first knife sooooo many questions

Thanks warren for the offer but I think you're thinking of sunnybrook lol I'm in between Hanna and Brooks. Ya got me excited haha
 
I don't think you can PM as a registered user. My e-mail is active in my profile. I have quite a few pieces that would make nice small knives, and you could practice your grinding/filing/heat treat. Its mostly 15n20, O1, and I might have some 1084 and 52100 left over. At least you will know what your steel is so you can heat treat it properly. I get most of my steel from knifemaker.ca, and the rest from Aldo. I usually get my shipments from Rob and Marilyn within 3 days (Knifemaker.ca). I'll send you a few pieces of hardwoods as well. People have been great to me here, and we like to keep the sharing going. The generosity is unbelievable here.
 
I'll get it out to you in the mail tomorrow or the next day. I did a quick look, and see a bunch of 15n20 and some O1. I'll see what else I have. Glad to help!!!
 
I was watching a bunch of how to videos last night, and this one fella, sounded like he had a kind of Russian accent, Trollsky, his stuff kind of interested me a little bit. Just the way he set up simple jigs for a belt sander that made a nice bevel. The one thing I noticed when he was making the knives though, that I will not do, is he never used drawings or cut outs in the video. I was just wondering if you guys have seen these videos and what you think.
I was in town yesterday and I picked up a ton of files and sand paper, like the counts page for newbies said. I'm going to stay slowly making my bevel this morning and I'll post a picture to see what you guys think
 
Trollskyy has a certain following. He does good work. If he skips the drawing stage it is because he has made a lot of knives and he knows what he's doing. In any case, his videos are a good resource.

Also take a look at this video from another member here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9iNDRwwBQQ
 
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What I've got done so far, still have a lot of cleaning up to do
 
Just because you don't see something in a video or movie doesn't mean it isn't there. Lots of steps are not filmed to save time or because they are boring to watch.

One grinding video shows the maker placing a blade on a large contact wheel with a coarse grit belt and making sparks. A few seconds later he is taking it off showing it completely smooth. If you blink, you will miss that the grinder now has a flat platen and a fine belt....20 minutes worth of grinding and an equipment change was edited out.
 
Oh ya I watched that one yesterday it was a gooder but my computer kept freezing through it lol. If that picture looks funny its cuz I took it at a funny angle I think the lines are a lot straighter in real life
 
Here is where patience and working out as many details as you can ON PAPER can save you a lot of time later. Before you even consider picking up a piece of steel you should be very familiar with what knives look like. Spend as much time as you can not just looking through knife pictures but really studying good knives. Make notes and try to get a good understanding for what experienced makers are doing when they design and build a knife. Here are a couple of small suggestions:




If you would like to get a rounder transition line above the plunge you will need to sand the sides a bit. You should have plenty of meat on the knife for that. Just file or sand the flats of the sides until the plunge line starts to blend into the sides instead of running right off the top. You are off to a good start so far.
 
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That's cool how you did that. Sorry that picture didn't do any justice lol it was kind of my guide line but this ones what I've done so far with the small radius at the bottom of the blade and a better transition line
 
Can you show another picture of the knife with better lighting so we can see the details of the nice work you've done? How do you feel about the changes you made?
 
Yeah, good work. What do you think about it? You know, a good way to get the sides flat would be to use some spray adhesive (general purpose, not the very strong stuff) and mount a sheet of sandpaper to the surface of a piece of granite counter top or something similar, something hard and very flat. Then lay the handle flat on its side and sand using an even pressure. Did you look at the last video link I posted for you? It showed how to build a simple jig that would help you get en even angle while filing your bevels.
 
ya I did I was gonna get my stuff out in the am actually and start building it, the same way as that guy did. I really like it so far but I wanna get a more flat and even bevel with the transition more like what your picture above showed, with the round transition before the back of the blade.
 
Looks good so far.

Next step is to drill the holes in the tang for the pins/rivets. Once they are done, sand the perimeter of the knife all the way around, then move to the sides of the tang and ricasso. These areas need to be flat and smooth. The best way to get a really flat surface is to tape a piece of sandpaper down on a flat surface like a piece of granite. Rub the blade on it in a figure-eight motion to flatten and smooth the sides. Take your time. A sprinkle of water with some dish soap in it on the paper makes it cut better. Change the paper as often as needed, going up the grits to 400 until the tang is smooth and flat with no scratches showing in the ricasso area ( scratches and pits in the handle area that will be under the scales are not important as long as it is flat). When both sides are smooth, sand the bevels smooth to 400 grit and make sure every coarser scratch is gone. Wrap the paper around a 2"X4" piece of metal or hard wood to keep the bevels flat. After the bevels are smooth check everything again. If all is good, the blade is ready for HT.
 
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