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Knifemaker from Germany 🇩🇪 High carbon steel, kitchen knives, EDC, custom knives. More details on my blog #knifemaker #customknives

Another notebook with a biker themed design, black Another notebook with a biker themed design, black cloth hardcover and the obligatory skulls 😁 find more details on my website, including a link to Etsy. The vooks are sized A6 to be your everyday conpanion and fit inside your pocket.
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[Advertisement] I not only make knives. These are [Advertisement] I not only make knives. These are handmade books A6 sized to be your daily companion that fits into a pocket. I use traditional techniques to make these books last forever. They are handstitched and come with a cloth covered hardcover. I create the little illustrations and pick them to create differently themed books. Use them as notebooks, diaries, journals, guestbooks, for poetry and more. You can buy them on etsy. Link on my website you can find in the bio.
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I did a thing. I remade the Signature model as a m I did a thing. I remade the Signature model as a modernized '24 blade design. This is a gift for my brother this year. The handle is bog oak and self made paper micarta liner.
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Finished the second Spring Folder. This took a whi Finished the second Spring Folder. This took a while. Handle is made our of Tiger Wood.
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Say hello to the "Warrior Heart". . #WarriorHeart Say hello to the "Warrior Heart".
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The Warrior Heart ready to fly home. . #WarriorHea The Warrior Heart ready to fly home.
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The project is done and ready to be shipped. I fin The project is done and ready to be shipped. I finished the leather work of the sheath, including a new way to get the makers mark and the crest of the family imprinted in the leather. I hope the customer likes the result
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Swipe me for more details. This has been one of my Swipe me for more details. This has been one of my most complex builds and took me close toba year (with some unexpected breaks). A one of a kind family heirloom to be.
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Beauty shots of the Warrior Heart knife in all its Beauty shots of the Warrior Heart knife in all its glory. What a project. The knife is done and razor sharp. Handle is treated with linseed oil. Now on to the leather work and with more new ideas and techniques.
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The guard for the Warrior Heart Bowie. Going up fr The guard for the Warrior Heart Bowie. Going up from 40, 80, 120, 240, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200 and then to the polishing wheel. Even such tiny things take time to get them to this level if only perfect is good enough and I am far from that.
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Working on the guard for the Warrior Heart Bowie. Working on the guard for the Warrior Heart Bowie. I love to get my hands dirty with honest work.
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The Warrior Heart knife with makers mark and name The Warrior Heart knife with makers mark and name etching.

As on the other side the etchings went perfect and are crisp sharp.

I already starten Work on the forged guard made of steel.

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I finished the custom etching on the Warrior Heart I finished the custom etching on the Warrior Heart blade I am working on. 

This was probably the most nerve wrecking step as it is easy to ruin so many hours of work in just some seconds.

All came out perfectly and after the final polish the etching is crispy sharp to read.

The words follow the wave of the grind line of the primary bevel and are adressed to the son. I also etched the family crest on the ricasso. This knife will be something very special.

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Now I can see the clouds and trees just fine. This Now I can see the clouds and trees just fine. This is what I was aiming for, besides beeing dirt and sweaty.
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Even more bling. But I found 2 or 3 scratches so b Even more bling. But I found 2 or 3 scratches so back down to 400 grit and redo the whole finish. Knifemaker life.
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Some bling on the blade is starting to show. Slowl Some bling on the blade is starting to show. Slowly but surely. Just some quadrillion more hours of handsanding to go 🤪
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Another project. The blade of a folding knife. . # Another project. The blade of a folding knife.
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Putting some pressure on the current projects. Rea Putting some pressure on the current projects. Reaching 400 grit and will go up to 1200 for mirror polishing it. A one of a kind project.
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Regarding my last post. All other projects are doi Regarding my last post. All other projects are doing fine - not yet regarding samdpaper grit 😁 but we are getting there
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Oh snap! Literally. When you are too meticulous an Oh snap! Literally. When you are too meticulous and try to fix a tenth millimeter bend ... Time to start again. Still enough blades on the bench. Probably I'll try to make something from the rest. At least a nice fine grained structure in the steel 👍
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