karambit project

[gunsmith]

hello, i'm new to this board and knife making. i'm aspireing to expand my horizons in the metal working field. to talk the truth i'm to cheap to buy a really nice knife and think it would be a good learning expirience to make my own,plus i could say i made it if somebody asked where i got it. at this time i work on brake lathes and tire service equipment to pay the bills. the design i am most interested in is the karambit(fixed and folding). i have done a seach and found three posts in this forum. i would like to know about the process used to taper the edge down to a cutting . i'm must likely to start with leaf spring steal because it's what i can get easily. i am also interested in drawnings of differant knife patterns. i have know intention of making knifes for profit, i just want to play with metal in differant ways. next year maybe it will be welding. well thanks for any responces i know i'm long winded :yawn: and ramble off subject....bla..bla....thanks again ....god bless america your vote counts !

 

[Michael J. Spangler]

alright here's the advice i give everyone who wnats to get into knife making..... GET OUT BEFORE YOU"RE ADDICTED!!!.... no wait thats the warning... ok here's the adivce...... READ. make sure you research everywhere you can.... start with a book like "how to make knives" or "the complete bladesmith" good basic books to get you usedto the terms and basic methods of knife making.... so when you come here you can understand all the stuff we're saying. the next step would be to find a bladesmith in your area that might want to teach you a thing or two. or you could go to hammer-ins, and knife shows and ask questions and pick someones brains for a few hours. some say the next best step would be to buy a kit knife. a very good thing to do if you don't have any bladesmiths in your area, work on the kit knives for a while, they're good for the fundamentals of fit and finish work.
next step would be to start getting some of your own tools and supplies and get going! "the $50 knife shop" is a good book that will teach you the basics and save you some money by showing you the way to make knives without using expensive tools. good luck, you've come to the right place to ask questions we have some of the best knife makers in the world at our fingertips, and some of the weirdest (IndianGeorge)

 

[indian george]

alright here's the advice i give everyone who wnats to get into knife making..... GET OUT BEFORE YOU"RE ADDICTED!!!.... no wait thats the warning... ok here's the adivce...... READ. make sure you research everywhere you can.... start with a book like "how to make knives" or "the complete bladesmith" good basic books to get you usedto the terms and basic methods of knife making.... so when you come here you can understand all the stuff we're saying. the next step would be to find a bladesmith in your area that might want to teach you a thing or two. or you could go to hammer-ins, and knife shows and ask questions and pick someones brains for a few hours. some say the next best step would be to buy a kit knife. a very good thing to do if you don't have any bladesmiths in your area, work on the kit knives for a while, they're good for the fundamentals of fit and finish work.
next step would be to start getting some of your own tools and supplies and get going! "the $50 knife shop" is a good book that will teach you the basics and save you some money by showing you the way to make knives without using expensive tools. good luck, you've come to the right place to ask questions we have some of the best knife makers in the world at our fingertips, and some of the weirdest (IndianGeorge)

I resemble that remark Grasshoppa. The above was very well said for a Scanna.

 

[Mark Williams]

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