A Very Good Afternoon

Occasionally, I get to leave the day job a couple hours early. Which is what I did today. For some reason, this act has a tremendous effect on my motivation. I got home ready to hit the shop. And hit the shop I did!!!

OK...this is actually from yesterday. Not my knife. It's a Cold Steel that belongs to a coworker. He wanted a new sheath, and I wanted to practice working with Kydex. I think it turned out pretty good. Gawd, that's a bit knife, though.

Also from yesterday...new chef's knife was ready for heat treat before I went to bed.

Present time! I sandblasted these four Outdoor knives. I want to try something just a little different.

I got my new Chef's knife into heat treat.

Two of the Outdoor knives will stay sandblasted all over. The other two will have ground bevels.

Exploring contrast. A ground bevel against a blasted flat. I think I'm going to like the look.

Tacti-Hunter getting a black canvas micarta handle.

Rainbows on the Chef's knife after heat treat.

I had my burlap micarta handles all ready for two of the Outdoor knives and changed course just a bit. I thought black liners would add that extra touch they might need.

The Chef's knife had just a little bend to it after heat treat. Into my little fixture for a while.

That's a good afternoon if I've ever seen one!!! Handles onto three knives. Two more ready for handles. One just about ready for a handle. I hope to carry some of this momentum forward for a few days! I think the two remaining Outdoor knives should also get burlap handles. In order to do that, I'll need to lay up some more micarta. So it might take a couple of days until they are done. That's fine, I have plenty to keep me busy in the meantime.