Made a Knife

[Doc226]

Hey guys, I am new here, I have been working on straight razors for a while, I restore them and have made some. I wanted to try to make a knife for kicks.

I used 01 tool and heat treated in a crude forge

This is the profile

Did some grinding pre heat treat and then some post

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Polishing

Handles out of wood (cant remember type)

Perfect? Not even close.

Learned a ton, next time would not make a notch, really tough to sand in there.

Also would sand and polish the handles much more before epoxying in place

 

[scott kozub]

Good first knife. Beat the crap out of and see how it performs so you can make improvements on the next one. This is where everyone starts.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Doc226]

Good first knife. Beat the crap out of and see how it performs so you can make improvements on the next one. This is where everyone starts.

Welcome to the forum.

Thank you, that is the plan

 

[AVigil]

To sand in that notch, wrap some sandpaper around a chainsaw file and roll .

Good first knife

 

[Doc226]

To sand in that notch, wrap some sandpaper around a chainsaw file and roll .

Good first knife

Thank you

I wrapped the sandpaper around a wood dowel, still a pain

 

[AVigil]

Be creative,
Cut a slot down the length of the dowel, insert sand paper and wrap around dowel.

Then insert it into a variable speed hand drill , or drill press and let the machine do the work.