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fourcornersrocks

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I ground this tiny box cutter today.

Any comments welcome! Criticism is helpful!

A couple of months ago I softened a couple of files in a campfire and today I started this. I still need to sand some more, some spots are uneven.

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I just started knifemaking; need to spend more time to make this smooth. I don't plan on a handle for this so it needs to look good on its own.
 
It's cute and looks like it would be handy to have to open up a cardboard box or two by cutting through the tape holding the flaps down. It looks a little small so that it would be hard on the hands if a person had to use it a lot. Non the less, I'll bet it was a fun little project. Does it have two cutting edges? Did you plan this out or was it a case of having a random piece of steel that looked like it needed a cutting edge on it?

Paint it black and call it a "tactical" box knife with a tanto blade.

LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Wisconsin
 
lonepine said:
It's cute and looks like it would be handy to have to open up a cardboard box or two by cutting through the tape holding the flaps down. It looks a little small so that it would be hard on the hands if a person had to use it a lot. Non the less, I'll bet it was a fun little project. Does it have two cutting edges? Did you plan this out or was it a case of having a random piece of steel that looked like it needed a cutting edge on it?

Paint it black and call it a "tactical" box knife with a tanto blade.

LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Wisconsin
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Thanks for the comments.

Yes it is very small so it would be handy yet it would wear you out if you used it a lot. It fits well between the thumb and forefinger so it is like having a knife extension of your thumb.

Yes, two cutting edges, bottom and front. The photos show it with the top up but you can use it upside down too.

I went out planning on making a tiny kiradeshi with very straight lines but it was a little plain so I did this. More fun that way!

Yeah tactical all the way! You never know when a zip tie is gonna sneak up on you in a dark alley. ;)
 
fourcornersrocks said:
Thank you for the comments.

Sounds like a good idea, I want it all black.

After I treat it and clean off the scale and decarb do I just hit it with a soft flame?
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oh if you're going to clean it up just buy some blueing chemical and leave it on till it goes black.
 
Robert.B said:
oh if you're going to clean it up just buy some blueing chemical and leave it on till it goes black.
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So just dont clean it up after heat treat then, I hear you.

I was going to etch it in ferric but your idea makes much more sense. I want that "forge" look not an etched look anyways.

Thanks!
 
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