Stakeholder Knife Work Continues!
Sorry, I have been so busy I haven’t posted anything on here in too long. I am almost ready to finish up the second batch of Stakeholder MT Knives which should get me to #035 a little over 1/3 the way done!!! It is my goal to be able to finish all 100 knives before the end of the year, and I have been working as many hours as I can. Long days and late nights hopefully I can speed up after I get my new knife grinder that should be arriving next week!
Although I am trying to complete orders as fast as I can, I will not short quality! I would like to thank everyone for being patient and understanding that I am a one man shop trying to put out a super high quality product.
Here are some photos of progress,
Heat treated knife blanks ready for surface grinding
Limited Edition Knife scales on and ready for shaping and attaching
Knife Scales Being Put together
Knives Ready for Sanding
Winter is Coming!
With the temperatures falling quickly I had to figure out how to heat my workshop. I have always liked the idea of a rocket stove and after watching some YouTube videos I decided on a design that I modified a little.
Inside the Rocket Stove
Cutting hole for stove pipe on rocket stove
Rocket Stove Intake attached and ready for the concrete
Rocket Stove Internal Chimney centered and ready for the concrete
Mixing Concrete and Vermiculite
Rocket Stove Chimney being concreted in
Mammoth Tusk Restoration
Unfortunately the first Mammoth Tusk Knife I ever made was lost outside until a mower found it! I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to salvage the remains of what was once a beautiful knife. But I was pretty pleased with the end result.
Mammoth Tusk Knife Restoration
Empty Freezer
With not raising any pasture poultry this year our freezer was getting pretty low on meat! So I took a little time to do a little Bow hunting. I got to go out a couple of times and fortunately I took a button buck after only an hour in the stand! My neck knife makes quick work of processing a deer.
Processing deer with my neck knife
You are doing really cool stuff!
Hey Patrick, make a short video of your rocketstove setup when you get it running. I’ve been thinking about building one. I’m not in a hurry for my knife. I’d rather have quality.
Thanks
Thank you for the update! It is great to see your progress and the results of all your hard work.