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Hey guys,
I've been lurking this forum for some time now getting ideas and telling myself that one day I'd start making knives, and yesterday was that day. I went down to the local metal supply to pick up some 01 tool steel, all they had was A2 in a reasonable size. So I bought a few small plates that are 3/8in thick. I know it's much less than ideal but I think I'm going to make the handle from the steel, as my knife I begun yesterday is a skinner.
Since I do not have a heat treat oven I will have to take it to a local place to have it heat treated.
I am doing most of the work with a angle grinder, files and a bench grinder. The picture you see below is just with a grinding wheel instead of a cutting wheel, I stopped there and bought some cutting wheels.
Anyways I just wanted to come on here and say thank you to all the advise I've already received and I'm sure I'll get tons more in the future.
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I've been lurking this forum for some time now getting ideas and telling myself that one day I'd start making knives, and yesterday was that day. I went down to the local metal supply to pick up some 01 tool steel, all they had was A2 in a reasonable size. So I bought a few small plates that are 3/8in thick. I know it's much less than ideal but I think I'm going to make the handle from the steel, as my knife I begun yesterday is a skinner.
Since I do not have a heat treat oven I will have to take it to a local place to have it heat treated.
I am doing most of the work with a angle grinder, files and a bench grinder. The picture you see below is just with a grinding wheel instead of a cutting wheel, I stopped there and bought some cutting wheels.
Anyways I just wanted to come on here and say thank you to all the advise I've already received and I'm sure I'll get tons more in the future.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk
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