Knives & blacksmithing and more

[scooternut]

I have to say that it's all about your insulation. My forge is made from a paint can. Ive heat treated about 20 knives in it, including normalizing procedures. That's a long time at extreme heat.

 

[JeremyBurke]

Hey all, has anyone heard anything from JuneBuggy in a while. I miss him.

I have been looking into large timber framing chisels and slicks and I wanted to see if he ever made any and if not if he knew of a good maker or two. I hope all is well and he is recovering well.

Cheers,
Jeremy

 

[drivesitfar]

Junebuggy: you ok? just a post to let us know you are still kicking even if you haven't had time to make some of your cool stuff in a while would be great.

i agree we all miss you.

 

[HMCFab9]

Looks like junebuggy's last post on here was late in 2015.
He sure did make some nice stuff! Hopefully he's ok & can post more.

 

[Shiftless]

Junebuggy:
A lot of us miss your posts. I hope you are OK.

 

[Rich1028]

Interesting,been watching a lot of youtube videos on making knives
lots of talent on this board!

 

[drivesitfar]

Junebuggy: any chance you could post again and give us a smoke signal and let us know you are ok or PM me?

your work was amazing and thanks for sharing your talents with us. hope you are hanging in there and maybe just too busy to post cause of traveling around the world.

cheers

 

[Shiftless]

Junebuggy:
As a long time subscriber to your thread, and admirer of your work, I share Drives compliments and concerns.

 

[Yarz]

I'm not forging, just doing stock removal, but I'm pretty proud of this one. This is the first knife I've made (excluding the practice one using a piece of scrap steel - just to learn the process)
It is made of O-1 tool steel, and is sort of modeled after the ESEE 4. I just finished it last night:

I've got another knife with a little more detail in the metal work ready to finish next. I just have to decide what handle material I want to use.

 

[Cypherian]

Nice work.

Cypher

 

[Junebuggy]

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[johno]

I'm back..... (cheesy grin).....miss me?

Actually yes.

 

[Shiftless]

I'm back..... (cheesy grin).....miss me?

I missed you too. It’s been what...2 years?
That’s a truly amazing knife.
How are you doing? I was hoping that the hazardous aspects of metalsmithing hadn’t gotten the best of you.

 

[hefnerconstructionlc]

That is fabulous work Mr. Junebuggy, you are a master of your craft. Wow!

 

[Junebuggy]

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[Craptain]

I'm back..... (cheesy grin).....miss me?

Hell yes. What you been up to?

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk

 

[Junebuggy]

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[Junebuggy]

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[royce]

Mighty beautiful work Junebuggy.
Thank you

Royce

 

[TMcCay]

Beautiful work! I would be proud to own any one of the three knives. Just don't know if I could bring myself to use such a nice knife. Keep the pics coming.

 

[drivesitfar]

JuneB: nice to see you are still amongst the living cause some of us thought maybe you retired to the golden blacksmith shop. your work is always amazing and thanks for sharing. the thread didn't seem to have any steam without you around so maybe it will get more now that you are back. WELCOME BACK!!

ALL: my son in law gave me this knife a friend of his made out of an old RR spike. since i have maybe 100 or so RR spikes maybe someday i'll try to attempt it or maybe supply the material for one of you handy guys so you can make us both one. I like it and it looks like a fair amount of time and energy was put into getting this one in this condition.

 

[M*A*S*H]

You fellas didn't add too much on this post while I was away...what's up with that?

I think that's because you are posting what would be the equivalent of a full on ground up built 50s mercury hot rod and ours would be like a rusty 84 camaro! Beautiful work, you've got real talent!!!

Tried my hand at knife making a few years back, stock removal with 1095. Think I made 5 or 6 knives before most hobbies were pushed aside for raising the family...

These are knives #2 through #5. Second and third pics are matching knives I made for me and my father. The square sheath is a pocket sheath like a pocket holster I made so my old man could carry a fixed blade in his pocket. The third pic is a horizontal belt carry. I prefer to carry my blades horizontally.

 

[Junebuggy]

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[Mike.ASC]

I don't remember if I ever commented on your work before but I must say your work is shockingly spectacular !

 

[Yarz]

You fellas didn't add too much on this post while I was away...what's up with that?

Because we simply can't compare to the work you do.

I've got 4 more stock removal knives in process. Hopefully I'll have them finished up in the next few weeks.

 

[Junebuggy]

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[Amitygravel]

Junebuggy , its great to see you posting again. Lot has gone on in two years . I went full time into knifemaking about a year and a half ago.That's not my leatherwork though. Buddy of mine is pretty talented with it so he gets to do the fancy stuff for me.

 

[johno]

I'm back..... (cheesy grin).....miss me?

I really like the Damascus pattern on this one.
I like the whole thing, but that stands out to me.

 

[DPG]

I'm back..... (cheesy grin).....miss me?

Yes.

 

[javajaws]

Haven't made any in awhile, but here's the last couple I did. I think they look better in person, these were crappy camera shots:

 

[Junebuggy]

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[FTG-05]

Junebuggy, please feel free to jump in here on my thread on my new to me anvil. I'll have some time to clean it up tomorrow and hope fully find more markings and get the weight.

Take a look, if you would, and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7694612#post7694612

 

[Junebuggy]

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[Junebuggy]

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[drivesitfar]

JuneB: thanks again for taking the time to post a few of your gems before you take to the road again with your bride!!

whenever you want to show us how you make those wonderful knives you make either with pictures or a youtube type video I for one would love to learn.

funny stuff about your laptop/ipad and hope you get more time to post again.

 

[Junebuggy]

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[drivesitfar]

JuneB: thanks again for sharing what you can and hope you have some more fun on the road with your bride.

how do you like the Oregon Coast or where is your favorite spot to spend a few days and nights away from home?

 

[JeremyBurke]

I'm back..... (cheesy grin).....miss me?

So much, glad to have you with us again. I love your work so much. I wish I could take classes from you. Alas the commute from my new home in Germany might make that a bit hard though.

 

[Yarz]

Looking back through the thread, I see that I never added the pictures of the second knife I made in the last round, a couple years ago.
8 3/4" overall:

There's a vine detail in the spine that wraps the entire way around the handle:

And here are two more that I just finished this week:
1. 7" overall; Inspired by the Spyderco “R” – C67

2.7" overall; Inspired by the Whiteknuckler Brand WK

I've got two more to finish with handles and sharpening.

 

[Junebuggy]

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