quick steel question

[Jonathon Belt]

ok so I am about to make my first knife... I plan on using aldo's 1084 how thick should I order it?

 

[Robert Dark]

Depends on what size knife you are gonna make and what methods you are gonna use.

For a small knife, I wouldn't order anything thicker than 1/8".

Give us a little more info.

Robert

 

[Jonathon Belt]

the knife is going to be 8'' total 4'' blade 4'' handle and i am going to use stock removal on this on.

 

[reiko1078]

I ordered a piece of 3/16 1084 just got it today. I'll tell ya what I wish I had ordered 1/8in

 

[Jonathon Belt]

guess i'm ordering 1/8 inch then. ok another question who can i send a blade out to for ht?

 

[Jonathon Belt]

to elaborate a little bit on this... i'm making this knife for my grandfather i plan on using black walnut for the handle and brass for all of the fittings (guard and pins) i would also like to make a wooden (again black walnut) sheath with a brass tip. i kinda like brass

 

[Danbo]

3/16" thick stock leaves you room for error correction. Just sayin...

 

[Mitchell Knives]

1/8" or 3/16" will be fine.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I find most first knives ( and many 100th knives) are way too thick. 1/8" stock is plenty thick for the knife you describe. Blade thickness is an important part of edge geometry, and too thick equates to a poorly cutting knife.

 

[Jonathon Belt]

well ive drawn up my design (third revision for now) ill probably post it as soon as i get it into my computer...

 

[Jonathon Belt]

kind of off topic of the thread name but where can i get a good (decent) set if files?

 

[xmtgx]

For larger files I use cheap HF files. They don't last as long as nicholsons but in the end I find them to be cheaper as I can get 6-10 of them for the price of a nicholson.