Sorta Custom Knife Help.

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Youngone97

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I was playing with one of the cheep Fury Knives (doing things I probly Should be doing with a knife like that) and I broke the tip off the knife, so I sigured I would regrind it, and then my creative sige took over and know i want to turn it into a "fixed Blade" by adding a handle and pinning it in the picot hole and the hole where the thumb stud was to keep itfrom rotating. My question to you guys is should I keep going, or should I stop? I am going to include a picture so you can see what I am talking about.Also I would like to know what you guy think about the blade shape?
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You should stop immediately! Your knife will lack a tang and will not be strong enough to be reliable under any marginal stress and could cause personal injury........but the very most important reason is that if you have even the slightest success you will be infected by the knife making bug for which there is no known cure.:D

Paul
 
Moved from Custom & Handmade to Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment. What you propose is not "custom" but "customizing". Custom and handmade knives are made by a knifemaker from start to finish, not repurposed production models with an upgrade or modification.

I took care of the duplicate post.

Good luck with your mod. It should be fun, and you will learn a lot along the way!
I agree with Paul, there is no cure for the bug, and you're already infected. :)
 
Those knives are Chinese made crap. You would be better off buying a good carbon steel old hickory butcher knife for 10-20$ and customizing it. Otherwise duct tape a Popsicle stick to the hilt and call it a day :).
 
Here is a knife I made where the tang broke - leaving 1" for the handle. I put 70 lbs lateral flex on this knife, it held fine. Using good epoxy and hardwood, your knife should be ok. Well, at least you will have fun with making a knife handle.

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Did that have serrations?

I'm not a huge fan of recurve blades, but, in theory, it should cut well when draw cutting.

I believe that, if done right, you will have enough strength in the handle to use the knife safely. I would use a hard material like micarta or G10, but the handle will probably be worth more than the blade.

As an educational exercise, I say go for it. If you're looking for a highly functional knife that also provides an outstanding learning opportunity I suggest a kit knife. Having just finished a kit knife build thread it may seem like I'm overly partial to such a thing, but I believe anyone interested in messing with knives should consider it.

Whatever you decide keep us informed. I want to know what you end up doing. ;)
 
I say do it! Have fun with it and use it as an educational experience, no better way to learn that hands on! I want to see what you come up with.
 
Do it, just keep in mind that your first attempt may not work out and it could take a few tries to get a strong handle out of it, so be careful with those fingers.
 
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