Morning all, i have come on here as i love a good knife but being a Brit has its down sides... its alot harder for us to get good quality knives here and rediculosly expensive to import them in... so i decided i was going to make two "replicas" (plese dont frown at me).
Basicly i have taken a shine to the Tom Browns Tracker Knife and the Busse Team Gemini, untill i can get my hands on some AISI O1 tool steel (the americans in the room may have a different name for this steel) i am utilising a nice bit of 1/4" mild steel plate, my plan was to make the blanks out of this mild steel so i can get it as close to perfect as i can seeming as the tool steel i a few weeks away, i have done 99% of the blanks (pictures will be up soon).
My origional thought was to buy the scales off a team gemini and use them to base my handle around (for some reason im finding it hard to make the blank feel cumfortable) but seeming as Busse dont sell spares i guess its back to the file.
These arfe my first ever made knives and i have read through the variose links (much aprechiated guys) please let me know if you think i am doing something wrong and feel free to push me in the right direction, i would also like to hear from anyone who has made similiar knives.
Thank you all and enjoy your days
Basicly i have taken a shine to the Tom Browns Tracker Knife and the Busse Team Gemini, untill i can get my hands on some AISI O1 tool steel (the americans in the room may have a different name for this steel) i am utilising a nice bit of 1/4" mild steel plate, my plan was to make the blanks out of this mild steel so i can get it as close to perfect as i can seeming as the tool steel i a few weeks away, i have done 99% of the blanks (pictures will be up soon).
My origional thought was to buy the scales off a team gemini and use them to base my handle around (for some reason im finding it hard to make the blank feel cumfortable) but seeming as Busse dont sell spares i guess its back to the file.
These arfe my first ever made knives and i have read through the variose links (much aprechiated guys) please let me know if you think i am doing something wrong and feel free to push me in the right direction, i would also like to hear from anyone who has made similiar knives.
Thank you all and enjoy your days
