Like in the movie The Hunted, this is my new home made Tracker Knife

[roloss_valdes]

Like in the movies this is my new tracker knife...

My brother and I, bought 2 machetes ( 4.00 dlls each ) and we did some drawing of the tracker knife shape and we cut it with a home tool.

And this is what we got....

Roloss_Valdes

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Not bad. A little rough, but a really good effort. I don't think much of that handle material.

 

[satin]

Cool
I might do that with an old machete of mine, just for grins and giggles.

 

[roloss_valdes]

Thank you for your comments...

I will make a sheath for the knife....

roloss_valdes

 

[rluebb]

What home tool did you use to cut out your knife. I have access to a shop what do I need? Nice Job!






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[roloss_valdes]

I will put step by step and the tools that we used:

1.- Draw the knife in the machete

2.- Put it in the work table

3.- Two of the tools that we used

4.- Cuting the steel with the tool

......

 

[roloss_valdes]

5.- What we got

6.- With out move

7.- Stones

8.- Working

9.- ??? I don´t know how to call in spanish is Lijar

 

[roloss_valdes]

10.- Sharpening

11.- Sharpening stone

12.- Nilon grip

13.- Leather grip

14.- Other tool that we used our hand

15.- The Knife

The person who made it was my brother Ricardo with a little help of me.

Roloss_valdes

 

[roloss_valdes]

This knife was making with only 1 day of work.

 

[Crayola]

Congratulations! I applaud you for going out and making something after being inspired. Tell us how well the knife works!

 

[Josh Feltman]

Roloss--the knife looks a bit rough, but certainly functional. Please try it out and let us know how it works. I think it's really great to see projects like this.
--Josh

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Ok, how did you manage to edit that first picture without the edit notification showing at the bottom of the page? I know that the picture that I saw had no leather wrapped around the handle.

 

[satin]

He did it at the host.
Delete old picture, upload second picture with the same file-name as the first. the link inside the tags will be the same and will point to the new picture.

I do it all the time.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Thanks, I never thought of that.

 

[roloss_valdes]

I changed the picture in the host using the same path with the same name.

Thank you for your comments.

roloss_valdes

 

[Cougar Allen]

That kind of work is a lot of fun and it's possible to make a very good knife that way. Some suggestions for anyone else who wants to try it:

Cheap machetes vary in heat treatment. Test it with a file or sharpening stone before you put any work into it -- and don't just test it in one place; test it all over.

If the factory didn't screw up the heat treatment machetes are tempered for toughness more than hardness -- good for a large chopping knife, not so great for a small whittling knife, but still usable if you don't mind sharpening a little more often.

Working tempered steel is slower going than working annealed steel and heat-treating when you're done, but it's a good way to get started in knifemaking. Be careful not to overheat it while grinding and ruin the temper. That's what slows you down, much more than the greater abrasion resistance of tempered steel, but if you want to avoid having to heat-treat it yourself you'll have to accept that and go slow.

You can use whatever power tools you have as long as you're cautious, or if you don't have any power tools machetes are not too hard to work with hacksaw and files.

As shown here a usable knife can be made very quickly; making it look good takes longer. Try it out and if you like it you can clean it up and polish it and end up with a knife that's as beautiful as it is functional.

Wear safety glasses!

If you do any more work on it after you've sharpened it fold cardboard over the edge and duct tape it.

Just a little masking tape over the edge is not good enough. Want to walk around with nine fingers the rest of your life telling people, "I didn't know a knife could cut through masking tape"?

 

[roloss_valdes]

Thank you for all your comments.

 

[Fabien1]

Like in the movies this is my new tracker knife...

My brother and I, bought 2 machetes ( 4.00 dlls each ) and we did some drawing of the tracker knife shape and we cut it with a home tool.

And this is what we got....

Roloss_Valdes

sorry to come 8 years after that post but could you update your photos please all are deleted , I would wish to see your work , thanks

 

[Fabien1]

I will put step by step and the tools that we used:

1.- Draw the knife in the machete

2.- Put it in the work table

3.- Two of the tools that we used

4.- Cuting the steel with the tool

......

same updating
thanks and all to follow

 

[Blues]

Your math is off. 18 years after the post. This death will not be resurrected.