All About Pocket Knives

ashwinearl wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:22 pm Hi.....

ashwinearl wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:36 am Finished set of 3. Now onto sharpening and leather slips
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ashwinearl wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:59 am Finished up some custom leather slips. I used my diamond scratch bit in my Gravograph engraver on the leather and came out with a neat effect of lettering the leather. The slips are a little on the tight side though. The green one shown here again shows after sharpening on a Wicked edge.

Thanks for all the nice comments. There is some magic in these ones as they came out closer to my vision than others have. I look for any excuse to make use of my engraver and the classic lettering on the these knives just screamed to try out scratch engraving+ electro etch on the blade.

I will surely make some more, as the interest in them has been great. Maybe I found the right intersection of what I'm interested and capable of, low supply, and high demand? I'm focused on improvement first, selling second. The good thing is that slip joint buyers want stainless and want higher-end covers like stag, ironwood, vintage micarta, jigged bone. This is helping motivate me to move into those materials and improve my processes. A mill is planned soon, so that will elevate my nail nicks and enable milled liners.