Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:11 am
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Making a knife with only common tools
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Re: Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:58 am
Chap is so obviously an expert in this thing!! The initial hacksawing and filing to get the blank shape itself would have taken manhours! Skill + patience = amazing!
Re: Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:57 pm
essdee1972 wrote: Chap is so obviously an expert in this thing!! The initial hack-sawing and filing to get the blank shape itself would have taken man-hours! Skill + patience = amazing!
> Knife making is not as easy as it appears....
> Requires a steady hand,feel for aesthetics and above all the knowledge of functionality.
> Others like choosing the right type of steel, heat treatment / annealing etc are crucial.
> Good luck to all those who want to indulge in this master craft
Briha
Re: Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm
You're telling me! That damn Bowie I started has yet to see the light of the day! (it has, in fact, seen no light for the past coupla months, being stuck in a drawer..... the lovely Mumbai weather makes me LAZY!) A little slip of the file, a slight half a mm extra travel, and there goes that lovely bevel you have worked for hours! You won't believe, I worked on the bevel thrice!! And still it looks more like a staircase than a straight wall!! The work, at times, looks so clumsy, that's why I am not posting any pics.....Knife making is not as easy as it appears....
And these expert guys make it look so easy!! Reminds one of the time one tried one's hand at Kung-Fu at age eight, after watching the Master in Enter the Dragon!!
Re: Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:48 pm
this guy is an expert,we can't under estimate his expertise and his common tools.which i doubt most of us don't have.
regards
dr.jk
regards
dr.jk
Re: Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:54 pm
check out aaron gough's destruction testing threrad on britishblades. not the first of its kind but a good thread.
@ SDda...use a jig like the one that he is using. will make filing even bevels a lot easier and faster.
@ SDda...use a jig like the one that he is using. will make filing even bevels a lot easier and faster.
Re: Making a knife with only common tools
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:23 am
Marty, thanks! I was considering a similar jig, but since I don't have a dedicated workshop in my postage stamp flat, I have to use the dining table, centre table, window sill, etc. as a clamping station,hence can't take risks of incurring the better half's wrath!
I do have a vice with a ball-and-socket joint to pivot the viced object, helps a lot. No substitute for practice & skill, though!
I do have a vice with a ball-and-socket joint to pivot the viced object, helps a lot. No substitute for practice & skill, though!