All About Pocket Knives

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:23 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:32 pm

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:58 pm

Thanks TopDog ... got my note pad handy. Sure I will learn something from you. You are ahead of me on the forge. I'm just practicing stock removal to begin with, then move to heat treating after I get a forge. Then after I get that and the handles satisfactory, I will try forging. Look forward to your pics!

Here it is CxIII, nothing fancy, the tube at the bottom blows air to the bottom of the fire and is connected to a blower (a motor for a blower to inflate an air mattress works fine). The tube also drops straight down to let the ash fall out and keep the pipe clear.

Killgar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:47 pm My humble "shop" (the garage of my apartment). Simple but effective. For knives, motorcycle parts, or anything else I need to make or fix.


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Although I sweep the floor after each use (don't want to track bits of metal into my apartment), I am admittedly lazy about cleaning my bench. This is "mildly" messy.


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Gratuitous motorcycle shot .


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Nice shop Killgar! I have had small areas to get er done in before. You are set up nicely ... like the cabinet on the end wall!

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:55 am

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:23 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:32 pm

Thanks TopDog ... got my note pad handy. Sure I will learn something from you. You are ahead of me on the forge. I'm just practicing stock removal to begin with, then move to heat treating after I get a forge. Then after I get that and the handles satisfactory, I will try forging. Look forward to your pics!

Here it is CxIII, nothing fancy, the tube at the bottom blows air to the bottom of the fire and is connected to a blower (a motor for a blower to inflate an air mattress works fine). The tube also drops straight down to let the ash fall out and keep the pipe clear.

Old school will get the job done TopDog ... You have thought it out well with the blower, etc. This part of our knife affair just may keep us from buying so many. I have bought only one in the last couple months, and sold quite a few knives from the collection to pay for the tools needed to do this. Anvil, hammers, tongs, and a forge are next on my list.

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Wed Jul 23, 2025 8:18 pm

Nice shop Killgar! I have had small areas to get er done in before. You are set up nicely ... like the cabinet on the end wall!

Thank you .

My "work bench" was originally an old cabinet that a neighbor was taking to the dump. It looked pretty sturdy, and I needed some kind of work bench, and it was a good size for my lodgings at the time (not much bigger than my current garage) so my neighbor gave it to me. I took the doors off so I could put a foot inside, and the top was only 1/4" thick, not thick enough for mounting a vise or the weight of a drill press, so I added a piece of plywood. That was back in my early 30's, I'm 55 now. It has served me well for the past 25 years.

The tool chest to the left of the bench I received as a gift, also in my early 30's. It's a no-name chest, but it's served me well also.

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Wed Jul 23, 2025 8:36 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:55 am

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:23 am

... I have bought only one in the last couple months, and sold quite a few knives from the collection to pay for the tools needed to do this. Anvil, hammers, tongs, and a forge are next on my list.

I have all the tools CxIII... I just need some cooler weather....☀

Nice shop there corn creek. What's them bows you got hanging there?

Umcknifeguy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 02, 2025 3:07 am Nice shop there corn creek. What's them bows you got hanging there?

Thanks UMC! The bows are all Mathews ... Drenalin 33" ATA ... Drenalin 37" ATA ... Traverse 33" ATA
I am selling the Drenalin 37" and the Traverse. I hunt with the Drenalin 33.

Thank ya corn creek. Just bought my first mathews last year. It's a 29" phase 4 that had been sitting new on the rack for a couple years. I prefer a shorter ata bow. Been poking around trying to find a triax or v3 27

Umcknifeguy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 02, 2025 4:38 pm Thank ya corn creek. Just bought my first mathews last year. It's a 29" phase 4 that had been sitting new on the rack for a couple years. I prefer a shorter ata bow. Been poking around trying to find a triax or v3 27

Shorter is definitely better in the woods, especially with a 30.5" DL. I have always shot Mathews ... guess I is a fanboy. I like to shoot bows at their max poundage, which is why I am selling the Traverse. It is 70 lbs., but I have had it at 65 the last couple years. At age 69, I can still draw it, but the 60 lbs. on the Drenalin is a lot more comfortable.

Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Nice set up! I wish I had more shop space like you seem to have!

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Looks awesome

Also seems like if it all goes south, or maybe you get bored and hungry same time, you could toast up some mad paninis or calzones in that forge

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 04, 2025 7:01 pm

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Looks awesome

Also seems like if it all goes south, or maybe you get bored and hungry same time, you could toast up some mad paninis or calzones in that forge

Thanks TWKG it would make a good oven!

glennbad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 04, 2025 2:43 pm

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Nice set up! I wish I had more shop space like you seem to have!

Thank you Glenn! I have just about every sq ft used for something now.

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Fantastic Tony! Better put a hole in that heat shield, for your swords!!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Tue Aug 05, 2025 2:11 am

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

Fantastic Tony! Better put a hole in that heat shield, for your swords!!

Thanks Kerry!

Quench tank added today, courtesy of my welding Neighbor Frank ... If my math is correct, it should hold about 2 gallons.
Been working on a small stock removal knife for him. He has claimed the first finished knife.
Can't say no ... He has saved me much $$ in setting all this up.

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:39 pm Updates to my shop...
Budget priced anvil, forge, and tools. My neighbor, who is a retired welder has been a great help in setting this up with his welding skills.
Been spending some time with a local blacksmith to learn about ornamental work also. Time to go to work!

!!!!!!!!!!!

Kicked back in my chair to snap a pic of my spot. Found this L66 outside in a bucket gathering rust at an interesting outdoor "store". My father carried one for many years before giving it to my brother. I recently had that one to clean and sharpen it, I was really excited to find one of my own. It was rough, but it'll come around.

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:20 am Kicked back in my chair to snap a pic of my spot. Found this L66 outside in a bucket gathering rust at an interesting outdoor "store". My father carried one for many years before giving it to my brother. I recently had that one to clean and sharpen it, I was really excited to find one of my own. It was rough, but it'll come around.

Zach ... good to see your area is getting back in shape after the ice maker issue.
Those old Westerns are hard to beat! Like the coaster you ain't using

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:43 pm Quench tank added today, courtesy of my welding Neighbor Frank ... If my math is correct, it should hold about 2 gallons.
Been working on a small stock removal knife for him. He has claimed the first finished knife.
Can't say no ... He has saved me much $$ in setting all this up.

You’re getting your shop very well stocked . It’s nice to have friends like your neighbor! And to trade for one of your knives is a great deal for both of you .

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:20 am Kicked back in my chair to snap a pic of my spot. Found this L66 outside in a bucket gathering rust at an interesting outdoor "store". My father carried one for many years before giving it to my brother. I recently had that one to clean and sharpen it, I was really excited to find one of my own. It was rough, but it'll come around.

Good to see you back in your work space . Nice recovery from your water disaster.
Like Tony mentioned , “ nice coaster “ . And the coffee cup that’s not on the coaster! Are you a lefty by chance?

Ripster wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:03 am

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:20 am Kicked back in my chair to snap a pic of my spot. Found this L66 outside in a bucket gathering rust at an interesting outdoor "store". My father carried one for many years before giving it to my brother. I recently had that one to clean and sharpen it, I was really excited to find one of my own. It was rough, but it'll come around.

Good to see you back in your work space . Nice recovery from your water disaster.
Like Tony mentioned , “ nice coaster “ . And the coffee cup that’s not on the coaster! Are you a lefty by chance?

Haha! Oh no! Where are my manners
I'm not a lefty but my right hand was greasy from hand sanding with the aid of wd-40. Ever since working as a butcher i always try to utilize clean hand/dirty hand method whereby one hand is kept clean and sanitary, the other not so much.

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 8:02 am

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:20 am Kicked back in my chair to snap a pic of my spot. Found this L66 outside in a bucket gathering rust at an interesting outdoor "store". My father carried one for many years before giving it to my brother. I recently had that one to clean and sharpen it, I was really excited to find one of my own. It was rough, but it'll come around.

Zach ... good to see your area is getting back in shape after the ice maker issue.
Those old Westerns are hard to beat! Like the coaster you ain't using

Due to samurai code, after you pointed that out I had to administer a devastating throat punch to the offending party.

It's now difficult to breathe.

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 8:02 am

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 19, 2025 12:20 am

Zach ... good to see your area is getting back in shape after the ice maker issue.
Those old Westerns are hard to beat! Like the coaster you ain't using

CxIII, ... I will probably be visiting your shop BEFORE Zach's.... somehow your shop seems a little bit safer....