My New $0.33 Knife

Great stuff, that full-length clip is pretty cool- aggo compromise between straight-spine and spear-point. :thumbup:
 
I love the lines and how sharp it looks... great lines, What uses do you see for it???? What i mean is what uses the knife would do well at....

Sasha
 
Projects like this are inspiring. Thanks for posting the step-by-step photos, too. Excellent work!
 
What uses do you see for it????
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It's my new general purpose belt knife, my EDC. This means (for me) that it will primarily be doing wood working duty, with occasional food prep, box cutting, and other small miscellaneous chores.

Thanks for all the comments guys!
 
Impressive work, Simon! She flows well and looks to me like she fits the hand beautifully. From reading your intro, I wasn't expecting much, but your finished picture really is stunning. It looks like a knife you would buy in a high-end catalog. Holy mackerel, Simon, you should create a "How to" from this. I think it would be really popular. Also, would you mind some pictures of the tools you used to create this knife? Thank you for sharing this, my friend! This is stunning work and a real inspiration to those of us who like to do our own thing.
 
siguy,

can you explain the process of drilling a hole (round) to fit the tang (flat, tapered)?

Do you drill in to the handle and then wiggle the bit left/right to make it accept the tapered tang?

Thanks, I've almost got the courage to make one myself.
 
Next time I do a knife, I'll take more photos and make it a proper build-a-long.

Meat-I traced the shape of the tang on the flat side of the block of wood, then took a drill bit slightly larger than the thickness of the tang. I approximated the outer bounds of the tang tracing by eye, and drilled a hole on each side. Then I used a modified saw blade to scrape all the wood from between the holes, forming a rectangular hole. There is wiggle room in the Cherry block, for the glue to fill. I made the bolster (the Maple piece) a very tight fit, by drilling with a slightly undersize drill bit, and then using a small knife to trim the wood out from between, until I had a very tight fit.
 
Hey Simon,

Like rwiggins above, I wasn't expecting too much after your intro, but it turned out excellent! - Great Job!! :thumbup:

Doc
 
Nice.

Best results I've had have come from NOT going fast. That hand drill (certainly not you! :) ) makes mistakes much more slowly than an electric drill.

It may be art, but it is not rocket science.

Good work.
 
Not bad at all.

Leaving it full hardness will definitely give you a very hard edge. I usually draw the temper on a file I'm using for a knife, just to avoid chipping and such. Growing up, we did it by color with a torch, but nowadays, I'd throw it in the oven for a couple of hours at about 400 degrees.
 
Simon hooked me up with some sharpening the other day. I stopped by his house and was able to handle this little gem. It really felt good in the hand and the fit and finish were top notch. Simon really has come a long way and this latest blade is proof of it.
 
You've created a really gorgeous little knife, she's a beauty in every way!
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Simon, you really are an artist. That is some beautiful work plus you made something functional from scraps. Fanatastic!
 
That is a very handsome little blade you made there.

What I like most about it is that you made the blade out of something someone would toss in the trash.

Awesome work :)


Tostig
 
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