Knives #2,3 and 4 finished

Sticky

Sticky

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Made these for family members as gifts.

Made out of 5/32 o1 tool steel
heat treated by delbert ealy
handles are purpleheart with black liners on the small one, 7 and 1/8" OAL with 2.75" edge
peruvian walnut with black liners on the middle, 9.125"oal and 4" edge
and Gmelina Burl with red liners on the longest one, 9.25 oal and 4.25 edge

all have stainless 1/4" pins and plenty of gorilla glue!

Actually none of these have the sharpened edge yet. :foot:

Wondering what i should do for sheaths...??:confused:
Anyways, this stuff is fun, i have a Looooong way to go i think to get rid of that home made look all 4 knives have. Guess i need to slow down and spend way more time on fit and finishing. Any tips, comments, suggestions, donations welcome



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Thanks fellas.
One area thats giving me fits(other than the main grinds) is the fronts of the scales and keeping the front edges clean after mounting them.


Robert i like that knife for sale on your site with the wooden handle, how'd you finish that steel wool? looks awesome.
 
Wow those look great! They're all hollow ground right? I haven't started my first stock removal yet and I'm curious as to how one gets that nice curve at the top of the plunge.

Is hollow grinding the easiest for new makers to pick up on to start?
 
Sticky said:
Thanks fellas.
One area thats giving me fits(other than the main grinds) is the fronts of the scales and keeping the front edges clean after mounting them.


Robert i like that knife for sale on your site with the wooden handle, how'd you finish that steel wool? looks awesome.
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Use blue painter's tape (so no residue) and wrap the frond edge of the scales in a couple layers so you don't get into them when working on the blade.
 
Thanks grizzly. Im not sure being a total noob myself. I have only done hollows so far. I read that belts last a lot longer but mainly i just like the looks of a hollow grind. Looks like it may be easier to get perfect plunge lines with flat grinding using file guides and bumping against the platen but its only a guess.
I do em probably about like anyone else after i found out ya need to do it edge up. I always thought that looked dangerous but it aint. i dont use a rest just hold the blade and rock your whole body from plunge to tip. that curved area at the top part of the plunge is just from moving right away after touching the blade to belt never really sitting still in one spot.
The first few passes i move from plunge to tip and when i get to the belly of the blade move handle down towards floor and towards you at the same time following the curve of the belly. after getting the thickness about right along the scribed line where the edge will be all the way along the edge i just move the handle toward myself when i get to the tip area without rocking it downward. This gives you a nice upward sweep at the tip.


Ill have to try that blue painter tape thing.
 
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