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I would like to inform you that you have gone over the edge and into that deep,
slippery downhill sloping rut and will never be quite the same again. Your wife
participating may lessen the relationship damage down the road.

Good luck.
Nice posts. Fun read.


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Thanks, Tim.

It's neat that you can make a decent cutting tool with
crude tools and skills.

It's a darn shame how expensive decent tools are.
When I saw the price of grinders, I thought it was a mistake.


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Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Thanks, Tim.

It's neat that you can make a decent cutting tool with
crude tools and skills.

It's a darn shame how expensive decent tools are.
When I saw the price of grinders, I thought it was a mistake.



Dude, it's addictive. Got the bug a couple years ago, and it looks as if I'm terminal.

BTW, good looking knife. smile


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I did a lot of grinding on second hand grinders to start.
ie: 9" disc, 1x42", 4x36", 1x60", 6x48" before making the move to a new 2x72".
And I have never looked back.
It is more than just a journey.


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You're living my dream. I'd love to acquire some equipment...but need a shop first. LOL.

Makes me miss our boxer, too.


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My shop is the garage and basement.
It is hard enough to get into the black, let alone with cost of a building thrown in.


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Same here, grinder is in the garage, the rest of the tools are in my basement.

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I made my first knife more than 40 yrs. ago in a knifemaking class I took while in gunsmithing school at Trinidad State Junior College. The class was taught by a professional knifemaker, made that first blade from a piece of 01 tool steel using only a file for the complete job. Hardened it using an oxyacetylene torch, the scales were paper micarta purchased from a knifemaker supply. Sheath was made from a bundle of leather scrap purchased from a farm supply store, stitched it with artificial sinew. That was the only blade I made from bar stock, simply too much work. I buy my blades from knifemaker supply houses and modify them to suit. For wood handles my favorite is desert ironwood, ivorylike handles are paper micarta and jigged cattle and camel bone are my other choices. I'm a traditionalist when it comes to guards, pins and lanyard tubes, nickel silver is my material of choice. I study knifmaking/collecting magazines to get ideas for my designs, lots of practice over the years has allowed me to make some darn good looking knives. Most of my knives are labors of love given to family, friends and co-workers, not having a recognized name I can't charge near enough to cover my costs let alone make much of a profit. That's fine with me, the satisfaction comes from creating something useful with my own mind and hands.

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Originally Posted by 257heaven
You're living my dream. I'd love to acquire some equipment...but need a shop first. LOL.

Makes me miss our boxer, too.



Hardening is the one thing that needs some special equipment.
I only have an oxy/acetylene torch. Temper was in Momma's oven.
400 for 2 hours. Twice.

Everything else can be done with hand tools.
Ideal no, but the bigger knife was shaped and profiled with a hacksaw and
a file. The handle was shaped on a 4x36 sander. But rasps and files
would have been ok. The smaller knife was shaped with an angle grinder,
beveled on the 4x36.


This steel is unbelievably soft. Be careful where you buy from.
Some is ready to work, others needs annealing. Something
I don't want to deal with right now.

Clarkm on here has a thread about buying the blades ready to go.
Doing the handles himself.
That's a great way to go without needing much to work with.
Files and sandpaper, your rolling.


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I can easily make $1 - $2 an hour making knives.


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Sure, let the cat out of the bag. Now everyone will want to get in on the cash cow.


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Very cool!

I’ve kicked around the idea of trying to file a knife out of proper steel. Made a couple lawn mower blade knives as a youngin’. They were awful! Lol.

Did you file freehand or build a jig of sorts?


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Free hand.
Thought I knew how to drawfile, I was wrong.
Once I learned, I was amazed at how fast you can
move metal. Quickly learned what chalk and file brushes were
for also. You spend more time keeping the file clean than fileing.

Look a my Daughters Blade post. That's Emma's, the 12 year old.
The story is there, it's ground on a 4x36 sander. With help.


Hers is much nicer than mine.

I have a video I need to send you Mooner.
I can figure out how to post it here.


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