What would you make?

[Wowndeye]

So I made my first order from Aldo and wanted to try a few different steels to see what I could do.

What I ordered was:

O-1 at 1" width, 18" long and .94 thick
O-1 at 1" width, 36" long and .110 thick
1084 at 2" width, 48" long and .125 thick
AEB-L at 1" width, 48" long and .110 thick

For the 1084 and probably the .110 O-1 I want to make some small drop point hunters/EDC knives but I'm trying to decide a good use for the others.

I went with smaller material as well as some of the thinner stuff because of equipment limitations as well as I really want to dial in my metal working skills. I just finished a longer blade out of 1080 which made me realize the need to stay smaller to get these done a little faster and preserve my sanity!

Any suggestions?

 

[Greenberg Woods]

Knives

 

[lonepine]

I think you made reasonable choices with the thinner stock. I prefer to use .125 steel for the same reason you gave. Life is too short to spend it grinding (or especially filing) on gigantic thick blades.

- Paul Meske

 

[Wowndeye]

Knives

For sure! I guess what I was thinking is, what type of knives would be a good application for the dimensions and types of steels I received?

Up till this point each of the knives I've done minus one have been variations of drop point hunters. I was thinking about trying some paring knives and straight razors but thought I'd look for some direction!

 

[Greenberg Woods]

Razors are a little difficult, and most people use at least 1/4 stock for razord. Paring knives are resonable. You got very general purpose steels. O1 and 1084 are two of the most used steels, and O1 is one of my personal favorites.

AEB-L sometimes takes flack for not being tough enough for a hunter, thought it does work well. It does however shine in the kitchen and would make great paring and utility knives for the kitchen. O1 is also a good culinary steel, though it does patina.