Big Project - 5 Knives

[snakep]

Some weeks back I made the knife/sheath in the first picture for one of our MDS members. Recently a potential customer asked me if I could make him 5 just like it. I said I could but it would take me 5 times as long. Here is the progress to date. In the second pic I have rough cut 5 blanks out of 1/8" 1084 barstock. In the third pic I have hand filed the bevels in for 3 of the 5 blades. It takes me about 1 1/2 hours to file in one side, depending on blade length, thickness and grind height. So, 2-3 hours per knife. These are all filed to a 9mm height. Fourth pic I finally finished the last two. And in the last picture I have drilled the 3/16 "pin and 1/4" lanyard holes. Next step is to hand sand the bevels and flats to 220 grit. I'll post some more pictures as I make progress!

 

[El_flasko]

Outstanding! Your customer is going to be thrilled

 

[mal316]

Some weeks back I made the knife/sheath in the first picture for one of our MDS members. Recently a potential customer asked me if I could make him 5 just like it. I said I could but it would take me 5 times as long. Here is the progress to date. In the second pic I have rough cut 5 blanks out of 1/8" 1084 barstock. In the third pic I have hand filed the bevels in for 3 of the 5 blades. It takes me about 1 1/2 hours to file in one side, depending on blade length, thickness and grind height. So, 2-3 hours per knife. These are all filed to a 9mm height. Fourth pic I finally finished the last two. And in the last picture I have drilled the 3/16 "pin and 1/4" lanyard holes. Next step is to hand sand the bevels and flats to 220 grit. I'll post some more pictures as I make progress!

Really interesting to see these photos, snakep. I've never seen knife-making in progression like this. Thanks for posting.

 

[snakep]

Really interesting to see these photos, snakep. I've never seen knife-making in progression like this. Thanks for posting.

Thanks mal316. Here's a pic of one of the 5 that I just finished hand sanding to 220 grit. 4 more to go. Then I'll heat treat them.

 

[mal316]

Sweet

Thanks mal316. Here's a pic of one of the 5 that I just finished hand sanding to 220 grit. 4 more to go. Then I'll heat treat them.

Sweet! Birth of a knife. An entire litter of them.

You're a craftsman for sure. Did you teach yourself?

 

[snakep]

Sweet

Sweet! Birth of a knife. An entire litter of them.

You're a craftsman for sure. Did you teach yourself?

Yes, read some books and watched a bunch of YouTube videos.

 

[mal316]

Yes, read some books and watched a bunch of YouTube videos.

You didn't learn from the Rambo films?

 

[snakep]

I’ve finished filing in the bevels and hand-sanding the five knives to 220 grit. Next step is heat treating and tempering which I hope to do some time this week. Also pictured at the top of the pic is a EDC fixed blade version of a folding knife that I’m working on.

 

[snakep]

Heat treating and tempering complete. Now more grunt work. Handsanding each to 400-600 grit.

 

[El_flasko]

Andrew is stoked about this project