A Kiridashi is a Japanese style knife usually used as a woodworking marking knife or carving knife. The name ‘Kiridashi’ means ‘to carve out’ in Japanese. The only thing different from the previous kiridashis I made is the burnt ash handles and it was made from a worn-out file.
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Knife 37 – Utility/EDC – With File Work
A small utility knife made from a file. I made this knife to try filing on the spline.
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Knife 36 – Welded Chef’s Knife/Cleaver
This knife was an experimental knife. I had a piece of low Carbon Tig welded to 1095 high carbon. I like the way this came out and the different look.
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Knife 35 – Serbian Cleaver
Knife 35 – Serbian Cleaver Made from 3/16” 1084 Even though I did very little to this before heat treating, I still wound up with […]
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Knife 34 – Hidden Tang Aluminum Framed Knife
The jimping was first laid out and cut with the band saw. A hacksaw would work well here if you didn’t have access to a bandsaw. I then started the filing with a triangle edge of a file. I then used a chainsaw file ADD FILE SIZE> to cut the Jimping. I cut 10 Stokes on each hole until the cut marks disappeared. That way I had even depth all the way across. (See Adding Jimping to your knife)
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Knife 33 – Hidden Tang Antler Handled Hunter
The Knife 33 – Hidden Tang Antler Handled Hunter knife was made from a file using the stock removal technique. You can burn the antler in. Like burning in a wood handle. You drill a hole smaller than the tang. Heat the tang and push the handle down on the tang so it burns in. You repeat the process until the handle is in place. You’d want to do this before heat treating or wrap the blade with a wet cloth. I tried this process, but it didn’t work very well on this antler so I decided to file it out.
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Knife 32 – Mini Cleaver
This was made from a left-over piece of 1095. The shape of the piece of steel inspired the knife. I also wanted to try grinding after heat treating before I did it on a full-size cleaver.
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Knife 30 – Cleaver
Knife 30 – Cleaver This Knife 30 – Cleaver is the last knife of the Knives 23-30 – Kitchen Knife Set . I had played […]
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Knife 31 – Santoku – With Hand Sanding Details
Knife 31 – Santoku – With Hand Sanding Details The Santoku is a general-purpose kitchen knife originating in Japan. Its blade is typically between 5 […]
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My 2″ x 72″ belt grinder build for Knife Making
I wanted to build a 2 x 72″ belt grinder. I did a bunch of research and formulated a plan as follows. The best resource […]
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