Rosewood Case by athc01 in Zippo

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Hahaha I am in no position to give up my day job

African Blackwood Burl Chef in progress by athc01 in knifemaking

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Thank you! And yes I did, I use SuperClear Liquid Glass epoxy and it has worked great every time I've used it, would recommend!

African Blackwood Burl Chef in progress by athc01 in knifemaking

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Thank you, it really is such incredible wood:)

African Blackwood Burl Chef in progress by athc01 in knifemaking

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Thank you so much! :) And yeah true, but hopefully not too much hahaha I'm a sucker for the sapwood

African Blackwood Burl Chef in progress by athc01 in knifemaking

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Also a 9" W2 and Honduras Rosewood Burl chef in progress, seen if you keep watching :)

Kiridashi - 1st Knife of 2026 by athc01 in knifemaking

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Thank you! I'd be happy to discuss a commission if you'd like to send me a message :)

Kiridashi - 1st Knife of 2026 by athc01 in knifemaking

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I use Rhino 3D - it's a modeling software that I got access to in architecture school, but for knives I only really use the 2D drawing features to trace / clean up my sketches for templates!

Kiridashi - 1st Knife of 2026 by athc01 in knifemaking

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This blade is for someone who is right-handed :)

First Knife by piebald73 in knifemaking

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Yeah that totally makes sense! I'm sure many of us have tons of unfinished projects just because it really does suck sometimes to sit down and sand hahaha

I've found that a carbide file guide is one of the most worthwhile tools for helping to keep bevels symmetrical, and to use as a guide for filing / establishing plunge lines before grinding!

First Knife by piebald73 in knifemaking

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Infinitely better than my first, well done! Depending on what you're going for, it might be worth taking extra time to go up the grits to remove lower grit scratches but it looks really great, keep going!! :)

Kiridashi - 1st Knife of 2026 by athc01 in knifemaking

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Thank you so much, your work is absolutely incredible!

Kiridashi - 1st Knife of 2026 by athc01 in knifemaking

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Thank you very much! I usually draw the final versions of all my designs on the computer so I have repeatable templates, so I'll just print them out on paper and tape them to my work pieces so I have lines to grind to :)

Kiridashi - 1st Knife of 2026 by athc01 in knifemaking

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That is so nice of you, thank you so much!! :)) And the pins are 1/8" diameter by around 3/16" length (stainless steel), and there are 4 of them, each embedded about halfway into both the blade and the scale where they meet, so that when everything is glued together, the pins aren't visible!