Knife making journey

I have a love affair with knives and the next step is to start making them.

I have a pretty nice setup to get me going. I have no idea if/when I'll start selling them.

Most of you who know me, know that my quality standards are very high and I will be keeping them high in this next foray of my making of things.

Stand by for sharp thingies...

 

Looking forward to see the craftsmanship, like your pouches and bags Always Top End .
Congratulations on your new start .

 

That's great, I'm excited for you and look forward to seeing what you produce.

 

Yes, you do indeed have a nice set up young fellar. joe

 

any early design ideas or philosophies you want to share? you have good taste in knives, i'd be interested in seeing how it translates to making them.

 

You got my attention Chief

 

Oh yeah I’ll be watching! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Alex

 

I have a few design ideas I did some rough sketches of...no need to blow smoke up my ass, I know they're incredible.

 

You sir are a devil. Stoked to see what is in store

 

Dibs on the bottom one? Ha!

 

i'll take one of the middle knife.

 

Looks like a very good start. Prov 27 : 17

 

The one on the very top is my favorite

 

Same! Excited to travel along on the journey!

 

is that a 36 grit belt on the grinder? are you removing stock from leaf spring suspensions ?

 

Put my name down on your build list!

 

Good eye! It is 36 grit. I don't have any steel yet. I'm refurbishing a knife for someone.

 

Damn It! Second dibs!!

 

Ordered 3/32" & 1/8" Nitro-V and 5/32" & 3/16" 80CrV2 to start with. We'll see how it goes.

 

Can't wait to see what you come up with. Really like the bottom one you drew up, there seams to be an abundance of smaller fixed blades out there but not so many on the larger side.

 

Making some removable handle scales for my •S• PSK.

 

There you go!

 

I'm in!!!

 

Could use some for our M3M PSK if an option

 

I think I like where this is going... 3/32" Nitro-V PSK

 

First blade ever cut out!

 

Getting my grind on...






First batch of PSKs ready for bevels

 

I managed to squeeze 5 blades on this piece of 3/16" 80CrV2.








These aught to make a nice pair...




I still need to clean up the inside handle contours, but I like them so far.

 

@Phantom X for the win with the designs

 

Black canvas micarta, red G10 liners and CF pins...

 

It is so amazing to see this journey starting!

 

Looks like fun!

 

Looking good.

 

Thanks guys, I'm super excited about where this will go!

 

I'd be interested to see how you're set up to grind the levels.
Free hand, jig or with the rest?

 

looks like you are hooked and in a good way

 

may I suggest you consider a very small choil, maybe 1/16 to 1/8 inch (I like a small one right there at the plunge line to make sharpening a bit easier and usually put one in if a knife doesn't have one, but not one the size of a nickle like some have, that's wasted edge /metal IMHO

Second Jigs are your friend. Once ya get one set up it lets you keep the things balanced.

I usually leave a thin thickness on the edge around 1/ 32 or so prior to heat treat.

If you aim to send em out for heat treat, check with who is doing it for what they want to do a good job.

Sorry, for just jumping into things that help me when I use stock removal.

Mostly I forge stuff for myself now, and let oldest son (metal worker) make stock removal stuff for me since he has that at his business shop.

Nice designs and they look well shapped from what my ol' eyes can see.

 

Kitchen knife sketches on my lunch break...

 

Thoughts on steel for kitchen knives?

 

I'm really diggnin' the kitchen knife designs, especially the sweep of the edge on the paring knife.

 

Nitro-V

 

Can't wait to see the measurements. I have been wanting a non production chef's knife for a while now. I've been a cook, dessert chef, and meat cutter at various times throughout my adult life. Food and knives are probably my greatest passions. More so food, but you'd have a hard time making that without a good knife.

If you have a list, put me down for a chef's knife. If not, I'll just enjoy the show.

Oh yeah, never used Nitro V. Had to look it up. Sounds cool.

 

I went with 4" on the paring and 8" on the chef.

Might be a while, lol.

I have a few Sargents in Nitro-V. I am happy with its performance as a stainless steel. Its basically enhanced AEB-L. It's also cheaper than 154cm by a decent margin.

 

I would love to try out some Nitro-V.... not too many folks are using it. Seems like a smart choice. You seem to have plenty of interest. Are you taking orders yet?

 

It's been a while since I made progress.

Here is what has happened recently.

Drilled and chamferred the holes for my first batch of PSKs.




Put pre HT bevels on.



I'm not entirely disappointed with my first attempts at bevels...much improvement to be made though.

 

Looking good! Nice to see you having time to play bit again!

 

Finally got a horizontal/vertical metal cutting bandsaw...what a massive ridiculous pain in my f@#$ing ass!!

I would never recommend someone putting it together by yourself.

Mine weighs about 150lbs. 3rd page of the instructions say "with an assistant (my left arm) and an appropriate lifting device (my right arm), set the saw on the base...no f@#$ing way...


Anyway here's what it let me make today...





Kitchen knife set.

Should look sweet with these quilted maple scales.

 

Ooooh, quilted maple is gorgeous in the kitchen.

 

Bro......you could have just texted me to help lol cant wait to check it out though

 

By the time I realized I should probably have help it was too late. My upper back is feeling it today...