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What I do...I make things - it is my hobby, and occasionally my job. I try not to say, "I can't make that"; rather, "How do I make that?" That comes from my Dad - inspirational teacher, gentleman, gentle man, and a "cunning artificer" if ever there was one. Everything here is supposed to be useful - nothing is (or should be) decoration for the sake of it. If it doesn't do what it was designed for, I've done it wrong! I also make things for other people - if you like what you see and want something made, get in touch. |
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What is new?11th December 2011The tanto was completed in July, and the toothpick whittler was presented to one of the joint winners of the camp challenge. I am making another prize knife for the other joint winner... I have been recycling old axe heads - a rather battered, rusty old hatchet was revealed to be a Brades Criterion from the 1950's, which has been cleaned up and given a new helve (recycled from a broken sledgehammer handle) and mask. An extremely manky-looking head, under the rust and gunk is actually a Marples 3lb felling axe head, made just across the road from where I used to work in Sheffield. A worn-out pick handle is allocated to this one, as I becoming a convert to straight handles on axes. 18th June 2011 More progress with the tanto previously mentioned on the Knifemaking page - the blade is now finished, and awaiting a set of fittings. 4th June 2011 The toothpick-style whittler is finished, and is now wearing a handsome set of desert ironwood scales. 16th May 2011 The katana is finished, saya is complete, and there are some photos up on the second restoration page. 18th March 2011 Red Nose Day! Katana restoration: The samekawa (rayskin) is now drying after being glued to the tsuka core. Photos of filleter sheath received from Tony, now up on the Leatherwork page. 14th March 2011 The restoration of the katana is proceeding - I have some excellent photos of the fittings up on the restoration page, not taken by me, I hasten to add... 3rd March 2011 I have finished both the filleter sheath and the seax, and both are now with their new owners. Seax is here... 14th January 2011 Completed my Tuominen knife with desert ironwood and mammoth ivory. See here... I have also started a sheath for a filleting knife, a handle for a reproduction pattern-welded seax, and a restoration on a katana. Busy, busy... 4th January 2011 Finished a Karlsson puukko, handled with the other piece of maple burl I had left over from the Eklund. See here... 28th November 2010 Finished a Mikhael Eklund puukko in AEB-L stainless - see here... 19th November 2010 Just finished putting some ironwood scales on a damascus Mule for George - photo on the Knifemaking page. 23rd July 2010 I have made some alterations to the knifemaking page, as it was getting too big and unwieldy. It is now more of an index, with thumbnails linking to sub-pages for each project. The damasteel knife has gone to it's new owner, and the proceeds have gone towards this summer's trip to the Channel Islands by our local Scout troop. Following an enquiry from Down Under, I have started another whittler - details on the knifemaking page. The forged nessmuk has still not made it to the front of the queue, but hey-ho... The kitchen is a higher priority this summer! 24th May 2010 The damasteel knife is complete, pics up on the knifemaking page. 12th March 2010 The replacement ZDP Mule will not be appearing - the cracking problem is apparently related to the "molecular bonding within the steel". I would translate that as a problem with the crystalline structure, as steel doesn't strictly have a molecular structure, but not everyone is a chemist! Disappointing though it is for this one to fall through, the original point of the Mule program was to gather more information about exotic steels in use, so it has at least achieved that. I have also passed on the CPM-S35VN Mule to another collector/maker, as I won't have the time in the short- to medium-term to do anything with it. The damasteel blade is shaped and ground, and is away to be professionally heat-treated. 16th February 2010 The O1/Ebony neckers have been completed and despatched - photos on the knifemaking page. The leather stamps made up by Kerne are working really well, so the mark now goes on every bit of leatherwork that goes out. I have bought a small piece of damasteel (stainless damascus) - this has jumped to the front of the queue... 5th January 2010 New Year has been and gone. I finished the damascus blade before Christmas, and it has gone to it's new owner. Photos on the knifemaking page. The fat-belly bushy blade was prised out of my grip by another keen maker, and has been finished by him. Details here.  |
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