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This is a Photo diary of a knife I made today.
This is my first knife and my choice of design was limited to the size of good scrap steel I had in my shed. I will probibly use it in the kitchen for meat and cooking while camping.
The steel is a old 7' saw blade that I had lying around. I t was a bit small so I had to cut the shape out of 2 pieces and weld them together. This is a full tang knife and the timber still needs to be treated.
One mor thing it cost me $0. Just gas and sandpaper that I had the rest is recycled and re-used.
This is my first knife and my choice of design was limited to the size of good scrap steel I had in my shed. I will probibly use it in the kitchen for meat and cooking while camping.
The steel is a old 7' saw blade that I had lying around. I t was a bit small so I had to cut the shape out of 2 pieces and weld them together. This is a full tang knife and the timber still needs to be treated.
One mor thing it cost me $0. Just gas and sandpaper that I had the rest is recycled and re-used.
I've made a few from scratch (stock removal),
but have been designing them & customizing them for a long time.
Yours is a good functional design.
I'd suggest having a look at Wayne Goddard's book
$50 Knife Shop; it's loaded with great ideas for building forges on the cheap!
Keep up the good work.
knifemaking.com
The first go I kindof got it red but not hot enough and it cooled slowly while I was readjusting my forge. So I guess that is the normalize step. The second time I got it red hot and dropped it in engine oil blade first.
I didnt feel the need to anneal the steel as I used all power tools and no hand tools when shaping the blade. And it wasnt that hard to start of with.
That should make the whole heat process much simpler.
Thanks for the advice.