First Same-Day Knife

[Daniel Koster]

Probably old hat for most of you guys, but last week, I did my first same-day knife. It was a fun challenge.

8-9 AM = forge out blade to shape, normalize
10 AM = profile/grind
11 AM = normalize and heat-treat
Noon - 2PM = temper
1 PM = clean up, finish grinding
2 PM = handle shaping/fine sanding/finishing(wax)
3 PM = glue-up

(note: times are approximate, and I did this while working on other projects, so while it did take an entire day, I didn't work on it for 8 hours solid)


Since I was very careful gluing up and the knife was already sharpened, by evening it was "solid" and ready to start cuttin'...

Here's a pic:

4" wide Ulu made of 5160 and Osage Orange.

The bumpy line you see about 3/4" above the edge is the temper line. No clay, no etching, etc. - just came out that way after the quench. This is my first knife from the John Deere shafts I got from Dan Gray.

Cuts and cuts and cuts...

Thanks for looking.

 

[Ripper]

Dan,
That looks like a good, honest, cutting tool that would be at home in any kitchen; I like it a lot.
Regards,
Greg

 

[B . Buxton]

I missed this thread earlier, I must say Daniel cool piece, looks like it will/would handle about anything thrown at it.

Bill

 

[dfarmerknives]

That is a cool hammon.

 

[Bruce Bump]

Dan are You planning a vacation to Alaska? There are no whales in Arkansas BTW it looks good!

 

[ddavelarsen]

Way to go Dan, that's very cool! I've never tried making any project in one day, that takes huevos down to here. And it turned out great. You just gotta love osage orange and JD steel; those are about two of the toughest materials on Earth.

 

[Chiro75]

I've done it once. I can't decide whether I like working on one knife at a time or multiple ones at a time and doing the same job on each at once. I assume pros have it staggered so that they're never sitting there wondering what to do next, staring at the epoxy waiting for it to set, etc!