What Did You Use to Make Your First Knife?
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Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on -
well i have i made that one 40 years and 300 knives ago. but your right those are some of the most intersting knives out there. thanks for the kind words.
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Permalink Reply by George Brackett on
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I believed that my first knife was made out of a file until recently when I visited my mother, she returned to me a knife that I made in Jr. High School out of a broken hacksaw blade. My grinder was the sidewalk. I cut the basic knife shape wiith a pair of metal shears. The handle material was cut out of a piece 1 by 2 painted black. A humble begining.
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Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on
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very cool , that is as basic as it gets.
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Permalink Reply by Kenny Nicholson on -
I'm just getting started in knife making. So far I've made two knives. Both are made from 01 tool steel. My first knife has a black paracord wrap. On my second knife, I used green canvas micarta for the scales. Both blades are full convex grinds, and I heat treated and tempered them myself. So far the part I'm having most trouble with is getting the convex edge really sharp. I think it's because the lead in is too steep, but I'm not sure. Any advice?
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Permalink Reply by James R Paul Jr on
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I've only been at it about a year. My first decent knife was out of a vintage Simmons Steel and Saw circular blade. A nice thick one. I cut a very rough shape out with an acetylene torch, quenching as I went , and ground it on a bench grinder and finished sanding on an upside -down belt sander.It ended up a full tapered tang . Did a little file work on the thumb ramp and used cocabola for the slabs. 5.5 in oa , 2 7/8 blade.
Now I'm hooked !
I muddled thru finishing a few more w/ crude tools and really enjoyed it. Just bought a Grizzly G1015 blade sander/buffer and tomorrow I'll be building a bench for it. I can't remember ever being so excited about getting a tool before !
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Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on
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James R Paul Jr said:I've only been at it about a year. My first decent knife was out of a vintage Simmons Steel and Saw circular blade. A nice thick one. I cut a very rough shape out with an acetylene torch, quenching as I went , and ground it on a bench grinder and finished sanding on an upside -down belt sander.It ended up a full tapered tang . Did a little file work on the thumb ramp and used cocabola for the slabs. 5.5 in oa , 2 7/8 blade.
Now I'm hooked !
I muddled thru finishing a few more w/ crude tools and really enjoyed it. Just bought a Grizzly G1015 blade sander/buffer and tomorrow I'll be building a bench for it. I can't remember ever being so excited about getting a tool before !
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Permalink Reply by Gary Miller on
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sounds like you are on your way.
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Permalink Reply by Karl B. Andersen on -
440C, nickel silver and maroon Micarta.
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