First 2 knives.

[dazcon]

I'm a newbie here so i thought i'd get the ball rolling with a few pics of my first two knives. They are bothfully hand-made, heat-treated and tempered by myself using only hand tools.

Small bushcrafter, 5mm 01 toolsteel,stained mahogany scales,black liners,6mm brass pins and 12mm oversized brass lanyard tube. Sheath is 5mm veg-tanned leather.

Camp knife, 5mm 01 with a striped patina, home-made denim and t-shirt micarta scales, 6mm brass pins and 8mm brass lanyard tube.
5mm veg-tanned sheath.

I'm well pleased at how they turned out, so i've started working on another couple.

Dazcon.

 

[sasquatch]

Nice work mate! They're superior to my first attempt, mine are hidden away so nobody sees them! What are you planning on for your next project? They both look great but I really like the camp knife. Addictive hobby when you see the end results and aren't out of pocket...

 

[MartinK9]

Lovely work Sir.

 

[Gill]

You must be pleased with them,they are crackers.how did you do the grind?

 

[dazcon]

.how did you do the grind?

Hi mate, i made a filing/grinding jig that sits on the kitchen worktop. I'm amazed at how well it works.

Dazcon.

 

[atross]

Dazcon

Excellent work! Any chance you could post up images of the jig and a little how to make one?

Ash

 

[Shewie]

Cracking work Dazcon

How is the patina created on the camp knife ?

 

[JustJoel]

Beautiful work Dazcon. I like that patina very much. Really well done.

Joel

 

[dazcon]

Dazcon

Excellent work! Any chance you could post up images of the jig and a little how to make one?

Ash

Here it is mate, not pretty but does the job. 2 boards to stiffen the base, the uprights are 2 pieces of threaded rod with a bar between to set the bevel angle, a length of 12mm steel rod with a plate attached( ali-oxide paper on the underside) but i can remove it and attach a file and a block under the blade to raise it up, thats about it.

Dazcon.

 

[screwball]

Mate they are crackers ,the jig is an impressive piece of improvisation

 

[alecf]

Those are bloody impressive first attempts! And the grind lines are so crisp!

Wow.

 

[HillBill]

Great work there mate, The patina is excellent.

 

[Hugo]

Most impressive Dazcon real quality.

 

[Taffy63]

These are really great knives, very impressive for your first ones! I'm attempting to finish a few first time knives myself by hand and I can appreciate the work involved, very well done. How did you do the patination bye the way?
Cheers
Nigel

 

[dazcon]

How did you do the patination bye the way?
Cheers
Nigel

Done the patina with salad-cream. Just laid on rough stripes, left for an hour, washed it off then repeated the process 4 times on each side with the stripes overlapping the pattern left from the last.

Dazcon.

 

[dazcon]

What are you planning on for your next project? ...

I've got another small batch of knives on the go at the moment, you will see two of them in the photo of the jig. I also have a few pike lures on the go, i have been making fishing lures for a fair few years.

Dazcon.

 

[stu1979uk]

Nice work,
I have joined over on British Blades also, and very impressed with the quality of knifes on show so naturally got a gas torch, some fire bricks and a few old files and just started on them the other night- watch this space
The grind/bevel was the thing I found the hardest to achieve on my practice piece but I may be borrrowing your jig plans for future use

Keep us posted with the next few, well done

 

[R3XXY]

Excellent job !

How did you make the micarta ?

 

[shogun]

excellent knifes...great pics really like the first knife..atb shogun

 

[dazcon]

Excellent job !

How did you make the micarta ?

Thanks mate! The micarta was strips of denim and green t-shirt with epoxy resin brushed in between the layers then clamped between boards that were wrapped in cling film to stop it sticking. You've got to work fast before the resin starts to set, so have everything ready before mixing the epoxy.

Dazcon.