W.I.P hunting knife T.Todorov

[tedkoe38]

From a long time ago ive wanted to make a thread like this, to help the new guys thats are trying to make their first knives.I guess me and many other start their first steps by reading on the internet.In this thread i will show how i make a full-tang knife from a plate to a knife with leather sheath.I dont pretend that the right way, but it works good for me.

Thanks for reading, T.Todorov


Everything starts from here.

The sketch of the knife, we are making

We are taking a 3.8mm 1.2379 steel and trace out the pattern

Cut with the angle grinder

Safety first!

Ready

Grind the excess material with an old 36 grit belt

Using the small wheel attachment for hard to reach spots

Using the center punch to mark the holes

Drilling

4mm holes for pins and 8mm for lightweight and balance

Art.

Tracing out the bevels with the caliper(we are making saber grind)

Tracing the center with caliper

Keep everything straight

Using jig to help us making straight bevels

80 grit finish

on the other side

Picture with the left hand , we get very even bevels resulting to very straight tip.

Hand filing to make sharpening choil

The tube for lanyard hole is a bit bigger, so we drop of few mm.

Ready to be hardened.

Heat treating next.

 

[REVDH]

Looks very nice, looking forward to the end product

 

[tedkoe38]

We continue with the handle

Preparing the knife for heat treat with stainless foil, we left the cutting edge 0.3mm thick

Thats how it looks after heat treating. Hardness ~59-60 HRC

Removing the heat treating scales.

For the handle we are going to use stabilized turkish walnut root.

Cuting the pins from 303 stainless steel

Drilling holes for pins and tube

Removing the excess material on the bandsaw

Cutting in two peaces

Shaping the handle scales near the ricasso

Keep everything flat, no gaps!

Beveling the front side of the scales

Hand sand to 1000 grit

Polish on the buffing wheel

Using acetone to remove any oil on the blade and handle scales

Wrap the blade to avoid any damage from sand papers and epoxy

Gluing and let it dry for 24 hours

On the next day

Removing the excess material and start shaping the handle

That is how it looks like after rough shaping on the grinder, hand sanding is the next part

Start with 120 grit sand paper

240 grit next

400,600,1000 and finish with 1500 grit

Applying oil, so bad i couldnt focus the knife

Let it dry for a while, then wipe the excess oil and polish on the buffer

Making the cutting edge on the grinder, while being very careful, so we didnt screw everything

Keep wharpening on the water stone

The result - it can cut paper, shave hair and maybe cut some nails

Etching the logo, using the electrolysis process

Ready. On the next part i am going to show the sheath making
Purple spots on the handles are from the stabilizing process

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[Ashenforge]

The final product is a beast ! :thumbup:

 

[noseoil]

Nice tutorial on making this blade. You make it look so easy!

 

[Hengelo_77]

nice wip

 

[tedkoe38]

Continuing with the sheath making, were gonna use 4mm thickness leather

Making the template

Tracing out

Wet forming a bit

Cuting another peace for the belt loop

Bevel both sides and gluing

Wet foaming the sheath

The finished product

Thanks for your time! Best regards.

 

[Dragons Breath Knives]

Nice!!

 

[stephen5]

Well done

 

[black mamba]

Very nice knife and sheath, and thanks for all the extra work on the WIP.