my only custom.

[jdracing]

here is the only custom knife i have.
i did not do it,but had a friend rescale one side for me from a picture i had drawn.
i am trying to get a belt sander now and a scroll saw to start making some knives.
if i ever get good at it i will post some pictures.
till then i have this on one of my favorite single blade frames.
jd

 

[T.K.C.]

That is a nice nice knife, but itis NOT a custom knife. It is a production knife with custom scales.I do like the new sales.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Moving from Custom & Handmade to the Gallery ... as T.K.C. says, it's customized, not a true custom, which would be done by one knifemaker from start to finish.

Beautiful knife, though. The picture even of the original side made me want one!

 

[jdracing]

Moving from Custom & Handmade to the Gallery ... as T.K.C. says, it's customized, not a true custom, which would be done by one knifemaker from start to finish.

Beautiful knife, though. The picture even of the original side made me want one!

would it be considered custom if i bought a blade blank and made everything from there?
or does the maker have to alsio make the blade steel?

where would i post a knife that i built from ground up only someone else made the blank?
thanks,
jd

 

[Steinerj]

a custom knifemaker is not someone who smelted their own steel but rather someone who individually handcrafted the knife rather than in a factory making thousands of the same knife. Although there are makers out there who dug up their own ore and created their own steel. Your knife was made in a factory where tens of thousands of blades were stamped out then assembled on a assembly line. Check out the folders for sale in the Makers section to get a feel for what a custom handmade knife is

 

[Esav Benyamin]

To be a Custom & Handmade knife for our purposes, you would have to make the blade, but not necessarily make the steel. Some knifemakers do make their own damascus, but that's a process of taking other steels and forging them into one.

Buying a blade and putting a handle on it is making a kit knife, and it's a great first step towards custom work, but ultimately you would have to take a blank piece of steel and file or forge it to shape as a blade for us to consider it custom work.