Woodworking knife with changeable blades ...

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Jason Cutter

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I thought this would be a neat idea. Made it for a friend's son who is into carving.

I've only made those 2 blades thus far, but I could just make a whole set, based on pictures of woodcarving blades in my woodworking magazines. Those small blades are hard to grind ! The blades are quite thinly ground and have a stropped convexed edge that many woodworkers seem to like.

Comments and feedback appreciated. Jason.

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Fantastic, good carving knives are expensive and not easy to find, this one looks very very nice and like a very very good worker, seems great in design, materials and manufacture.

I feel a perfect set would have a bunch of blades and a couple of handles, to keep the most used blades always ready and not have to change them too often.
 
Very nice. As an avid whittler, this is just the kind of thing I would love to see more of. I think you could sell a lot of these.
 
Couple of suggestions/ideas

How about making the blades double ended? You can recess the handle so it would hold firmly and you would only need to make half as many individual tools. Or you could have it so the Blade actually pivoted in the middle and all one would need to do to change it would be to flip the blade 180 degrees. As another member mentioned make a few handles and you could cover the most commonly used tools.

Or make some kind of 'Clam shell' handle and just drop blades into it like a Taco and then some kind of snap shut like the locking tools on a Leatherman Charge.
 
Temper said:
Couple of suggestions/ideas

How about making the blades double ended? You can recess the handle so it would hold firmly and you would only need to make half as many individual tools. Or you could have it so the Blade actually pivoted in the middle and all one would need to do to change it would be to flip the blade 180 degrees. As another member mentioned make a few handles and you could cover the most commonly used tools.

Or make some kind of 'Clam shell' handle and just drop blades into it like a Taco and then some kind of snap shut like the locking tools on a Leatherman Charge.
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I love that !! Endless possibilities.

From the people I've spoken too who are into woodworking, 2 handles and 4 blades would cover the majority of carving tasks.

Plenty of food for thought. Thank you to everyone for their feedback and ideas. Jason.
 
Remember the old Stanley knife that was metal and had the blades inside and a single lare flat head screw holding it together? Thats what I had in mind. Let us see the pics when its done.

How about trying your hand at casting some Alu? :D
 
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