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I know I should probably post this in the knifemakers forum or something, but this is where I spend most of my time and this is where I had my "please give me some steel" thread so this is where I'm posting it. This past weekend, I ground out my first knife from a 10" Bastard Cut flat file. I ground out the basic profile on a bench grinder, being very careful not to let the steel heat up, and finished it out on the belt sander. It has a bayonet style blade with a flat grind. I left a little bit of the file teeth on top to serve as thumb traction. I can't decide what I want to do for a handle on it so for right now it's just cord wrapped. I was pretty pleased with it for my first attemp at grinding out a blade.
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Next we have the piece of O-1 that Scott Gossman was nice enough to send me. Back when I had my thread asking for steel, Scott was nice enough to send me this piece of stock and said he would do the heat treat for me after I shaped it. Last night, I got home from work and just had that "I bet I could grind out a good one right now" feeling. Again, I ground out the basic profile on a bench grinder and then finished it up on the belt sander. It has a drop style with a convex grind. I think it will make a good bushcraft knife. I don't mean to brag, but I think it turned out awesome. I was really amazed that it came out that nice. I'm bitten. I'm a knife maker. Fletcher knives is coming.
Click the picture for the slideshow.
Edit: I took the first two pictures of the slideshow out for the Woodcraft knife. I think they were kind of misleading. That knife is about 9.5" overall.
Click the picture to see the slide show.
Next we have the piece of O-1 that Scott Gossman was nice enough to send me. Back when I had my thread asking for steel, Scott was nice enough to send me this piece of stock and said he would do the heat treat for me after I shaped it. Last night, I got home from work and just had that "I bet I could grind out a good one right now" feeling. Again, I ground out the basic profile on a bench grinder and then finished it up on the belt sander. It has a drop style with a convex grind. I think it will make a good bushcraft knife. I don't mean to brag, but I think it turned out awesome. I was really amazed that it came out that nice. I'm bitten. I'm a knife maker. Fletcher knives is coming.
Click the picture for the slideshow.
Edit: I took the first two pictures of the slideshow out for the Woodcraft knife. I think they were kind of misleading. That knife is about 9.5" overall.
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