Leozinho: Pics of used blades, as promised. Sorry for the delay. Big chopper, kitchen knife, and the prototype for the Colubris. Big chopper is used for firewood gathering and brush clearing. Kitchen knife has been thrown in the sink and left there, and has cut just about anything you can imagine a kitchen/utility knife would. The Colubris is my primary EDC knife since September, lives IWB appendix when I'm not in shop, and is the first knife I reach for when I need to cut something. Aside from all the scuffs, patina, Kydex rub, and the occasional sharpening, they're all good to go.
Speaking of the Colubris, here's a pic of what the actual mid-tech prototypes are looking like, finish profiled and handles machined. Settled on the large logo handles. Those seem to have just the right level of grip. Blades should be on their way to being ground and heat treated by tomorrow. If they come out as well as they have so far, these are going to be awesome. Really excited about these.
And finally, a pic of one of the big bruisers I finished up a couple of weeks ago. Pretty fond of this one. Blued over satin finish. The revised handles are a vast improvement over the originals. To give you and idea of the size, those things that it's sitting on are two of my Kydex presses, which are each 12" wide. 'Tis a bigun.
Hope y'all enjoy these.