Brick Strap Knives

[stillman]

I have owned the aluminum handled knife for some time now. I always thought my great uncle made it but I asked my mother about it last night and she wasn't sure who made it.

When I asked about it, she showed me two knives like the wood handled one and gave me this one. They were made by a man in their church many years ago. One year he made a knife for every lady in their small church.

They take an amazingly sharp edge. The steel is on the soft side so the edge needs to be treated with care. On the other hand, the blade is very flexible.

 

[tennecedar]

My grandmother's kitchen is full of those type of knives. Her's are made from electric knife blades from a garment factory. She worked in the shirt factory in our home town until she couldn't work anymore. The electric knives were used to cut out the patterns on stacks of material 3-4 inches thick.

 

[stillman]

My grandmother's kitchen is full of those type of knives.

Do you have any? I'd love to see them.

 

[Dr. Redneck]

interesting look

 

[tennecedar]

Do you have any? I'd love to see them.

I'll snap some pics when I go see her.

 

[tennecedar]

This is the fabric cutter like was used in the factory. The second is replacement blades.

 

[HiWayMan]

I make many knives out of pallet strap material. It is .031" thick. It is soft but can take a pretty good edge. The blades are flexible, but are obviously stouter if kept short and deep. The material will break easily if flexed to near 90 degrees back and forth, but used as a knife you would have to be purposely trying to break it like this.

I prefer to make bird and trout knives out of it, both partial and full tang. It is easy to work with and I can knock out a serviceable knife in about 3-4 hours of work.