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Thread: That's it, I wanna make knives!!

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    That's it, I wanna make knives!!

    Started with watching a hunting knife forged from steel cable. This is awesome. I wonder how I could set something up in the garage to do the heating.

    http://youtu.be/tfMC-N8vX54


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    This kid is awesome!!

    http://youtu.be/Rxo0G39ETt8


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    That's it, I wanna make knives!!

    These ones were made with chainsaw chain, pics nicked from the web













    And a tidy one for hunting



    Then some made from cable




    They are not hard to make, you just need an eye for detail, a forge or gas set, welder and disc grinder and files etc, or just heat and a hammer with an understanding of what you are wanting in the end product both visually and practically.

    I often weld pruning lopper blades together at work to make tough knives that can take a epic beating, can cut steel wire with it by hammering with whatever i can find, usually a 15 inch crescent

    My pruning lopper knife made from two blades welded together, it has tape on the sharp edge to protect my glovebox contents

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    Good luck Tussock, that sounds loads of fun

    First thing i would make is a splitting maul of perhaps 8 LB with a proper wedge head

    Then a double bladed axe as a ornament for the hunting hut
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    Just remembered my axe, is still in a tree at my uncles, must go get fav axe
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    u don't need a forge and all that shit to make knifes, use the stock removal method instead and not many tools required
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    I made a 2 piece axe for my 4wd bag, used a 4 LB Australian Kelly head and 25mm heavy box section for the handle

    I boiled a length of heater hose and with leather gloves on stretched it over the handle

    Super handy for cutting away clay banks, papa edges and anything that stops the ute from going forward

    A sanding disc on the 4 inch brings it up like new again

    It gets used every time i have one of those " oh shit we are not getting through here" moments

    I have cut 8 inch steam pipe in half with it, then flattened the halves and load strapped them each side of my red land cruiser chassis when it developed a huge crack pulling logs at my uncles, had tiny blood blisters on each fingertip for a month after due to the vibration coming through the handle



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    @Dougie a linisher is very very very handy to have, but it's a 'nice to have', not an absolute essential. A few other things you will need can be boogied up a bit. An oxyacetylene set is awesome, and an anvil can be rangied from some railway line if you can 'arrange' some

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    Fling me your postal address via pm and I'll send you a couple of blunt old files from work, good starting point
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    i have the hunk of railway iron if you want it , and are passing this way
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    A cheap to run option for a forge is a waste oil burner.
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    When I get into making knives (WHEN, not IF), I reckon I'll go with an induction forge.

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    7mmsaum that's a top of the line Kelly you butchered there. Think it's a black eagle from the look of it. Murderer!

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    Would it be a redeeming feature if i said i just saved my other Kelly where i left it at the farm ?

    Have just sanded it again with the 4 inch and I'm going home, bloody wet here, few Sika out in the drizzle this morning too



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    Here my first rough attempts using the stock removal method the one on the left started life as a lawnmower blade and the one on the right is old bandsaw steel
    And am in the process of building a forge


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