Blade

Small damascus blade, just out of heat treatment

440c and micarta

New

Bowie progress

Bevels set, working on handle attachment. Blade is just over nine inches

Bowie

Got an order for a large bowie-here it is forged, profiled, and rough ground.
Finished blade length will be just over 9".
O-1 tool steel, spine is around .21" thick, blade width about 1 1/2"

Studded K-Pod

440c stainless, spun copper studs
This is an experiment A) to try rivet spinning, B) to try a new oxidized finish, C) trying ways to make grip on a handle without hiding the steel (for the ones made from layered steel)
It's pretty butch. It's beyond butch.

foot rail brackets

foot rail brackets

Wrought brackets for a local bistro

Just out of heat treat. 440c 1/8", 3" blade. Handle will have a serious of studs for grip, in the drilled holes

K-pod model, damascus

1084/15n20   3" blade, 1/8" thick. Outline is ground, ready for bevels and handle work

Sunset on thunder cloud

Hooks and eyes

Closure for garage doors, 3/8 square steel, black rust preventive paint, matchbook for perspective

Handles

Steel back plate, forged iron handles

Door handles

Handles for the front door of a local cafe

railing

Conley railing- 48 foot welded aluminum pipe and picket. Custom fitted to sloping angled deck

Railing

All for sections done, ready for install

Railing

Three done, beginning layout for the fourth and last section

Second railing section

Two down, two to go

First section

First section assembled-aluminum pipe and picket railing system

Details

Faceted ball on slide bolt and accents on cleats and handles

Door hardware

Grab handles amd slide bolts

New stuffs for the weekend event

From left: seven weed diggers- two hori type, three made from railroad spikes, two trowel type.
Four spoons, four trowels, two long two short. One door handle snuck in there....

Thumb Latch

Thumb lever lifts a flat drop bar (not shown) that is caught by pin

Latch

Door latch in pieces

Hinges

Completed hinges for four barn doors

Cane bolts

For came bolts for barn doors- 36"

Nicole's railing

A job well done-Gene and Sam enjoy their success

Railing

Hard to see the whole thing but this gives one an idea

Railing

Checking fit....

Hinges

Barn hinges ready for paint

Moon rise

I just had to post this-moon over Guemes Channel

Hinges

The first of ten-still hot out of the oven

Crystal temper line

My very first attempt st a visible crystalline boundary

Burl table

Ron Flint of Mitercraft with burl table

Burl table

Table bases

Table bases, for a collaboration with Mitercraft . Steel,17"tall, maple burl

Prototype for knives for my son's unit in the First Infantry.

Blade, 4"

Overall, 8.5"

Steel is circular sawmill blade, tests as med/hi carbon, .15 thick.

Cocobolo handle- way too nice for a prototype, but I'll be carrying this one.

Production knife will be 440c bead blasted stainless, with choice of Purpleheart or synthetic (micarta) grip.

Also available in D2 or CPM 154- I recommend 440c because of the difficulty of sharpening "super steels" in the field.

Meanwhile back at the ranch...

Setting up for the last components on the railing

Sign for slow loris

Elementfe- making ideas three-dimensional since 2004

Ready for paint

Cut out

Cutting out

Pattern for jess' weather vane

In fill coming along