Most difficult knife to make

[smc15]

I was wondering what the most difficult type of knife there is to make?

Thanks

 

[Gus Kalanzis]

Welcome to the forums.
I think you started off with a great question. Since I am not a maker I am going to defer to the guys who know (even though I have heard rumors as to which is the hardest.)

 

[Kevin Wilkins]

I've been told that multi blade, slip joint folders take some doing to get right... since I don't make folders, I can't say from experience, but I can say the most difficult knife for me to make is which ever one I'm working on just does not WANT to get made...

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[Erikfsn]

It might be a high quality DA OTF 'cause it hasn't been done yet (except in prototype stage by MT).

 

[K Robinson]

The first one.

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[Ed Caffrey]

The most difficult knife I have ever produced was the Quillion dagger for my ABS MS test! At first glance, one would not think it would be any problem, however the symetry (can't spell either), can be very deceptive to the eye. In order to create this piece, both sides must be identical. In other words if you were to draw a line down the handle and keep going down the center line of the blade, both the left and right sides of that line must be identical. I put in more hands on time with that piece than any I have produced so far. It started in December of 99, and was completed 3 days before the 2000 blade show. Mind you, I did not spend every shop hour of every day on it, but there were very few days that it didn't get at least a couple of hours of my attention (and often times cursing). Once it was complete, I told my wife that it might be the only one I ever produced!

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[HJK]

What about a dual hamon - twin temper lines?

 

[tom mayo]

I think that its like a lot of things in life, the most difficult part is getting your brain to say yes, and then going thru with a new idea/concept...even if its a simple one.....once youve done it a bunch of times it still requires your full attention but you know all the steps and how to do them. If you look at the state of custom knives at this time, I would say that there is NOTHTING too difficult for many of the skilled craftsmen in this field......its all been done, or being done, time and time again. I look at the Mosaic damascus coming out of Arkansas with my mouth agap, and yet I read the article in Blade and Tim says its not that hard.....

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