Hello all, I am new to this blade and knife making. I have made a couple small carving knives in the past and put new scales on an old machete I found broken in a junkyard. After removing the rust I found out it was heavily etched with Mexican writing and symbols. I'll try to get some photos up in the near future.
Today I have cut a blade out of a nice 10" circular saw blade. It is a deep rounded skinning shape with an S curve spine from end to end. My question is on a blade such as this do you grind an angle from spine to edge or just edge the blade and if you grind what would be the degree of that angle? I have a wen 4 inch belt and disk grinder and a few belts with more on the way. I do not have assess to a drill press and am wondering how I will be able to add the holes for the scale pins or would epoxy be strong enough to hold it together? I do not have any forging equipment but do have a torch, drills, saws, and wood shop equipment.
I would eventually like to make a nice cleaver for my kitchen as well. I will need to take my pieces to a local fabricator to weld the tang together for a full tang for that project.
Oh I do have several Katana swords, not the expensive Japanese ones but nice Chinese made ones. I believe my O'Katana is a TH spring steel. and I have one that is a folded Damascus type that I would like to enhance the etching on.
Not sure if I want to leave the teeth on the handle end yet.
Today I have cut a blade out of a nice 10" circular saw blade. It is a deep rounded skinning shape with an S curve spine from end to end. My question is on a blade such as this do you grind an angle from spine to edge or just edge the blade and if you grind what would be the degree of that angle? I have a wen 4 inch belt and disk grinder and a few belts with more on the way. I do not have assess to a drill press and am wondering how I will be able to add the holes for the scale pins or would epoxy be strong enough to hold it together? I do not have any forging equipment but do have a torch, drills, saws, and wood shop equipment.
I would eventually like to make a nice cleaver for my kitchen as well. I will need to take my pieces to a local fabricator to weld the tang together for a full tang for that project.
Oh I do have several Katana swords, not the expensive Japanese ones but nice Chinese made ones. I believe my O'Katana is a TH spring steel. and I have one that is a folded Damascus type that I would like to enhance the etching on.
Not sure if I want to leave the teeth on the handle end yet.
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