About Me

Hi, I'm Stephen Stumbo, I'm 18 yrs old, and a self taught knifesmith/blacksmith. All through my childhood I've had affinity for blades, probably starting with my first pocket knife. At 12 I tried to grind a knife out of a sawzall blade, and was so proud of how it turned out. At 14 I convinced my dad to help me make a forge so I could try blacksmithing. After building the forge I had a rough time getting started, but after meeting a local blacksmith and getting some tips, I went at it. About a year into blacksmithing (2009) I decided to try my hand at making knives. I started out terribly, but I've slowly been progressing to where you see now. Take a look around, and let me know what you think, you can also find me on facebook to keep up with the goings on around the ole smithy.














Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Shaving kit

Just finished this up, it's my brothers b-day present, although I do plan on making some more to sell (hint hint)
Other than shaving cream and aftershave, this has everything you need for straight shaving. The razor, a styptic pencil, and a strop. Originally I was going to make a cherry box for the razor, but due to my lack of carpentry skills, that failed. But I rather like how this turned in any case.

Razor - forged from 1080, my first hollow grind (you can see that I accidentely ground out part of my touchmark), and sharp as... well, a razor.

Now that I got this finished, off it goes to USNA.


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