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How to design better looking blades?focus on one area to improve on at a timestudy profiles / templates you likebreak down the design to understand why you like itblade length and heightratio of blade:handlericasso height vs widthstraight spine vs curvedtip profilehandle height and lengthflowing lines or strong, aggressive turnsuse a templatesave your work (templates)Focus on one area at the time:A good technique for improving skills in an area is to try simplifying other areas of the process, t …

Ranid sent in a couple of photos of his custom Laplander.Using the long Lauri Laplander blade in 80CrV2 Carbon Steel, he had made a big chopper with comfortable looking Curly Birch handle and, brass bolster and mosaic pins.Love the finish of the handle, and that shape looks very comfortable.Good work, Ranid!

Ted M sent in some photos this week from his latest. A hunter with Ladder Damascus blade, etched to full effect. The handle scales are in Sambar antler and with polished brass bolsters.This one would look as good in the field as in the display cabinet!Ted is located only a stone throw away from what will be the first ever QLD Knife Show in Feb 2019, hoping to see you there!

Really liking the stainless steel damascus steel billets, starting to get some great shots of blades made with it. And getting good feedback from makers who are saying it grinds well and holds a good edge.These are pre-hardened billets of stainless steel damascus, precision made using a Chinese version of VG10 as the core cutting edge and with softer stainless steels forge-welded to each side. This gives a strong, well perfoming blade edge which etches dark and the damascus sides etch in alterna …