gearhartironwerks Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 This is a pic of 2 hunters recently completed. The top is a 3 bar twist and the bottom is a modified 'w'. The top blade is 4" and the bottom is 3.75. Both are 1095/L6 fluxless welds. Thanks for looking and comments/critiques are always welcome and helpful. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 VERY nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Very Nice Looking Knives John - coal or gas forge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCROB Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 awesome John , nicely done , real clean work ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Another beautiful pair of blades John, like we'd expect less. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Very Nice Looking Knives John - coal or gas forge? Jeremy, I use a natural gas forge with a ribbon burner whose temperature I manually control with a thermocouple and pid reader. The results are consistent with this method. Eliminating the variables is important. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 John - that is totally understandable - again nice looking knives!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmangeler Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Very nice knives. I like my cutting edge back closer to my hand, I think this gives me better control and more leverage. Just my thought, but I really like these knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Very nice knives. I like my cutting edge back closer to my hand, I think this gives me better control and more leverage. Just my thought, but I really like these knives. MM, That's a good observation which I'll rectify on future blades. I always leave some extra space when doing the initial grind so I have a little margin for error at the ricasso. Thanks for the input. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Ooh, hah, wow. Very likable my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Nice clean work. Love the W's pattern. Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Frisse Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I can't decide which pattern I like more, they're both just so awesome. Beautiful work, sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Hey All, One of these blades was sold on Sat. Don't know which one as the knife shop is closed till Wed. I'm stoked as it was only there for a few days. I haven't really pursued advertising per se and just have some blades in the shop across the street, as well as my shop. I'd like to get more involved in advertising, both on the web and in the local news rags. Anyone have experience in this world? Thanks for the input. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Frisse Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Etsy seems to be a growing resource for knife makers these days, but there's a LOT of knives on there. Some of the mass produced, factory made damascus made in the middle east floods the market on there, but I think there's still a place for the good stuff on Etsy. It's also not a bad idea, in my opinion, to get involved on social media sites if you haven't already. Google+ is growing and there's a lot of communities on there for knife lovers. Also, facebook is a great resource anymore. That's the easiest to network on. A lot of blogging sites will give you click through traffic, as well. I'm no expert, but I work in marketing and see how some of this works. Best of luck! Benton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Beware of some of the Knife traders and swapping goups. A lot of scamers out there. One guy was selling $40 damascus knife from Russia, 400 foldas, blah blah... those of us that tagged him for thoses fraud posts were banned by the group admins for reporting the scam, seems the admins at that site were part of the scams. Buyer beware. which makes it hard for honest people to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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