Ok, its still cool mate, hey if ya ever need some turned handles for somthing like that, just pm me and I may be able to help ya out mate… 
Also @Gwion, I’m looking at fabricobling a gas forge. Any advice and pics of burners etc… would be greatly apreciated mate.
Here’s one I bunged out for a lathe tool, Its nothing fancy but it will do the job… 
On a side note, @Cavallino pretty sure you could post something that I’m going to like… Btw… forget adopting JS, he prefers to get a soy latte than change hs own car tyres. Sheesh, that (burn) should get a bite. Bahahah… lol.
Anyhoo @juststarting show me/us some of that 3D printing ya do, eh… I’m getting interested in it… oh and be quick about it lol…
Hi @darwindingo…I only have Autocad 2010, and by no means an expert with it. I probably utilize its capabilities by about 30%. I dont own a lazercutter, I get my stuff done at a local company, they input my cad drawing as a .DXF file so it comes out exactly what I draw.
MJ
I’m hoping to put some up for sale in the next week or so…I have couple getting field tested at present…waiting on feedback…
@darwindingo we have an entire thread dedicated to 3D printing.
On that note, @Tempestman, you should chuck a link to your go/no go printed gages in that thread.
Random pic of the belt grinder in action… 
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Hey mate. Sorry, I’m flat out.
I ordered my burners off eBay but search ‘Artisan supplies’ for Aussie supplier.
Been meaning to rip my pics of the forge build for you but lucky to get time to read these threads, let alone contribute at the moment!
Thanks for that mate, ill check them out.
Here you go, mate. I’m sure you’ll do a better job.
Your belt grinder looks great, by the way! I need one before i do any more knife work. My ‘multi tool’ was a good starting point but i’m keen to step up my game and a 72" grinder is the way to go!
Thanks for that mate, that’s one serious forge. I need a bigger shed, running out of room around here real fast.
The 72 was a pretty easy build, although if I was to build it again I would add a third tool arm receiver on the frame, give more options and would have saved me from having to fart around making and aligning a tool rest arm that allowed full access to the platen. So if you make one keep that in mind. Used a 2hp 3 phase (considered 3hp but the 2hp is perfect) with a vfd so it would have speed control, didn’t want to have the small wheel attachment explode in my face because it was doing some crazy rpm.
While the multi tool grinder may have some limitations you have turned out some amazing knifes with it mate !. With the vast array of quality belts , grits and attatchments you can run, make the 72 a worthy investment.
Wow, that’s a bloody nice knife you made there mate. 
Cheers mate. If and when i get another grinder, it willbe off the shelf because i am very time poor these days and my fabrications skills are next to non-existent.
Here’s a handy belt knife I made a while ago. I liked the blue from tempering so I didn’t polish it out, I’ll let it wear off with use. All hand filing, perhaps @darwindingo could make me a grinder???
Found an old scrap of bridle leather from back in my saddle-making days.
Realised just how bad my eyesight has gotten while hand-stitching it. ( Bad 
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Really nice knife you’ve made there, looks like you nailed the vine file work. Is that osage orange that you used for the scales? It’s amazing what can be made with simple tools, hard work and determination.
A mate who specialises in timber flooring asked what timber that was, when I replied “firewood” he grimaced. It was a fork in the limb of a narrow-leaf ironbark tree that I was cutting up for firewood. I liked the “herring-bone” grain that I found after splitting it so I sliced it up on the table saw. Unfortunately, the best of the grain had cracks too close together to get the scales out of. That was the best of what was left.
It started life as a kit I purchased in the U.S some time ago. The blank was annealed, so it was soft enough to cut to profile and work by hand before hardening and tempering. There was about 15 hours of filing plus about 10 hours of sanding to get the blade to where I was happy with it. I didn’t bother to re-polish it after tempering, as I said, I liked the blueing.
And then people wonder why custom knives cost more than factory stuff…
Made some covers for some leather tools that keep biting my fingers when looking for them in the drawer. Good use of scraps and practice for dyeing, stiching and colour (un) matching.
Nice work @JizzFlinger , the stamp work on the green one looks bloody awesome mate !
@danmac, as much as its a lot of work to hand file and finish a knife. I think it’s how everyone should start out, or at the very least how they should make the first one. You learn a lot from doing it and I think all the hard work makes it that bit more special imo. I’ve met a couple of blokes over the years that had been making knives for many years and they wouldn’t do it any other way.
