I'm as green as they come.....

[Uncle Alva]

Title says it in a nutshell. Old School guy, my hands have held and used many a knife, including an original Morseth, purchased from Mr. Morseth himself, but I have never MADE a knife. So, with no power tools, no experience, and very little knowledge, I figure now is as good a time to make one as any. I have a piece of 1095 steel, and a piece of red micarta, My intention is to make a knife patterned along the lines of the Ontario RAT-7. It will be 3/16 x I-1/2 x 12 when finished.Also I figure to send it out for heat treating. And that, actually, is about all I have figured out at this point!

Taped up the pattern. As far as the profile goes, there is not a great amount of stock to be removed, this size piece of steel/profile was chose just because of that. Like I said, I have no tools at this point. I'll also end up with a tidy little 6" piece of stock to mess with next.

Top shelf service from Jantz. Ordered on Tuesday, was here Friday. The way it was packed I thought I wuz gonna finds eggs in the carton!








Also as said, I have zero experience, I'm just winging it here. I do want to end up with a genuinely tough, shard, usable blade when complete, not just a hunk of metal I did some grinding on. I am not thin-skinned and am highly interested in ya'lls thoughts, advice, and opinions on this.

 

[SBuzek]

Read this post,will give you a good start. Alos a lot of other good info in the stickies at the top of the page.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/694673-How-to-instructions-for-making-a-knife

Stan

 

[S.Alexander]

If you don't have any tools then it sounds like you should do this with hand tools. You can make that knife with a hacksaw, files, and sandpaper. If you make a file jig you will be able to make a nice clean grind line. Here's a link to a jig made by a fellow forum member: http://youtu.be/r9iNDRwwBQQ

I'm sure the count will be by soon to offer some advice.