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the Knife Making thread

I knew a guy that made Knives adn swords good quality one I never tried, if I had a place that I could do so I was thinking move of the line making silver rings but even that is a littel beyond me
 
LaughingCrow said:
On and off since early 80s. Got into it in a weird way. When insulating my house, I discovered an empty space, large enough for a small closet. So I cut a hole for a doorway to insulate it and finished it off. A visitor noticed the hole and asked what I was going to do and, out of nowhere, I said, "I'm going to carve a door." So somehow I managed to assemble a door and relief carve it without much woodworking tools and a few carving tools I got. Haven't had much time to carve in the last 15 years or so and finally getting back into woodworking again.

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Wow, you are very talented, these projects look amazing. that falcon is holy sh1t on the detail.

sorry back to knife making, I have never made a knife, making homemade forge shouldn't be too expensive fire bricks/a tiger torch and a propane tank, I think that would work, making a nice set of kitchen knives would be cool, we do own a full set of older henckels that I have to sharpen every year or so which I have gotten very good at.

fun idea
 
My father was a farrier/blacksmith for his career, get a used hobby forge vs trying to make one. It's going to make your life significantly easier with proper heat. If you can find old sawmill blades, the metal in those is good for knife making.
 
gingerbee said:
Wow, you are very talented, these projects look amazing. that falcon is holy sh1t on the detail.
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The only bird I ever carved & painted. It's exacting work; first carve the figure accurately, then add in the eyes, beak, legs, etc. Then detail the feathers with fine carving and wood burning, then paint. If you ever have the chance to see a carving show, you'll find some amazing bird carvers way that are way beyond my abilities. Masks are a lot easier as they're not fully 3 dimensional carving.
 
Jokester said:
My father was a farrier/blacksmith for his career, get a used hobby forge vs trying to make one. It's going to make your life significantly easier with proper heat. If you can find old sawmill blades, the metal in those is good for knife making.
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Apparently old files are also good material for knives. But you're right, you need a good space and tools to do advance work. The carving knives I made were fairly simple & quick to make.
 
I used to volunteer as a blacksmith at Fort Edmonton in the summers when I was in university. Made a total of two, pretty lousy, knives.

Making good knives from from a forge is hard. You can cheat a bit by using good steel that's pretty flat already and letting a grinder do most of the work before sharpening. Making a knife from bar or flat stock is pretty tough for a first project, though now there's so much more information available online and in video format it's probably way easier to get started.

Once tried to turn a railroad spike into a hatchet and thought my arms would turn to jelly before I'd finish haha.
 
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ZZLEE said:
Look Up https://knifesteelnerds.com/ Its a vary comprehensive site on steel fore knifes . :)

Edit: a lawnmower blade is a good steel source .
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if you have a forge, a lot of different steel sources become good. FiF, guys are melting down chunks of railroad tracks, massive industrial coiled springs, huge drill bits and so forth. aside from the exaggerated drama when someone has a hiccup, this is one of the first reality TV shows I have enjoyed. :)
 
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