Two recent knives

[SamHarper]

Here's a farrier rasp sharpfinger I made recently. I had stopped making rasp knives because I made four in a row that I couldn't sharpen for some reason and didn't know what the problem was. I changed my sharpening technique and got that sorted out, though, so I'm back to it.

Plus, I have a heat treat oven now, so it's easier to anneal the files without them warping.

This one has an ebony handle, a copper pin and tube, and a sheath with a rattlesnake skin inlay.

[SamHarper]

This next one started out as a much larger knife, but as I was putting the final grind on it, a big inclusion appeared in the blade that caused a complete separation between the layers. I didn't want it to be a complete waste, so I cut off the damaged part and redesigned what was left into this.

That colorful handle is buckeye burl that Terry Dunn dyed, stabilized, and cast in alumilite. It has a brass pin and a mosaic pin. That mosaic pin was originally going to be in the middle of the handle of the previous knife. I had to work around the holes I had already drilled in order to redesign the handle.

[Puggy625]

Nice. What heat treat oven did you get?

[SamHarper]

I got the Evenheat KH 418. It works beautifully.

[Bjankowski]

They all look great Sam; I like the simplicity of them, tight and very practice. I like tools that don't have a lot of whistles and bells that really don't add to the function of the blade. Also you leather work has come a long, long way, I'm proud of you for taking the time to study it all right.

[Ron]

Great job Sam. I really like that first one

[wdtorque]

Mighty nice. Really dig the top one.

[Bvallet]

Looking very nice.

[SamHarper]

Thank you. Thank you very much. :-)

[BiteEmNBeatEm]

Great work