Beauty of knifemaking (pics).

[nozh2002]

Start:

Making hole:

Glueing

Glued

First cut:

To be continued...

 

[nozh2002]

First bite:

Secong bite:

Discing (sanding using disk on handdrill)

Final after "discing" before hand sanding:

Blade is mine A2 heat-treated by Paul Bos, wood is Madagascar rosewood.

Tomorrow I'll post final pics. But found this pictures in the middle also beatifull.
For more pics -

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/KnifemakingBeauty.html

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/blade_glueing.html

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[WadeF]

Thanks for the pics! I always enjoy seeing the different processes involved with knife making.

 

[misque]

And that's some beautiful Rosewood you've scored. Man, I can hardly wait to see the finished project. I love the curves you gave the handle too. Looks VERY user friendly.

 

[Garlic]

Great shots, great piece.

 

[Matt Shade]

Thanks for the pics! Thats a hell of a nice knife you've made there. Was most interesting to see the handle work in stages. You use quite a bit different process than I do

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Great pics, what did you use to grind the blade?

 

[z537z]

Wow, I really like that.

A2, jeez. And the wood's gorgeous. I've got the woodworking skills no problem, but don't have the $$$ to throw down on custom metalwork. I keep thinking of that movie "The Hunted" where Benicio Del Toro whoops up his own badass knife in a small fire with a hammer, file and a piece of basic metal.

I could probably get my hands on some 1095 or something...

Now you got me THINKING!

(My campus does have a pretty good metal shop...)

_z

 

[nozh2002]

2 T. Erdelyi

For grinding I use $90 Ryobi - 4" sander.

2 z537z

"but don't have the $$$ to throw down on custom metalwork"

A2 is like $15 for 18" - I take about 7"-8" for blade you can make 2 or 3. Look here and this is not cheapest:

http://www.mcmaster.com/param/asp/P...85323412950&ScreenWidth=1024&McMMainWidth=620

(great site BTW - they have a lot of steels)

Hardening is about - $22 (for first an 14 for any nest) and this is Paul Bos - probably best in US - double tempering and cryogenic in between...

$15+$22 =$37 - It does not looks like too much $$$ for me. And you'll end up with best blade possible.

For 3 blade it will be 15+22+14+14 = 65

Think about it...

Thanks, Vassili.

P.S. HT by Paul Bos:
http://www.buckknives.com/downloads/Paul_Bos_Brochure.pdf

 

[pyton357ru]

Vassili, every time you post samples of your work makes me wonder if you ever thought about proffesional knifemaking?

 

[Matt Shade]

O1 can be had for pretty cheap ( www.toolanddie.com ) and you can even heat treat it yourself with a pretty simple set up.
For air hardening steels you can also have them heat treated by www.texasknife.com . They also sell blade blanks/kits if your only interested in making a handle to start with

 

[nozh2002]

2 Matt Shade

Thanks for the link. The have steel much cheaper then McMaster, espetially M2.

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It is not ready yet. But after 320 sandpaper it looks like this:

Right now I am going with 1500 sandpaper and will finish on 2000.

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[rebeltf]

Awesome....

For grinding I use $90 Ryobi - 4" sander.

you did that grind with a hand sander ??? My word.... Awesome !
I too enjoyed the handle process.... Interesting and informative.
Good job !

 

[Matt Shade]

Pretty sure he's talking about a 4"X36" belt sander. They're very handy tools

A 4" palm sander would take a lifetime

 

[GG_Blaisdell]

I really enjoy looking the pictures of your work. And after you posted at how low cost the whole operation can be, I started thinking about myself beginning such a project. But then, I thought, he has the skills to do such work, I do not. Beautiful progress!

 

[nozh2002]

This is after 2000 sandpaper:

After this I put pipe polish on it fro tobacco shop:

And finaly:

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[nozh2002]

Some technological pics:

2 Matt Shade & rebeltf

I use bench sander 4"x36".

2 GG_Blaisdell

This is 4th blade, I grind myself. 2-d and 3-d still waiting for handles.

Thanks, Vassili.

 

[samo]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing dude!

Sam

 

[z537z]

That's not bad at all, actually.

I don't have the wood and metal shop I want (life as a college student is rough), but I will someday, that's for darn sure. I'll just have to move next door to a regular Norm Abram...and Jesse James...and Paul Bos...

Someday...


How do you grind, finish and polish the metal? Your edge is beautiful, and the polished part is scratch-free. I could make a knife, but it'd be a real beater that's for sure .
Your bevel is perfect. Nice job! Care to take pics of your workshop, or let us aspiring metal workers (I also have an addiction to auto work...and a car that constantly needs it) know what to get in the way of tools?

Thanks again, and great job. That handle looks like the most comfortable thing I've ever seen, and 2000 grit paper will make it feel like glass.


_z

 

[nozh2002]

For grinding I use this selfmade attachment:

Funny part is - you just put wooden desk on the sander and belt make it perfect desk for sanding itself:

Unfortunately to explain it in English I need to go way beyond my language limit - I hope yuu'll get it from picture. It is pretty obvious.

It is dangerous! Keep fingers away from belt, use thick pices of wood to apply pressure on the blade when grinding - I almost lost my finger to I realized how dangerous it is! Be aware of this danger!

I sharpened blade and polish sides, keeping edge striped - this radial leftovers from grinding is part of my "design" - looks like Scarabey (beetle) wing from Tutankhamon tresuares.

I was again very impressed with A2, especially heat treated by Paul Boss - it is hairpoping sharp and get it very easy. Accidenly I drop it on the flour in garage - nochips, little marks on the edge, I get rid with few strokes on Sharpmaker.

Thanks, Vassili.

P.S. One more pic

It is dangerous! Keep fingers away from belt, use thick pices of wood to apply pressure on the blade when grinding - I almost lost my finger to I realized how dangerous it is! Be aware of this danger!