Spent A Lot of Time Reading, Couple of Questions

[Sulaco]

I've been wanting to put together a knife kit for a long time now and since I am between jobs, I've got some time. I picked up a HF 4x36 belt sander on sale (along with a coupon got the price way down so I couldn't pass it up) and ordered a Green River kit.

I decided to get a brass rod for pins instead of using the cutlery rivets the kit comes with. I'm going to use whatever wood it comes with and got some epoxy too.

I've got the files and sandpaper so I could do this entirely with hand tools, but my real question is, if I'm getting the belt sander, is there any benefit one way or the other?

If I enjoy this I want to do a couple of other kits and eventually buy some metal and try to grind one out myself. Is that even possible with the HF sander?

Thanks for any advice and info!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Sounds like you are off to a good start. Post photos and ask questions if you get stumped.

The things you have are sufficient to make a good knife. HT will have to be sent out but that isn't a problem.