Been lurking for a little while now soaking up information. Recently completed my first knife. Of course i decided to go big or go home and make a general purpose kitchen knife for use here at home.
Started with precision ground 3/16" O1.
Cut out the profile with a hack saw and refined the profile on my bench grinder. Further refined the profile by draw filing as the bench grinder had left a slight bevel.
After everything was flat I hand ground the bevels using a Gough jig i cobbled together. This part took forever. Doing a full flat grind with a file was not a minor undertaking.
Did all the normal hand sanding and actually went all the way to 800grit prior to heat treat.
Made a small forge out of firebrick and a homemade reil type burner heated to non magnetic and quenched in canola oil. 2 temper cycles at 400 degrees and then back to hand sanding.
I also blended the plunge line. They are actually right in front of the handle.
If I had to do it over I would have had a little more distal taper and would not have used stock this thick.
Handle is plain Jane mahogany I had laying around and some 1/4" stainless rod i picked up.
Between finishing the blade and gluing up the handle I received a Grizzly belt grinder as a gift. So the handle was shaped on the grinder. Very obviously I overheated the handle pins causing the wood to burn and more than likely compromising the epoxy bond. Oh well lessons learned (lots of em on this first build). I sharpened it up to a wire edge with a well worn 120 grit belt and then refined the edge on a lansky sharpener. Sharpened to a 20 degree angle.
Not the prettiest but it cuts everything like butter. So far I am pleased as the knife is for me and is useful. Of course I have been bitten by the bug and I am practicing hand grinding on the Grizzly with cheaper 1095. No the prettiest plunges but they are functional. I may share those later.
This one is prior to sharpening.
Started with precision ground 3/16" O1.
Cut out the profile with a hack saw and refined the profile on my bench grinder. Further refined the profile by draw filing as the bench grinder had left a slight bevel.
After everything was flat I hand ground the bevels using a Gough jig i cobbled together. This part took forever. Doing a full flat grind with a file was not a minor undertaking.
Did all the normal hand sanding and actually went all the way to 800grit prior to heat treat.
Made a small forge out of firebrick and a homemade reil type burner heated to non magnetic and quenched in canola oil. 2 temper cycles at 400 degrees and then back to hand sanding.
I also blended the plunge line. They are actually right in front of the handle.
If I had to do it over I would have had a little more distal taper and would not have used stock this thick.
Handle is plain Jane mahogany I had laying around and some 1/4" stainless rod i picked up.
Between finishing the blade and gluing up the handle I received a Grizzly belt grinder as a gift. So the handle was shaped on the grinder. Very obviously I overheated the handle pins causing the wood to burn and more than likely compromising the epoxy bond. Oh well lessons learned (lots of em on this first build). I sharpened it up to a wire edge with a well worn 120 grit belt and then refined the edge on a lansky sharpener. Sharpened to a 20 degree angle.
Not the prettiest but it cuts everything like butter. So far I am pleased as the knife is for me and is useful. Of course I have been bitten by the bug and I am practicing hand grinding on the Grizzly with cheaper 1095. No the prettiest plunges but they are functional. I may share those later.
This one is prior to sharpening.
