Strix Varia

wow!looks great!

Glad you liked those.the longer of those knives is 26 mm overall/10 1/4 inches

Cool!Looks great!

Gravel sounds good,...unless you drop something small on it like a bolt or small screw etc.I been thinking that packed,smooth dirt has a lot of advantages.

I don't have any pics of anything more recent.I was shut down most of last winter with the fire-ban(i was useing an open-air charcoal forge)Ive been tied up relocateing,maintaining a new job and converting myself to a gas forge.I have several blades in various states of completion.

A couple of knives ive finished in the past year.The shorter one is forged "orrr" (old rail-road rail)steel,with hickory handle and buffalo-horn guard.The longer one is the wifes edc knife,1095 with red-oak handle and is vinegar etched.

Finnaly got to forge again,..after 5 long months!Whew!

Thanks for the warm welcome,guys!I did manage to watch some of the salt fork guys do a demo at a steam-tractor show a few months back.My day job and relocateing been keeping me so busy lately ive not had a chance to do any "real" work.

I'm a second year hobby blacksmith in oklahoma,pleased to meet y'all!