You need a little v gouge now, to get that beard texture just right! It’ll pull the whole thing together.
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Excellent start bro!! Love seeing the kids involved. I love seeing people do things with their children these days. Not much of that going on anymore.
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And this is how it starts…… next thing you know you’ve got a12 pound leather roll of expensive little tools. Yep got the whole set!
That’s a Louis vatton roll there, from the global something something.
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Haha. This feels like a personal attack 
Yeah carving knives work the same as yo-yos. Gotta spend 100s of dollars, to try everything, to realize you only need a few.
I do have a canvas roll with tons of decent knives and a few nice ones, that mostly never got used. I could’ve been content with 1 detail knife and 1 set of dockyard micro tools.
Honestly, the cheap carving set at harbor freight will get the job done. It’s not comfortable but it works.
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New handle:
Gnome hanger.
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I don’t normally get to build things for myself, but I finished up this late birthday present today.
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Can you provide more info?
The long and short of it is I make custom Swiss Army knives. This started life as the blue scaled old cross settler with the clip blade. The main blade was pretty beat and broken and the clip blade had a bent tip. I was able to straighten the bent tip and replaced the main blade and then I added in the electricians blade and opener layer. Finally, I drilled everything out to accept steel pivots and screws. I don’t know if that answered everything but if you have more questions feel free to ask.
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You gotta see his Instagram……
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I want a titanium officers. My corkscrew somehow got skewed.
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Thank you, for broken tools like corkscrews I usually recommend sending them back for repair and then adding the ti scales. I have a few sets of ti and zirc scales for future builds.
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I was at my dads for Father’s Day and ran into some old friends 
The sheriff was one of my earlier carvings and the beach bum was one of my later carvings, right before my hiatus started. Once my kids are a bit older and I start having time again, I’m going to get back to it. I miss this stuff so much. I’m glad this thread got started. It’s helped me remember just how much I love it.
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Here are my “family” knives.
Upper left is my dad’s boy scout knife (Camillus brand), next to that is my Grandpa’s Boker. The two black knives are a Kamp King and Forest-Master from Imperial/Colonial brand. The final is a US made Winchester. I’ve also got a very early Buck 110 of my grandpa’s and an original Rapala filet knife from the 60’s.
I really need to take the time to get these cleaned up. They’re all almost impossible to open, need a screwdriver to pry them open.
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What set do you think is the best if you want to just buy a set and be done? The 10 piece Atlas?
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That’s cool, I have an old 110 my father got in the earl 80s, and it was in nice shape, but it would not snap closed. I sent it back, and for a very small fee Buck will get it like new and sharpened. You may want to look into the Buck SPA treatment, very well worth it, although it takes many weeks.
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Cool, didn’t know Buck had a spa program. I’ll have to look into it. His 110 is in pretty good shape, I’d be comfortable carrying it on a fishing trip (I usually carry a 110 fishing). But may just leave it for now, it’s how he left it. It’s good to know though for the future when it really needs it.
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That would definitely set you up really well. Maybe even be slightly overkill. I find the skew tools super handy for fine details in hard to reach spots, so I would maybe add on the 3 piece skew set. That’s just personal preference though.
I have the 1.5mm, 2mm, and 3mm 5 piece sets. I like the tiny ones because they make it easier to reach things sometimes but, if you think about it, the 3mm set should theoretically be able to do everything. If you’ve got a 3mm V tool, there is a 1.5 mm and 2 mm V in there too. I don’t know if I’m making any sense. Haha.
I guess what I’m getting at is, for me, personally, the 3 mm 5 piece set would be sufficient. It will have a skew, V, U, straight, and plough. Then maybe also pick up a flexcut detail knife and you should be set.
Also, a good strop and compound is paramount. Flexcut makes a little strop board with different grooves for sharpening different tools, but it’s not really necessary. You can make one pretty quick easy with the tools you mean to strop. There are plenty of tutorials showing how.