For the new beginners: Picture-tutorial of a knife being made on a budget.

Great tutorial!

If I may add what works well for me- while I am shaping the handle, I usually wrap the blade in masking tape and clamp the blade in a vise fitted with wooden jaws. This is especially handy if you have a vise with a swivel base. That way you can work on the handle with it pointing directly at you.

Wayne Goddard's book definitely is a good one for beginning knifemakers.

I like your workbench in the kitchen.

Good Job!

Alex
 
Great simple and basic tutorial.
FWIW - A 1095 quench has to get the steel from above critical (about 1400F ) to below the nose (about 900F) in less than 1 second (that will keep the structure as Austenite). From there,you have ten seconds to get it to 700F and well over a minute to get it to 400F, which is where the Martensite transformation starts. The Austenite continues to convert to Martensite until about 200F, where it is pretty much done for 1095. If you pull the blade out of the quench tank after about three seconds and check it for warpage, you can stick it on the anvil or in the vise and hammer/twist,bend it to shape very easily. Until it gets to 400F it is very plastic, and will not break easily. Once it drops below 300F (about 50% Martensite), it will snap like glass. Once straight, put back in the quench to continue cooling. Be quick in straightening, as the anvil/vise will cool the blade fast. With 1095, tempering should be as soon after quench as possible (to avoid cracks from forming due to stress created in the quench)
Stacy
 
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