This Knife 11 – Leather handled EDC is a simple design and fairly easy to make. Using leather, rope or paracord for a handle saves […]
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Knife Edge Geometry Types
Knife Edge Geometry Types Hollow Grind or Concave Grind a knife blade ground to create a characteristic concave, beveled cutting edge. This is characteristic of […]
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Knife 9 – Hunting Knife from a File
Knife 9 – Hunting Knife from a File Knife 9 – Hunting Knife from a File was made from an old file using strictly stock […]
Continue readingGrinding a Custom Made Knife
Grinding and shaping your knife is one of the most important tasks a knife maker will use. Every knife you make you will be ground […]
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Knife 8 – Riggers Knife / Sheep’s Point
This Knife 8 – Riggers Knife / Sheep’s Point with a sheep’s foot design is made from 1/8” 1080 high carbon. This knife is similar […]
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Knife Patterns
Some of the most common knife shapes are listed and explained.
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Knife 6 – Kindling Froe
This is not really a knife, but close. A kindling froe is used to split kindling wood. This was made from a piece of old implant tine. Foolishly I made this by all stock removal without forging it first.
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Knife 5 – Mini Clever or Whacker
Knife 5 – Mini Clever or Whacker was made from a leaf spring. I used the forge to straighten the spring, but the rest was […]
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Knife 4 – Broken clip point – I tried Straightening After Quench
As you can see, this knife didn’t work out so well. I certainly should have known better, but you simply cannot bend a knife like this after it’s been heat treated.
Continue readingEdge Geometry for making Knives
Custom hand made knife geometry “Sharp” is a term used to tell how well our tools perform. But is a sharp knife the same as […]
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