Hi, have been making knives for about 5 or 6 months now and wanted to show a couple of my latest ones.
both made from 1/4" o1 tool steel, both with 6" blades
couple knives i made
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Very nice, thanks for the piccies.
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You've only been making knives for 5 or 6 months ?
Wow, very impressive. Looks like you have the start of a new, potentially very successful business if you want it !
Wow, very impressive. Looks like you have the start of a new, potentially very successful business if you want it !
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Very impressive. How and where did you learn to make them? Was it easy?
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it started out of curiosity back in April this year, picked up bits of information on how to do it on line and soon discovered theres much more to it. i found out that its relatively easy to make "a knife" but very very hard to make a "good" knife... frustratingly hard if im honest with a chance of ruining it at prettu much every stage. its the hidden work that makes the blade... preparation of the steel, heat treat, the tempering... in short its very hard.Quercus-robur wrote:Very impressive. How and where did you learn to make them? Was it easy?
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I'm really impressed. They look very good, and not only that, they look as if they'd work really well too. Is the red dot your maker's mark?
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thanks, yes the red dot is my makers markfeatherstick wrote:I'm really impressed. They look very good, and not only that, they look as if they'd work really well too. Is the red dot your maker's mark?
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From one blade-smith to obviously another, very nice work.
If I may ask, what are you grinding your blade bevels with ?
Wulfshead
If I may ask, what are you grinding your blade bevels with ?
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started out with a clarke 1x30 but just recently got an "Ali" minigrinder from downland engineeringWulfshead wrote:From one blade-smith to obviously another, very nice work.
If I may ask, what are you grinding your blade bevels with ?
Wulfshead
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There both a work of art I cant believe uve only been making them for a couple of mnths