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I made a few knives a couple days ago , they found homes very fast tho , all but one , I kept it back cos its got a crack in the handle , it was in the wood I used as scales before I fitted it , one of the risks of using sticks out of the instead of buying real genuine stabilised wood I guess
I was asked to post about how the knives work out , well the ones that are with their new owners , I dont know ( I didnt sell them I gave them away / swapped for stuff ) I will probably hear if the break , but thats it .
This little one that had the cracked handle tho , I took out for a bit of a play
the blade is about all of 2 inches long , made from a P+N high speed steel power hacksaw blade , a small one tho . the handle is made from some dead wood I picked up when we were camping around Tarcoola , somewhere in the dry part of northern South Australia . I havent finished the knife off with any attention to detail , its a roghy , , for personal use only kinda thing , the others left home too dam fast , I want one at least to hang around a while .
nuff boring werds , pics time
this is the crack :
I havent oiled this handle yet , I intend to fill the crack with superglue first , then oil it up and make it pretty .
I thought Id give battoning a go , this is the start ( obviously )
the first lump of wood turned to useable bits for our heater
tried a bigger bit of wood , but found I had a knot in it , it made splitting it tougher than I expected
brute force and ignorance beats overcomes most obstacles tho
after splitting the hardwood 2x4 up , the blade is still sharp enough to make nice curlies
and thats about it , I like the little knife , its got a blade as thick , or thin , as a paring knife , smaller than my fruit n veg knife , but pretty solid none the less
job done , time to clean up
I know I made the knife , and that its made from some tougher than normal blade steel , but Im still impressed with it
if you ever thunk about making your own knife , give it a go , its worth it , even if it turns out amerturish as mine do often , there is a hell of a lot more satisfaction to be had from having your own self made knife perfom better than expected than there is from having one you bought do as advertised ... , my feelings anyway .
I was asked to post about how the knives work out , well the ones that are with their new owners , I dont know ( I didnt sell them I gave them away / swapped for stuff ) I will probably hear if the break , but thats it .
This little one that had the cracked handle tho , I took out for a bit of a play
the blade is about all of 2 inches long , made from a P+N high speed steel power hacksaw blade , a small one tho . the handle is made from some dead wood I picked up when we were camping around Tarcoola , somewhere in the dry part of northern South Australia . I havent finished the knife off with any attention to detail , its a roghy , , for personal use only kinda thing , the others left home too dam fast , I want one at least to hang around a while .nuff boring werds , pics time
this is the crack :
I havent oiled this handle yet , I intend to fill the crack with superglue first , then oil it up and make it pretty .
I thought Id give battoning a go , this is the start ( obviously )
the first lump of wood turned to useable bits for our heater
tried a bigger bit of wood , but found I had a knot in it , it made splitting it tougher than I expected
brute force and ignorance beats overcomes most obstacles tho
after splitting the hardwood 2x4 up , the blade is still sharp enough to make nice curlies
and thats about it , I like the little knife , its got a blade as thick , or thin , as a paring knife , smaller than my fruit n veg knife , but pretty solid none the less
job done , time to clean up
I know I made the knife , and that its made from some tougher than normal blade steel , but Im still impressed with it
if you ever thunk about making your own knife , give it a go , its worth it , even if it turns out amerturish as mine do often , there is a hell of a lot more satisfaction to be had from having your own self made knife perfom better than expected than there is from having one you bought do as advertised ... , my feelings anyway .
