Knife Making – Page 2 – Prom Carving

Ready for epoxy

Heat treated blades

New grinder

Tactical knife design

Knife design 1 Here is a PDF link to a new knife design I’ve been working on for a customer. I’ve been working on this handmade knife design with him for a while and I think it looks pretty neat. I am excited to get started on it this week.

File jig

Into the forge it goes

Glue up

New steel knives

Here are the first three knife blanks I’ve make using the new 1080 high carbon steel I ordered. My impressions so are are that it cuts and grinds easily, so it must already be annealed. It is very nice working with nice steel that isn’t rusted or painted and doesn’t need to be unbent. SoContinue reading “New steel knives”

New goods!

My 1080 steel arrived today from Admiral Steel and I found some great brass yesterday. I will be using the brass for some bolsters on the knives to come. I should be able to complete about 16 knives out of the new steel and have about enough brass for that too.

Check out the new page added

The “From lawn mower blade to knife blade” page is at the top right side of my blog. This is a new page I added with pictures of how to I take a lawn mower blade and turn it into a good knife blade. Be sure to check it out as I am adding toContinue reading “Check out the new page added”