Thread: Show me your knives

First attempt at doing a knife handle...
I found my grandad's old kitchen knife and it was rusting away to nothing, munted handle... So I reshaped it and cleaned it up best I could, then made a handle from a piece of driftwood I picked up on a hunt.... Didn't come home empty handed haha

Originally Posted by Lucky

Another Matt James , smaller knife , Damascus and Cocabola , this little knife has actually done a little work .
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Beautiful damascus knives Lucky!👍

This is a knife I just finished for a customer that bought one of my knives at the Sydney knife show last year. He had the knife in his car and it was stolen in a break-in. He wanted me to remake the knife like the original, but we changed a few things to suit him since it was being specifically made for him this time round. The original knife was one of my bushcrafter profiles, but he used it mainly for game processing and camp chores, so I modified it a little to suit that role a bit better.

The steel is 3mm Nitro V with chryo treatment. The bevel is a high saber grind, and the edge is ground to 0.2mm to make it quite slicey. I would normally grind the profile to more of a spear point, but this has a bit more drop at point to help with game processing. The handle is a tapered tang with Micarta handles, black G10 liners, brass Loveless bolts and brass lanyard tubes. The liners are difficult to see in the pictures, but that was what the customer requested.

A few years ago I decided to make my version of a Marbles Woodcraft knife, I profiled out a full tang version and fitted bolster and a set of handle scales. But the balance was off and I wasn't happy with the result. I put it aside for a while, but recently decided to remake it. I ground off the bolsters & handles, tapered the tang, then ground the blade down slightly. This version is much better balanced and should be a good worker.

The steel is 5.5mm S35VN. The tapper on the tang and distal taper on the blade remove a lot of the steel, so only a small section in the centre of the knife is still 5.5mm. The blade has a swedge which really gives it a fine point. The edge is a little under .2mm, so it will cut very well.

The handle is a book match piece of gidgee with some nice figure to it. It has fine red G10 liners, brass Loveless bolts and a brass lanyard tube.

First time knife maker here and attended a workshop with the guys at kowhai forge. Bloody kool experience and came away with a knife I'm more than chuffed with.

Yip that will work....I see you did same as I did and left it bulky with raw bits still showing...three years on I have worked on fatness of shoulder area in grind a little and taken a few more mm of rear/ back of blade... You will enjoy using knife you have made yourself,I know I do.

Originally Posted by nots0sane

First time knife maker here and attended a workshop with the guys at kowhai forge. Bloody kool experience and came away with a knife I'm more than chuffed with.

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What was the donor steel. Cool.

yeah notOsane thats looks great well done

Originally Posted by TeRei

What was the donor steel. Cool.

It's carbon steel and the handle is made of an Australian hardwood, the name of which has escaped me.

The guys at the forge also showed us how they make the head of an axe using fire welding techniques for an upcoming project. That was pretty rad to see as well!

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

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nice and no blood anywhere

It's impossible to handle the foil without some leakage.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

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It's impossible to handle the foil without some leakage.

Bugger, I saw no blood and counted the normal number of fingers so assumed things were all rinky dink!

Big day on the furnace - and plenty of grinding ahead

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

Big day on the furnace - and plenty of grinding ahead

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How many digits are you down to now?