cstmg8 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Put me down to purchase one Bowie knife made of Dragon glass. Winter is coming ya know.Lol, first thing I thought when I saw the knapped. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Your shit is looking better and better, Randy. I'm going to want to buy something from you...perhaps as soon as Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Put me down to purchase one Bowie knife made of Dragon glass. Winter is coming ya know. Wrong. Winter is HERE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Put me down to purchase one Bowie knife made of Dragon glass. Winter is coming ya know. :thumbup: Your shit is looking better and better, Randy. I'm going to want to buy something from you...perhaps as soon as Christmas. Thanks man. I appreciate it. Just text me whenever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Finished an obsidian with my first attempt at notching and another flint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted September 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Fourth knapped blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted September 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Black palm handle. The most challenging wood I've worked with to date (insert pun here). It's VERY brittle/fibrous. Often called "porcupine wood". The black lines are actually quill like and appear as dots on the ends. I LOVE the look of it though. I had this rough shaped and was getting ready to hand sand it all the way to 2000 grit but decided I liked the look so I just waxed/polished it. I have another I believe I'll sand smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstmg8 Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Great work, that palm wood is pretty interesting. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Great work, that palm wood is pretty interesting. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Thanks man. Here's a couple more I took with me to an event in PA this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) Last week we went on our annual family vacay to TN. A friend of the fam owns a private cabin in the mountains outside of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge. Every year the week after Thanksgiving we go up (down?) there with my folks. This year some other friends of ours were in town at the same time and told my dad they went by a shop that had, "a forge or something from that knife making show on tv." Turns out it was Robby Bowman from Forged in Fire. He was on Season 3 then voted back by fans of the show for a "fans pick" on Season 4. Anyway, he wasn't there last Thursday when dad and I went, but I got to work with others he's taught anyway. Here's my first ever forged piece. I DID get to meet him when the wife and I went back by the next day. SUPER chill guy and great to talk to. Got a pic with him I guess I could post but whatever. Anyway, I'm hoping 2018 will bring me a forge and anvil and I'll be making knives 100% from scratch. The tobacco pipes are likely going to be another endeavor altogether. Edited December 6, 2017 by Otis Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Started working with a local bladesmith. Here's the first knife I forged 100% by myself. The spike knife was forged but the work I did was limited by the shop, etc. Here I was doing ALL of the work, which was nice. The top pic is the steel straight from the forge/anvil. The bottom is after the first profile grind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POS VETT Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Great Scott! Way to go, Randy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Great Scott! Way to go, Randy! Thank you kind sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted February 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Did a LOT of grinding today. Still a ways to go, but it's getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted March 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2018 Knocked this one out today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Beard Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 I have always liked rail road spike knives. I know they are rather simple but still fun to make and very forgiving. Kudos to your first 'from scratch' Randy. It is looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted March 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltboostin Posted April 15, 2018 Report Share Posted April 15, 2018 This is all awesome! I have some buddies up here that are doing this. Do you post this stuff anywhere else/public? None of them are on CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted April 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Just my IG. I'll pm you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Helluva good birthday today. Finally got my own forge. It's a Whitlox Wood Fired Forge. First one I've ever seen used for sale. I found in on CL, drove to McArthur with my brother to get it, and lived to tell the tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I may have missed it, but do you have a website with all of your work featured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I may have missed it, but do you have a website with all of your work featured? Right now everything is on Instagram. I haven't messed with making a site. IG and FB are free and great marketing tools. @chieftainforge on IG. Need to redo a FB page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 What's an instagram? Lulz. Sorry, FB is more than enough social bs for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 What's an instagram? Lulz. Sorry, FB is more than enough social bs for me. Oh man, I actually prefer Instagram over FB by FAR. Even if folks follow you ya don't have to follow them back, see their crap, etc. It's also much cleaner IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 First anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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