First Knife In Progress

[Tiiiiiiiim]

Ok, so i have NO idea what goes into forging a blade and all that stuff and i've probably done this all wrong in a way insulting to the real knife makers but hey, gotta start somewhere. If anything it will just help me get a feel for shaping the blade.

Thats what it looks like after 2 hours. (sorry for the crappy photo.)

The metal i used is just from an old circular saw blade, it's probably some crap metal that wont even hold an edge but hey, good practice. I just drew it out on the saw blade with a pen, cut it out with an angle grinder, then shaped it up with a course file.

 

[mike_b]

I'm no expert, but I think that looks pretty good - like the blade shape.

Please keep us posted on the progress and take lots of pics. I'm interested in trying something similar.

 

[Tiiiiiiiim]

Thanks, Will do bud.

 

[synyster blades]

looks alright please update

 

[Tiiiiiiiim]

Did some more work on it today, the blades just about done, just have to get a few more scratches out. Im not that happy with the shape. I probably shouldn't have attempted the bevel on the top and would have preferred to have less of the blade angled. I couldn't do everything i wanted or how i wanted because the metal was quite thin. I'll try thicker metal next time so i can defien the lines more. Pics below.

finished shaping with file

cleaning off scratches with oil stone

honing surfaces with fine diamond water stone

buffed it up to see remaining scratches

edge ground and sharpened (current state)