Search results

I really like it. I am also forging 5160, but not quite to your skill level yet : ) . Could you elaborate a little on the triple edge quench?

I wanted to make a knife the family could use so decided to make a knife for the kitchen. I wanted something that could be used for chopping and wide enough to be useful for scooping things off the cutting board. So I sketched what I'm calling a chopper, I don't know if there is a proper name...

I have discovered taking good pics isn't very easy, here's about the best I've gotten, I took it outside on an overcast day.

I know this is an old thread but I thought it was great. Tutorials like this are invaluable to me. Thanks Bill.

Well I just about finished it up today. Normalized a couple of times, canola oil quench and toaster oven temper. Then the fun began, filing, filing and more filing. Its not a mirror finish by any means, but the blade was completely done with files. Then hand sanding 1/2 thick oak handles. I did...

Thats looks great. I prefer folders myself, but gotta get a few fixed blades under my belt before I attempt to even tackle one.

Thanks, that's what I thought. I knew it was too good to be true.

I have been trying to decide if I want to build or buy a belt sander/grinder. I'm just on my 3rd knife, so not sure just where this is gonna go yet and I am on a budget. I'm looking to do a direct drive or step pulley if I do a build to keep costs down. I found this used 1 1/2 hp, 1725 rpm...

Nice knives. I appreciate the forged look to the blades. I starting forging / smithing first and then recently started making knives, so I am of course forging to shape. But at my current skill level I am following the advise to forge thick and grind thin. I hope to be able to forge almost to...

Nice progress. I am about at the same point as you. I have started a few and am working on one now I hope to actually finish and carry.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Here is where I am now. I am about ready to start heat treating. Most of the profiling done, still have a bit more refinement to do. I'm not going for a defined bevel with this knife. I did try to define the ricasso. I still have to file the choil notch. I...

I just thought I'd share some pics of my current project. A small game skinner that I designed. I hunt Mountain curs on coon an squirrel and thought I'd make a knife I could use hunting. This will be the first knife I hopefully finish. I don't have a sander so this will be done with basic tools...

Also my favorite. I had actually just watched it prior to stumbling onto this thread. Great video. I have got to make myself some hardy tools like he uses.

Thanks guys. Still trying to read all I can. I have started a few knives, would really like to to finish one now : ) . The attached pic is a template I made tonight from a pattern I made myself. My first passion is my Mt Curs that I coon and squirrel hunt. This knife, with a 3" blade...

Just wanted to say hi and give a quick intro. Rex from McClellan Made Blades sent me over from another forum. I live in North East AR, am 40, but didn't get bit by the smithing bug until about 3 months ago. I built a coal forge, joined a local ABANA state chapter and have been hooked ever since...