first knife WIP

Justin Schmidt

Justin Schmidt

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Well after months of bugging the hell out of everyone with questions and doing hours of research I have finally started my first knife. for some ungodly reason I have 2 6in pieces of 1095 I bought forever ago. having 6in pieces isn't ideal for the knife I was wanting to make but it is what it is. ok tools: I'm only using an angle grinder with flap disks to use to rough out the profile, a Nicholson 14in mill file and a 12 in half round file. bare bones. oh and the vise I have is one of those that you clamp to your work bench, they suck don't waste your money. well I roughed out the profile and started with the files but it's late and I'll start again tomorrow. feel free to be deadly honest. if it's absolute crap I'll start on my second piece I need an excuse to buy some AEBL anyway :)
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pics should be working now. it's still very rough so it's no where near what I want it to look like. idk if I'm being too picky but I don't like the spine and how it's a little too rounded.
 
Hey Valknut,
You are off to a good start. If you think the handle is too short, grind it down for a hidden tang and make the handle a bit longer. Will you be doing the bevels with a file guide?
 
Not that bad but most folks work during the day so give it a little time. Only thing I see is I would tighten the radius between the tang and the edge. Other than that, get that file going!
 
ok after some tweaks this is what I have. about to start filing the bevels


couple more tweaks.....
 
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well. that was a good learning experience lol. creating a plunge line and even grind lines using a file free had is pretty difficult. glad I have another 6in pieces :)
but I'm definitely addicted
 
You can clamp broken of piece of a used hack saw blade along the edge of your plunge to act as a stopper/guide. Monosteel blades work better and make sure the teeth face away from your plunge line. As long as your file has a safe edge you can run it right along side and if you bump over it your plunge line is protected.

You have to be careful when lining it up to get the plunges lined up on both side and a real file guide is clearly better if you have or can get one, but this is free(or like 25 cents for a hacksaw blade), easy and better than nothing.
 
kungfucowboy said:
You can clamp broken of piece of a used hack saw blade along the edge of your plunge to act as a stopper/guide. Monosteel blades work better and make sure the teeth face away from your plunge line. As long as your file has a safe edge you can run it right along side and if you bump over it your plunge line is protected.

You have to be careful when lining it up to get the plunges lined up on both side and a real file guide is clearly better if you have or can get one, but this is free(or like 25 cents for a hacksaw blade), easy and better than nothing.
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I'll have to try that. I'm gonna make Gough filing jig tomorrow. my biggest issue was I havery no idea what angle to file at. I was going really flat and that kinda screwed me.
 
valknut said:
I'll have to try that. I'm gonna make Gough filing jig tomorrow. my biggest issue was I havery no idea what angle to file at. I was going really flat and that kinda screwed me.
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When you start grinding you will know :) Start with a large angle, and grind both side to the center line of edge . Next is easy ..just reduce the angle slowly to grind steel toward spine , but that file does not grind/catch the edge /center line/ ...
 
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