bigman

Buddy they look amazing I love anything handmade good luck with your new venture,

Anybody know this one ? The track is about. 20mm by 20mm and 600mm apart

Been scaffolding in it all week , but then us scaffs are hard as nails been told to go home twice by site manager as it's too cold , jog on son

It's a good knife steel I prefere carbon steel to stainless o1 when heat treated correctly can get very sharp and be very tough and it's much easyier to heat treat than the other fancy steels that cost a fortune

Sounds like a billy bargain ,

Cheers Dave , it consumed me for awhile but my boy (jake) was born 5 weeks ago so now there just no time for the shed

Thanks buddy , not a hollow grind iv yet to try one as my machine doesn’t have a big contact wheel ,

Cheers lads , I do love a big Bowie

Thanks lads appreciate the comments

Thanks guys , some say the original Bowie was a carving knife of sorts that's the magic of the Bowie nobody can prove what it was ment to look like there's plenty of interpretation

old trade knife style I made from o1 with etched blade and oak scales

Hunter style knife I made from o1 the spine has some file work ,

Another rustic S guard Bowie I made from o1 tool steel , blades 11 in with a forged guard from a old file, stag handle

Rustic Bowie knife i knocked up few months ago thought I’d share , farriers rasp blade forged to shape with forged guard also from a old file bit of leather and stag for the handle The blades a knats over 12in

The motor looks like a beast the setup is coming together nicely pal

That belt grinder really looks the business mate I'm looking foward to seeing your first blade come from it , with the plunge you want to try and graduate it into the ricassio and not have to much of a step as it can cause a weakness in the blade going from thick steel to thin to quickly ,

Looks good buddy I like the scales they pop well

If you fancy a visit from the tink fairy then waters good , o1 is a oil hardening steel the o is for oil the warmer the oil the faster the quench will be, I aim for 75degrees

I'll go straight in at a tenner then , cash money

this is turning into a awesome thread

Agreed awesome watching

@ditchman when you say the throat of the blade do you mean the plunge? Not trying to teach to suck eggs an all that just curious ole pal

Looks like a solid bit of kit that , the contact wheels will come in very handy shaping your handles etc will it run horizontal or vertical ?

What a absolute joke