail, but I'm happy to say that I've been able to get back to work on them! Quenching in vegetable oil. Post tempering shot - still coated in scale. Descaling in citric acid bath. This was after the vise had maxed out on tighten...
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A hobby-smith obsessed: April 2015
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Saturday, 4 April 2015. I've decided to take the plunge into knife making as a hobby and will be starting my knife making operation Rain Owl Bushcraft! I'll be posting my personal projects here but when I have anything for sale that will be the place to go. Http:/ rainowlbushcraft.weebly.com/. Cheers and all the best,. Labels: Rain Owl Bushcraft. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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A hobby-smith obsessed: October 2015
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Monday, 26 October 2015. Short Thanksgiving Weekend Project (2/2): Minimalist city knife attempt #2. Punching the holes with a stitching chisel to set spacing for drilling with the drill press. Adding my makers mark to the back of the sheath. All the components drilled and prepared for gluing and stitching! Saddle stitching - 1 out of 135 to go. And now the glamour shots:. Probably the ...
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A hobby-smith obsessed: July 2015
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Axe Refurbishing WIP: Round Two. Haven't had as much time to work on projects as I'd like - but I did find a few breaks to get another axe restoration done! This time around it's a Walter Black Diamond. Doing a little homework I found out that these were among some of the finest axes made in their time, and made in Canada! The axe sheath was also done similar to t...
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A hobby-smith obsessed: March 2015
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Tuesday, 31 March 2015. First Commissioned Knives (4/4). Finally all done my first batch of knives! I'm happy to say that this one probably has the best stitching on the sheath, so practice makes perfect! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). First Commissioned Knives (4/4). View my complete profile. Simple theme. Theme images by macroworld.
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A hobby-smith obsessed: Christmas Break Project: Hultafors Axe Sheath
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Wednesday, 30 December 2015. Christmas Break Project: Hultafors Axe Sheath. As promised - part two of my Christmas project! This would be my first attempt at a sheath for an axe still in production - so hopefully it will allow me to work on future projects with this model. Transferring my CAD template to leather. Adding my makers mark. All dyed and ready to punch and glue.
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A hobby-smith obsessed: September 2014
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Monday, 1 September 2014. Short Weekend Project: Minimalist integral city knife attempt (2/2). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Short Weekend Project: Minimalist integral city kn. View my complete profile. Simple theme. Theme images by macroworld.
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A hobby-smith obsessed: March 2016
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A blog about knife making and random projects. To make any requests for any items, feel free to check out my shop here. Monday, 21 March 2016. New knives and new designs WIP ( 1/? Spring is in the air and I'm making the most of what time I can get in the shop! I'll let the pictures do the talking, but this batch has been quite fun in taking advantage of the capabilities of a proper 2x72 grinder - and I hope to get more batches done in the future! Laying out profiles on 1/8" O1 barstock. The next steps wi...