Anyone make their own knifes?
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Anyone make their own knifes?
Been doing a lot of reading and watching videos on making knifes
Just wondering if anyone else is into it?
Just wondering if anyone else is into it?
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In 1970 I was stationed at a Remote radar site on the beribng strait in Alaska for a year. while I was ther I ordered a randal "Kit" tha cme with a rough forged blade and some brass bolsters and handle material and I picked wood for the handle but then sent away for some more exotic wood than what came in the kit.
The kits weren't very expensive and I wish that I'd bought two and left one un-assembled becaue it would be a real collectors item today. I lost the original knife unfortunately.
Years later I got a hold of a Diston industrial hacksaw blade with carbide teeth. the blade was 20 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide and a little over 3/16ths of an inch thick. I made a dagger out of it and put a bolt through the handle material and turned it on a lathe to look like a sykes-fairburn dagger handle. then I threaded the end of the tang and tapped a brass cap to hold it together and packed it with JB weld.
My brother was in the knife business for a while and he still has some of the better ones that he made and I have one. He had a nice belt sanding set-up that he eventually sold to a friend who was a blacksmith. Specialty tools like that are nice but a lot can be done with some pretty basic tools. what I think is interesting is forging your own Damascus steel.
The kits weren't very expensive and I wish that I'd bought two and left one un-assembled becaue it would be a real collectors item today. I lost the original knife unfortunately.
Years later I got a hold of a Diston industrial hacksaw blade with carbide teeth. the blade was 20 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide and a little over 3/16ths of an inch thick. I made a dagger out of it and put a bolt through the handle material and turned it on a lathe to look like a sykes-fairburn dagger handle. then I threaded the end of the tang and tapped a brass cap to hold it together and packed it with JB weld.
My brother was in the knife business for a while and he still has some of the better ones that he made and I have one. He had a nice belt sanding set-up that he eventually sold to a friend who was a blacksmith. Specialty tools like that are nice but a lot can be done with some pretty basic tools. what I think is interesting is forging your own Damascus steel.
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Re: Anyone make their own knifes?
Nice
Have your son post some pics
And yea Ron I bet a old kit like that would be worth a lot now.
A nice belt sander is definitely a must
I think for my first build I'm just going to buy some steel bar online and do mostly grinding to get the shape
Have your son post some pics
And yea Ron I bet a old kit like that would be worth a lot now.
A nice belt sander is definitely a must
I think for my first build I'm just going to buy some steel bar online and do mostly grinding to get the shape
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqUL6slhtAtle knife building by custom knife builder Bill Bagwell.
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Jc_RAM. wrote:Nice
Have your son post some pics
And yea Ron I bet a old kit like that would be worth a lot now.
A nice belt sander is definitely a must
I think for my first build I'm just going to buy some steel bar online and do mostly grinding to get the shape
D-2 tool steel is good for a hi-carbon steel with enough chromuium content so that it isn't as prone to rust as 0-1. You heat treat it after shaping by Preheating very slowly to 1500 F and then increase temperature to 1850 F. Hold at 1850 F for 20 to 45 minutes and air cool (air quench). You would need a small kiln for that kind of heat.
O-1 is a little easier to heat treat, You need to heat to about 1500 deg.F (bright red), quench in oil and then draw it back by putting it in a 400 deg.F oven (kitchen oven is fine) for about an hour to get Rc~ 58/60
Here's a source for either one:
http://www.advantagetoolsteel.com/?gcli ... fgodMAgCPA
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Sweet thanks for the info
I was planning on taking it to a local blacksmith shop
I inquired about it with a shop recently and hey said it would be like $30
No big deal
I was planning on taking it to a local blacksmith shop
I inquired about it with a shop recently and hey said it would be like $30
No big deal
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Jc_RAM. wrote:Sweet thanks for the info
I was planning on taking it to a local blacksmith shop
I inquired about it with a shop recently and hey said it would be like $30
No big deal
Be sure and take some pics of the work in progress.
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Nice stuff Dan!
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Those are some beautiful knives. The razors are pretty cool too!
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Thanks guys. I'm working on a few more currently (Forged from car springs this time). When they are done, I'll post some pics.
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O-1 and curly maple on this one. Liked it so much i kept her Everything is in storage now so no knifemaking for me.
O-1 and curly maple on this one. Liked it so much i kept her Everything is in storage now so no knifemaking for me.
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Re: Anyone make their own knifes?
Just started. Learning a lot and have a lot to learn. This was my first I just finished. Coal forge, an old file, antler from a deer I killed, brass from a candlestick and a TON of hand filing.
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