JMN Knives

08/09/2026

Trying out a nice matte acid finish on a little 52100 spear point blade. Some variation of this will probably become my typical finish for EDC knives.

Bare steel prepped to a hand sanded 400 before media blasting... and then after 90grit aluminum oxide and a few minutes in acid.

07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July

Polished finish and edge are finally done on this one.

06/28/2026

Its been a while since I've worked on any knives. Bones scales are fit, shaped, and polished. And I've got the preliminary polish complete on the blade.

11/29/2025

A Hunter-1 out in the field putting in some work during deer season.

10/12/2025

Quick update: that jig is worth its weight in gold... well, silver at least.

Very efficient and easy to grind in all the rough bevels in 40grit, very precisely, and get all the plunge lines evened up and the corner lines near perfect where the adjacent bevels meet under the head and the lanyard loop under the handle.

I left small margins everywhere so I can fine tune everything post heat treat.

10/12/2025

Starting to pick away at the first of three of these hatchets. Water jet cut 1/4" thick 8670. 3d printed PETG-CF angle guide slipped over the original Ameribrade small tool rest, courtesy of Iron Hill Laser .

10/12/2025

10/08/2025

Thinking about making a few leather sheaths utilizing rivets or grommets in lieu of stitching. A quick trial run using grommets.

Checking grommet offset from the edge using Iron Hill Laser 's 60w co2 laser to cut the leather blank and precisely locate all the holes.

05/06/2025

Ready for some minor final touch up on the satin finishes, the laser engraved logo, and a leather sheath.

05/04/2025

The Hunter-1 with a kydex pocket sheath. Still some clean up to do on the primary bevels and need to add the logo but the scales are shaped up and its sharp.