ok welp heres some hunter/camp knives

[metal_bender]

thanks for the feedback folks, heres the stuff I was mentioning that was on the bench for handles and sheaths. Im going to also try my hand at more bird and fish knives over the next couple days since I have to spark up the forge to make some gifts anyway.

lemme know what yall think

burled cherry handle 5160 steel hammer finish skinner




drop point camp knife
more of that burled cherry with a wet molded sheath


curly maple handled drop oint, I put a aggresive stance on the blade for chopping etc
1095 steel







bird and fish knife, 5160 steel, hammer finished, yet more of that burl ( it was a big burl heh) carved it up some for the visuals and for good gripping

[kwilson16]

Metalbender,
Very Nice!
The molded sheaths and the speckled metal are really amazing. Is the metal some sort of damascus?
KW

[Capt. Mark Bennett]

Awesome knives for sure!

[8pt~Bowhunter]

Awesome knives!

[metal_bender]

thanks for the kind words fellas
kwilson16 nope thats called alloy banding, you get it from thermal cycling the steel, Ill be trying my hand at making some san mai soon which is similair to what we call damascus (pattern welding)
now lets hope that the folks that visit the lil store I display my knives at like em too! local economy is tanked out of tourist season, its been a VERY rough late fall early winter for alot of craftsmen out here. :/
I just got my slideshow up for my site working last night let me know what ya think of it!
one thing, if your having issues with it, could you please let me know what browser and version your using? that would help me to debug
for example
firefox ver.2.0
thanks again for the kind words and if anyones hunting elk I DO barter for racks! ( Im addicted to elk handle hehe )
heres the slideshow
www.forgedknives.net go to the gallery

[Red Boar]

Sweet....I am headed to your Gallery.

[metal_bender]

hey boar, howd the site load for you?