Some stuff I learned making a knife

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I made a riggers knife out of O-1 steel for my Dad 'cause he finished his sailboat.

http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/Forum5/HTML/003730.html

You can read and read but many important lessons are tactile.

friction heats metal

oil cools metal - but not enough so it won't sear flesh

don't touch hot metal.

use a drill press vise when putting holes in small pieces of metal

if you want a sharp transition between the bevel and ricasso stop grinding before yelling at your daughter.

What can I say? I mostly work with wood. I gotta make me one though.

I wouldn't and couldn't have done it if I hadn't lurked here.

Thanks

Lynn
 
Lynn, It sounds like you could be a knife maker. I have learned to yell at my daughter and still stay in the groove with a 14" wheel. Practice practice practice.
 
It does sound like you could bbe a knife maker and you will forget the lesson about touching hot things and I expect you will forget the drill press vice once in a while and I am certain you will learn not to quench in cold water.
 
I was sharing a table today at a gun/knife show with my knife maker next door neighbor (how great is that? living right next door to another maker!!)... we got to comparing burnt thumb tips during a lull so we have both yet to learn the hot metal lesson.
 
Nice job!

My one wish is that scratches would hand sand out of metal as fast as they do out of wood! You have learned soem great lessons there. I have learned them as well :) Good luck on your next one.
 
Are you telling me that I'm not going to develop callouses there which will prevent the pain?

jmx (newbie)
 
You will devolpe callouses but you will grind them off before they can be of much help;).
 
Jeez all along I thought it was no brain no gain. For example - after years of lighting stuff on fire with a bunsen burner I have learned that fire is hot. It should now be a simple matter to transfer that knowledge to other things like metal that has been exposed to fire.

I was really pleased when I learned that it is not hitting all nails that is bad its hiting the wrong nail. With that success behind me I remain optimistic about someday making a decent knife.

If anyone has any criticism (of the knife not of my hygeine) regarding style form or whatever else I'd be obliged.

Regards

Lynn
 
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