Having learned to dive late in life I made up for it in my first year by clocking up 120+ open water dives in places from the UK to Australia. I went from a non diver to a technical deco diver in 9 months and loved every second of it. Since having kids not been able to travel as much so spend my time watching videos and reminiscing, hope you enjoy my site as much as I have making it.
Just an FYI files cut on the forward stroke only, if you stop the sawing motion and clean the teeth of your file with a file card occasionally, your file will cut better and last longer.
Nice knife, at least you chose titanium for a dive knife, which is what most are made of, unlike the idiots who think because steel is so great on land that it applies to the sea as well, i have the feeling you dont spend a lot of time in the water though because of the barracuda comment, not being hostile just saying cudas more than likely wont attack you and if they did, theyre so fast you wouldnt be able to stab them, once again no hostility
Did you notice that the edges around where you cut the blank out with the plasma cutter were hardened or too brittle or anything?
Is there 3rd video? I'm curious how well it sharpened and held the edge?
Just an FYI files cut on the forward stroke only, if you stop the sawing motion and clean the teeth of your file with a file card occasionally, your file will cut better and last longer.
Nice knife, at least you chose titanium for a dive knife, which is what most are made of, unlike the idiots who think because steel is so great on land that it applies to the sea as well, i have the feeling you dont spend a lot of time in the water though because of the barracuda comment, not being hostile just saying cudas more than likely wont attack you and if they did, theyre so fast you wouldnt be able to stab them, once again no hostility
That looks great especially for your first knife.
Your doing a nice job for it being the first..
That is looking friggin awesome brother, hard to tell it is your first! Nice job!