First knife built on my own

Noshtero · May 1, 2009

After getting trained by Stomper (JK Knives), I put together a shop of sorts, and built my first knife on my own.

Lessons learned:
My pins aren't straight. I can't template pins off a wood template, I need to measure them on the actual blade.

I overheated the edge in one spot. I was using a worn belt that I should have switched out.

Now the test.... I'm going to go pound the hell out of it and see if the heat treat holds. Wish me luck :thumbup:

Bige610 · May 1, 2009

nice job.

JK Knives · May 1, 2009

Looks great! :thumbup::thumbup:

Carolina River Rat · May 1, 2009

Sweet! Looks good. I'd like to try my hand at making a knife, but I don't even know where to start.

TheGame · May 1, 2009

Looks great for a first, now don't forget to tell us the results of the pounding!

tonym · May 1, 2009

TheGame said:
now don't forget to tell us the results of the pounding!

Screw that we want pics or a video of it:thumbup:

Great work buddy! Congrats!

jds1 · May 1, 2009

That's very cool. Nice job Noshtero. :thumbup:

Jeff

John G · May 1, 2009

Wow! That is a clean-looking blade. I love it. Congrats on a great job!

EMT_Lee · May 1, 2009

Man, if that is your first attempt, I think you've got some real talent for this! It reminds me of a Gossman, and that certainly isnt a bad thing! :thumbup:

Noshtero · May 1, 2009

Alrighty.. Living in Chicago, I don't have a lot of material for testing knives on. I had some 1x1/2" boards, some 1x1 boards, and some 2x4's. So that had to do for now.

So here's the victims:

I started with some shaving:

Then I split the 1x1/2" board. No prob:

Then the 1x1:

No prob:

Then I did some full strength stabs into a 2x4:

Continued below:

Noshtero · May 1, 2009

Then some drilling:

Then I pounded it into a 2x4 with a mallet:

It's a pretty short blade, but I swung it as hard as I could to do some chopping:

Then I shaved off a bunch of the 2x4:

And finished with doing some more shaving on the 1x1/2":

More below:

shotgunner11 · May 1, 2009

Looks really really good bro!

If you saw my first knife.....well.....you did a great job.

Noshtero · May 1, 2009

All in all.. the damn thing held up pretty well. It still shaved hair on my leg after this without being touched up at all. I'll have to send it to J and have him pound it through some concrete or something lol

KuRUpTD · May 1, 2009

You did a very nice job on that :thumbup:

Macclint · May 1, 2009

Very nice, man. You should be proud o' dat one! :thumbup:

Shotgun · May 1, 2009

Very cool. I like simple looking utility blades like that. It reminds me a lot of Scott G's PSK's.:thumbup:

tonym · May 1, 2009

Awesome! I wasn't expecting pics that fast!

Looks like you and the knife had some fun!

j williams · May 1, 2009

Noshtero said:
All in all.. the damn thing held up pretty well. It still shaved hair on my leg after this without being touched up at all. I'll have to send it to J and have him pound it through some concrete or something lol

Test? That aint no test!

I got the .45 cocked and locked when your ready.

J/K... Seriously, really good work man. Cool little blade.:thumbup:

Noshtero · May 1, 2009

j williams said:
Test? That aint no test! I got the .45 cocked and locked when your ready.

J/K... Seriously, really good work man. Cool little blade.:thumbup:

If you're willing to test it for real, I'll more than happily ship it your way.

60_watt · May 1, 2009

That's really impressive. I've always wanted to make a knife, but they're a lot harder to make than you would think! It takes time, dedication, skill, and other stuff (lol). Just about anybody could make a crude piece of steel, but yours looks like quality.