Random Knife Works :D

colu41

colu41

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So I was picking up my bench a little bit today and found a very small piece of some .062" 15n20 and as I was about to throw it in the steel bucket, I decided to use it for this!!!

.062" 15n20 Steel
Full flat grind
Stabilized Thuya Burl
Cutting edge is 3/4"
OAL is 1 1/2"
Was out there with my stepdaughter and shes been really interested in what I'm doing. Shes 10. BTW. So we decided to do this. She thinks its the cutest thing ever! lol. And it still shaving hair :D

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Have you read the stickies at the top of the page? It's so small but without a good finish on the blade and a very fat handle.
Frank
 
That's pretty neat. I would definitely flat spot some fingers if I tried one that small. Heck, I flat spot fingers on 4 inch blades!
 
Miniatures are a challenge of another sort, as I'm sure you have learned. To be really good, they need to have proportional parts (i.e. it should look like a good completed larger knife, with the same handle-to-blade proportions, and the same proportions for primary and secondary bevels). The blade should also be finished to a higher grit than you might use on a larger blade so the visible grind lines (if any) are also proportionally correct (i.e. smaller than those on larger blades).

I never got good enough to achieve those goals.
 
Minis are lots of fun, and I don't think anyone wants to discourage you. I think people are trying to say that a mini should be finished to the same level that a full size knife would be.

First, a link to the last mini KITH held here. It was lots of fun.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ial-2013-Mini-Knife-KITH!?highlight=mini+kith

Second, here's a good way to judge proportions on minis. If it doesn't look right in hand, it doesn't look right.
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Thats cool! Yea I was just goofing around with some scrap. Thought it be fun to try out.
 
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