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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Knife 3 – Utility Type Knife from a File
At first I though “This knife could probably use a little more bevel. Maybe it needs a ricasso and probably a choil” but after doing this for a while i realized some knife designs have these attributes intentionally.
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Definitions for Terms in Knife Making
Batoning is the technique of cutting or splitting wood by using a baton-sized stick or mallet to repeatedly strike the spine of a sturdy knife, […]
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Knife Layout
There are many different ways to layout the knife. You may chose one, or use different ways for different processes or different knife styles. For instance, a simpler design that you have made before you may decisde to just draw an outline on the steel.
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Knife 2 – Leaf Spring Camp Knife
. Knife 2 is another attempt at turning a leaf spring into a knife. This was strictly stock removal with an angle grinder. Then some […]
Continue reading*** Follow Me for my first 100 Knives ***
Soon after I decided to take knife making a little more seriously, I decided to track my progress and document what I learned along with my my mistakes. I thought if there were mistakes to make and I made then others would likely make the same mistakes. So, here is a progression in some reasonable order of my beginnings as a knife maker and bladesmith.
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A New Book – Catalog excerpts of Early American Blacksmith Forges & Tools
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