15" tomahawks cut out

I picked up the first batch of 15" tomahawk blanks from the waterjetters today!

15 blanks, 5 each of the three designs.

In comparison with their bigger and smaller brethren:

War Chief:

Woodsman:

Wrecker:

I'm busily working on getting inventory ready for the Usual Suspects Network Gathering show in Las Vegas at the end of the month.  My goal is to have a small handful of the new size on hand at the show.

Grinding jig

I modified my test jig with polypropylene bearing surface sourced from a Wal*Mart cutting board, held on with the motley assortment of bolts I had around the shop.  Slides much better without being too slick.

Shop Cat is so helpful...

Shop upgrade and test grinding

Been working on a new stand for my KMG to accommodate an extra-long work rest for jig grinding waterjet cut bush sword blanks.

This Little Rok is the first of my waterjet cut blanks to get ground on it.  Still a bit of tweaking on my process with the new setup, but I think I'm most of the way there.

Big ol' bunch of tactical tomahawks

I've kind of gotten behind in posting pics of the 'hawks that have gone out my door.  They've been keeping me busy!

War Chiefs:

Wrecker:

Woodsman:

The photos on the pink rock were taken along the banks of the Rio Grande just south of Taos, New Mexico, during my honeymoon.  They didn't all get shipped during the honeymoon (who knew that not all post offices carried the long flat rate boxes?) but some did and the rest went out after we got back home.

I had a 12" Woodsman and 18" War Chief sell at the Blade Show without getting some pics first.  And a couple of 18" trainers too.  :)

Things are about to get busier...

...on the Grinding Division side of things.

You might say I have my work cut out for me.  :D

Home again

I'm back home after an AWESOME honeymoon that spanned much of the Southwest.  My wife and I are working on consolidating households, which means turning my barbaric burrow of bachelorhood into a semi-barbaric abode of quasi-civilized co-habitation.  Curtains in the windows and everything!

In the meantime, I'm also working on catching up on e-mails.  Please continue to be patient with me as I try to get back with you.  If you haven't heard back yet, feel free to give me another ping.

Workin' for the weekend

I'm getting married on Saturday.  Between now and then, I need to finish up all this:

All the 'hawks and five of the knives need Kydex sheaths.

If everything keeps going as smoothly as it has been, I can pull it off, though I will probably be taking them with me to mail to customers from the honeymoon trip.  My loverly bride-to-be, bless her heart, is ok with this.  :)