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This is why in love the forging process. You can take small block of steel, and with a little heat and a hammer you can shape it like clay and give it a whole new lease on life. For those knife makers that only do stock removal, I recommend giving forging a good try #droppointknife #huntingknife #hunting #huntingseason #stockremoval #forgingknives #camping #campknife #process #michiganmade https://www.instagram.com/p/CGbDre5FSCR/?igshid=621s5bb38do6

What's the best thing to do when you get a new studio space? Take an almost 2 month hiatus. But enough rest and excuses. Here are 3 knives I worked on a little bit and the wood for their respective handles. Gonna get them tempered up tomorrow #knives #knifemaking #woodhandle #huntingknife #hunting #droppoint #droppointknife #droppointhunter #backonthehorse #michiganmade https://www.instagram.com/p/CGWEwHelY_g/?igshid=elifxsow715m

New workspace before and after cleanup. Now to build a propane forge and get back to some real work #workspace #blacksmith #blacksmithing #knives #knifemaking thanks to @parallelillustration for the cleanup help! https://www.instagram.com/p/CDruGViFzYl/?igshid=b2dhgqz95lza

Welp. Something went wrong in the temper. Knives almost done, handles polished, decided to test the edge by carving some wood. Those jagged edge rolls are far from acceptable. Gotta grind off the handles and re-temper the blades. Oh Well, live and learn. Test out your projects early kids #setbacks #redo #knives #knifemaking #huntingknife https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qDQPClPe7/?igshid=i47fcbvsyzfg

Working on that handle shaping before temper #handleshaping #knives #knifemaking #forge #forgingknives #stockremoval #steel #raspknife #rasp #edc #huntingknife #hunting #camping #campknife https://www.instagram.com/p/B_inNRmlIpI/?igshid=dwp7kily2hhn

Gonna be trying out this handle material I made, some kind of nut shell that fell off a tree encased in epoxy resin. Small personal project #foraging #knives #knifemaking #blacksmith #blacksmithing #edc #epoxyresin #epoxy #recycledart https://www.instagram.com/p/B_f64o2lk_N/?igshid=tl8cn62ypd76

Trying to avoid hand sanding on my almost finished handles so I decided to start the profile of another commission. Had to sacrifice a personal project I was working on, but without a forge I need some good flat steel to do some stock removal knives. #nowaste #raspknife #recycledart #process #procrastination #knives #knifemaking #huntingknife #hunting #camping #campknife #survival #bowieknife #seax https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YC6uhFbLi/?igshid=qz4a45nm3ir6

Finished sharpening and polish and sent it off to it's new home. Has to be my fastest turnaround from order to end. Good to see growth. Blade is upcycled farriers rasp, handle is striped maples dyed dark #raspknife #knives #knifemaking #finishwhatyoustart #huntingknife #hunting #camping #campknife #michiganmade #blacksmith #blacksmithing https://www.instagram.com/p/B-vAVHmlMTW/?igshid=18xvjg8hwo3dc