forging a camp knife

NickWheeler

NickWheeler

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Here's a thread about making a camp knife.

This one was pounded out on my old anvil.

Well, I enjoy these threads when other people do them, and I am having a good time putting some together myself.

This thread is about a camp knife for Danbo. It's similar to one I made him before. He actually ordered them both at the same time. Many of these images are from awhile back.

Thanks for looking! :D

Here's a shot of forging the blade to shape-

danbocamp6xp.jpg


Getting closer-

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A shot of it in the forge, reheating-

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This is the blade all forged to shape, i.e. bevels are in, distal taper, tang shape, and clip forged in as well-

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All cleaned up and ready for heat-treat-

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Heat-treated, and very slightly convex ground to 320X-

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Hand-sanded to 600X, guard is fit, spacers have been surface ground down to 1/16" thick and fit, and blackwood is ready to fit-

danbo42do.jpg


-Nick-

http://www.wheelerknives.com
 
Huh Hum....

Back from the dead :rolleyes: :)

Okay, that last pic was everything ready for glue up (well, the blade needed more finishing, but other than that).

Starting to shape the handle on my 2" wheel (36grit belt)

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Further along with the shaping on 2" wheel

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Handle roughed out... stopping to check progress

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Starting to file the radius into the finger guard

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Closer view of the same task, a little bit more filed in at this point.

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-Nick-
 
Doing some smoothing with a slack belt. I don't do much with a slack belt, it will wash out the wood and leave the metal parts high. I just do a minimal amount to help blend the contours.

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Hand sanding the handle-

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Very lightly buffing the blackwood, not the guard-

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At this point, the guard has a sharp edge on it. Not a good thing, so I made this little sanding block to sand this edge and "soften" it.

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Starting to resharpen it on a fine India stone-

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Here's a shot of the handle, all done-

danbo118kn.jpg


And here it is all ready to go-

danbo128hs.jpg


Thanks for looking :)
-Nick-

edited to add- Dan asked if I would post the image of the first one, so here it is :)

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Thanks Nick :)

Yep, that squirrely bastard Danbo will have his grubby hands on this one in a few days.

Thanks!
-Nick-
 
Great pics and a gorgeous knife. But who's this "Danbo" guy you keep talking about? :D
 
Hey, I already told that to Burch when he asked me about one :p

Do you mean to tell me you're not going to flip that Beta-C blade 5 minutes after you get it Chuck? :cool: LMAO!

-Nick-
 
I'll bet D-day has a hard time letting this one go. :eek: (like that damn evenheat of his. :D )

You make this stuff look easy -- shaping the handle always kicks my butt.
 
Burch, I don't really do any of it.

I kick those little sweat-shop bastids out of the way when cameras are around, and take credit for the work I make them do for $0.03/week.

If I were to let them talk, I'd probably let one of them tell you how they do it :D

-Nick-
 
NickWheeler said:
Here's a shot of the handle, all done-

danbo118kn.jpg


And here it is all ready to go-

danbo128hs.jpg


Thanks for looking :)
-Nick-
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Nick, that was a good choice we made with the thin maroon micarta and stainless spacers. This baby is too cool! :eek: :)
 
Chuck Bybee said:
Nic,

Since Danbo is buying the knife you will have a chance to buy it when he puts it up for sale in a few weeks! ;) :p
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Chuck, I wouldn't hold your breath on that one. ;) :)
 
Lord Farquhar said:
whats steel did you use for the blade?
also what kind of HT did you do ?
what type of quench/temper etc
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The blade is forged from W2 tool steel. I'll let Nick fill in the heat treat details.
 
Beautiful knife and a grand thread Nick!!
I love seeing threads like this, thanks!
 
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