This knife was made from a file with Blade Filings added This knife was made from a file with Blade Filings added. This knife’s design […]
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Straightening a Custom Made Knife after Heat Treating
I had a Knife that came out of the quench with a small warp. Here is how I fixed it. I’ve used this several times since and it has worked fine every time.
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Knife 53 Chef’s knife
On the tang of the this knife, I started adding a dowel to eliminate the need to burn the tang in. Just drill the hole big enough for the dowel and cut a groove for the tang. It then all gets epoxied together.
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Knife 51 & 52 Friction Folders
It was time to try my hand at making a Friction Folder. A friction folder is a folding knife that doesn’t use a lock or springs. It uses the handle’s friction against the tang to stay open. The design has an extended tang. This allows the user’s hand to keep the blade from folding shut.
When making a Friction Folder it’s best to make a prototype out of heavy paper or thin wood pieces. This allows you to get the pin locations close enough so it can be tuned in final fitting.
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Knife 50 5 ½” Hunter – What About Knife Handles
To me a classic looking knife, a truly exquisite knife, one you just want to carry on your next adventure, will always have a wood handle. Wood is the traditional substance for a beautiful knife handle, and unless you plan to be in the most extreme survival conditions, for lengths of time almost humanly unbearable, a wood handle will always perform wonderfully. And nothing really can compare to wood for adding beauty to your knife, but a basic note about wood scales or handles.
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Knife 49 – Hunter – EDC – Testing the Knife’s Hardness
Up to this point my knife hardness test has been to chop a hardwood scrap, roughly 2” x 2” by chopping at it as hard as I could. A used knife I had folded on the test and I couldn’t get it heat treated so it would not harden. I was still researching trying to find a better way without buying expensive equipment.
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Knife 48 – Small Seax – EDC – Stone Washing
Stone Washing for Your Knives’ Finish is quite simple. You can actually do it by hand. Just put the knife in a container with media. I used stones I picked up from the side of the road.
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Knife 47 5 ½” Hunter – EDC – Making Mosaic Pins
If you choose, you can make your own mosaic pins. Mosaic
pins are simply pins with a decorative look. To make a mosaic pin, simply fill a tube with whatever you
think will look cool. Here is a few I did.
Knife 46 – 4” Hunter – EDC – Dyed Wood Framed Tang – Stabilizing Scales
At this point I decided I wanted to stabilize the wood I used for handles. Stabilizing Scales (and handles) helps eliminate the possibility of the handle going bad because of moisture causing expansion or contraction if it dries out. It minimizes or eliminates warping, cracking and other issues that can occur with wood when used under extreme circumstances. It also would allow me to use some spalted wood that wouldn’t normally be a good handle.
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Knife 45 – U shaped Brass Finger Guard
The brass finger guard was fitted buy cutting the slot, then slowly filing it until it fit. The blade was also filed slightly to create a very shallow shoulder for the brass to slide up to. It was then drilled for 2 brass 1/8” rods which were peened on (after heat treating).
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