WSK knife Blank Kit

trentu

trentu

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Hey Guys. Do you think there would be interest in a WSK Beck style knife blank kit? One out of carbon steel that we could finish ourselves. Heat treat and handles. Must have the sawback teeth and blade grind already done. What do you think? What would you pay for something like that?
 
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Id be interested if the price was right too. As for price, I dont know, cheaper the better, while still being high quality.
 
I'd probably buy one. I wouldn't want the saw teeth. Should be too expensive. If you used the water jet guy to cut the blanks from 1095 or something similar, ground the blanks, and heat treated them all at the same time. 10-15 bucks per step would put it under $50.
 
If they came heat treated I would pay in the neighborhood of $100.00 give or , take about $10.00 either way.
I would prefer no saw teeth. Also If it were anything over 3/16 thick I would loose interest.
 
j williams said:
Id be interested if the price was right too. As for price, I dont know, cheaper the better, while still being high quality.
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^What he said:thumbup:

naked said:
I'd probably buy one. I wouldn't want the saw teeth. Should be too expensive. If you used the water jet guy to cut the blanks from 1095 or something similar, ground the blanks, and heat treated them all at the same time. 10-15 bucks per step would put it under $50.
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I’d actually like to try the saw back (think it’d be useful for notches and such), but if it could keep the cost down by cutting out a step then I could make do without them:D

-sh00ter
 
i would probably pay in the area of 80 dollars if they are 1095 blanks.

also another vote for no saw teeth.
 
Seems that the waterjet guy would charge $20 or less for the steel and the cutting of the blank (that's just a guess, but based off of a smaller knife quote, with a simpler design). I see grinding the blade the most time intensive process. Send them to Paul Bos for heat treat, $10-15 per blade maybe (not sure with that size). So $20, $20, $20, and then however much to manage the whole process. But I still thing each step could be done for much less than $20.
 
I think I can get these for us in carbon steel with or without heat treat. Ya know it is very easy to heat treat carbon steel. And that saves us money. For all you BBQ guys the teeth make excellant meat tenderizers when you not notching tent stakes or doing deadfalls.
 
Hard to say for me. Probably around $80 for a blank.

I'd much prefer that handle, but with a more recurved camp/'survival' blade instead of the 'traditional' WSK pattern. Sort of like Gossman does. Of course, ditch the sawback.
 
Thanks for all the input guys. Seems sawbacks are losing there appeal nowadays. I also use mine to comb cordage out of cattail leaves and reeds.
 
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