Hi All,
Been lurking around here for some time, and just got started in knife making about a month ago. I found a great tutorial on YouTube by Aaron Gough, and followed his tutorial for the most part. I also copied the design of his resolute knife with his permission making some modifications for my personal taste and style. I also read up quite a bit of info here so thank you all for creating such helpful and worthwhile content.
Anyways, here are some pictures of my first couple knives:
Both knives were made using O1 tool steel, heated in a small forge I built till non magnetic, held there for several minutes, and then quenched in preheated Canola. Temper was 400F for two hours. I'm lucky enough to have an amazing little family owned sawmill very close to me, and the owner was kind enough to sell me some large pieces of 3/4 inch thick quilted Maple burl and Black Walnut burl very cheap. I then cut the pieces in half with my bandsaw to get two 3/8" matched pieces and trued them up on my milling machine with a fly cutter to get a perfectly flat surface on the side that would mate with the blade. The scales were fixed to the blade using clear Gorillaglue brand epoxy and stainless steel pins, and were finished with some boiled linseed oil. They didnt come out quite perfect, but I still love them! And I found a new amazing hobby.
Been lurking around here for some time, and just got started in knife making about a month ago. I found a great tutorial on YouTube by Aaron Gough, and followed his tutorial for the most part. I also copied the design of his resolute knife with his permission making some modifications for my personal taste and style. I also read up quite a bit of info here so thank you all for creating such helpful and worthwhile content.
Anyways, here are some pictures of my first couple knives:
Both knives were made using O1 tool steel, heated in a small forge I built till non magnetic, held there for several minutes, and then quenched in preheated Canola. Temper was 400F for two hours. I'm lucky enough to have an amazing little family owned sawmill very close to me, and the owner was kind enough to sell me some large pieces of 3/4 inch thick quilted Maple burl and Black Walnut burl very cheap. I then cut the pieces in half with my bandsaw to get two 3/8" matched pieces and trued them up on my milling machine with a fly cutter to get a perfectly flat surface on the side that would mate with the blade. The scales were fixed to the blade using clear Gorillaglue brand epoxy and stainless steel pins, and were finished with some boiled linseed oil. They didnt come out quite perfect, but I still love them! And I found a new amazing hobby.
