Making A Knife

[swamp rat]

i am thinking of making a knife , I have been reading up on stainless steel Vs carbon steel
it will be a good all rounder type knife to cut tree branches ect
work in engineering so materials are free lol
what would you guys go for stainless or high carbon steel

 

[Ark79]

i am thinking of making a knife , I have been reading up on stainless steel Vs carbon steel
it will be a good all rounder type knife to cut tree branches ect
work in engineering so materials are free lol
what would you guys go for stainless or high carbon steel

For me it was high carbon...only because of the tools I had and it's a little easier than stainless. However my next knife will be stainless. Best practicing on scrap first mate

 

[swamp rat]

I can get am much s/s as I want mark , and got lots of tools, so I am leaning towards stainless
a right heavy one
I was thinking 5mm think by about 350mm long

 

[Ark79]

Sounds good mate. What style?

 

[swamp rat]

I started messing around today ,don't know much about knife ,

 

[Ark79]

No bad for messing around for the first one a made a use an old file

 

[swamp rat]

awesome mark , love the handle what wood is it and, is that glued on

 

[Ark79]

Not sure on the wood. Believe it or not a got the wood from a restaurant lol. A pinched it after they served me a burger on it it was the right thickness for a knife scale...wife wasn't so happy yeah swampy (if a may call you that sir ) there glued on but not well as one side started to raise

 

[swamp rat]

I wont be inviting you to dinner lol wont be a spoon left in my house , and will have to count the table legs before you leave
brilliant story yea call me what you like
I will upload some photos as I get along with my knife

 

[Ark79]

Wasn't my finest hour burger was good tho

Here's a couple of short YouTube vids (sorry about the music lol)

 

[Ark79]

Looking forward to seeing the progress mate

 

[swamp rat]

a quick update

 

[Ark79]

Look good mate

 

[swamp rat]

thanks , it is a lot of work , harder than I thought

 

[Ark79]

Have you bled yet

It is hard work lol....how did you find putting the bevel on it ? Did you do it free hand or jig?

 

[swamp rat]

yea all freehand with a grinder with a soft sanding disc on it

I could on done it on a cnc miller ,but I want to do it by hand

 

[swamp rat]

got there in the end , and quite happy for my first go

 

[lonewolf]

hey that's some knife, i'd give my eye teeth to have one like that.

 

[swamp rat]

thanks mate

 

[Ark79]

Nice mate Very unusual shape (in a good way)