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Hi,
This is my first post so if I'm in the wrong place I apologize. MODs Feel free to move it.
My name is Justin and I'm 21 years old from Roy Washington. I'v worked for my dads construction company since i was 13 so I am fairly skilled at building stuff, and I have finally made a few knives that I'm proud of. I have ruined a lot of steel to get to this point. ; ) I have learned a lot from perusing the forums and wold like to thank everyone for sharing their skills and knowledge.
I have been interested in knives since my dad gave me a Swiss Army knife at the age of 4, but my knife addiction started when I found an old US made benchmade ascent in a garbage pile on a job site. I took it home and cleaned and sharpened it, it was nearly as good as new. That was my first experience with a high quality knife. Fast forward several years and nearly a hundred or so benchmade, spyderco, Zt, microtech, buck, cold steel, etcetera, I was getting board with the factory production knives that were out there so I decided to make my own. I started with a bench grinder and lawn mower blades, and yes they turned out terribly but I found I really liked making knives. After a lot of trial and error I was able to make decent knives, so I decided to get some good equipment.
I just moved to a new house and am getting my shop put together, I bought a KMG with the three hp motor and variable speed. WOW!!!!! I love this grinder, it is awesome.
I am mostly making my knives out of titanium now because I love how light and strong and rust proof it is, and with a carbidized edge cutting performance is really quite good. And the heat anodizing looks really cool IMO.
So any way enough rambling, here is what I've come up with. They are both carbidized.
(The big one needs a bit more hand sanding)
These are convex ground, I find it cuts a lot better than the normal chisel grind people do on Ti knives.
The big one has a 6 1/8 cutting edge, over all length of 11 1/2, thickness is .188 or so, it's about the same as my esee junglas. Weight is about the same as a benchmade nimravus
The blue one has a 3 3/4 cutting edge, an OAL of 8in, thickness is 1/8 or so. Weighs about the same as a benchmade 940.
I wish I could give weights but I don't have a knife scale. They are both really light for what they are. I have a lot more design ideas in my head, so more knives will be forthcoming.
I realize these are not even in the same league as some of the works of art showcased on BF, but someday I hope to be able to make knives like those.
Thanks again for having such a great place to learn about knives.
This is my first post so if I'm in the wrong place I apologize. MODs Feel free to move it.
My name is Justin and I'm 21 years old from Roy Washington. I'v worked for my dads construction company since i was 13 so I am fairly skilled at building stuff, and I have finally made a few knives that I'm proud of. I have ruined a lot of steel to get to this point. ; ) I have learned a lot from perusing the forums and wold like to thank everyone for sharing their skills and knowledge.
I have been interested in knives since my dad gave me a Swiss Army knife at the age of 4, but my knife addiction started when I found an old US made benchmade ascent in a garbage pile on a job site. I took it home and cleaned and sharpened it, it was nearly as good as new. That was my first experience with a high quality knife. Fast forward several years and nearly a hundred or so benchmade, spyderco, Zt, microtech, buck, cold steel, etcetera, I was getting board with the factory production knives that were out there so I decided to make my own. I started with a bench grinder and lawn mower blades, and yes they turned out terribly but I found I really liked making knives. After a lot of trial and error I was able to make decent knives, so I decided to get some good equipment.
I just moved to a new house and am getting my shop put together, I bought a KMG with the three hp motor and variable speed. WOW!!!!! I love this grinder, it is awesome.
I am mostly making my knives out of titanium now because I love how light and strong and rust proof it is, and with a carbidized edge cutting performance is really quite good. And the heat anodizing looks really cool IMO.
So any way enough rambling, here is what I've come up with. They are both carbidized.
(The big one needs a bit more hand sanding)
These are convex ground, I find it cuts a lot better than the normal chisel grind people do on Ti knives.
The big one has a 6 1/8 cutting edge, over all length of 11 1/2, thickness is .188 or so, it's about the same as my esee junglas. Weight is about the same as a benchmade nimravus
The blue one has a 3 3/4 cutting edge, an OAL of 8in, thickness is 1/8 or so. Weighs about the same as a benchmade 940.
I wish I could give weights but I don't have a knife scale. They are both really light for what they are. I have a lot more design ideas in my head, so more knives will be forthcoming.
I realize these are not even in the same league as some of the works of art showcased on BF, but someday I hope to be able to make knives like those.
Thanks again for having such a great place to learn about knives.
