Knife making competition

[HillBill]

The "not made own blade" bit i was referring to was the "bought blade" bit.

 

[mountainm]

... let's not worry about "edge cases"

 

[Teepee]

1, Man of Tanith
2, Brancho
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
5, HillBill
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
12, Lannyman8
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)


I'm in!

This is the boot up the backside I need to get on with making my knife, the steel has been on the shelf for 18 months

Completely amateur and I'll be starting from scratch with 01 and Yew.

The offer of HT will be happily taken up-cheers Hillbill. Thats great

 

[HillBill]

Not my call, but for anyone making any form of stick tang, could we have pics of the area where the blade enters the handle? Thats the tricky bit see, and why bolsters are used

 

[HillBill]

Also a suggestion on how the judging could be done? an individual poll for each knife perhaps?

It could perhaps be split into 3 catagories?

1, Quality of construction ( how sturdy)
2, Quality of fit and finish ( how tidy)
3, Aesthetic appeal ( wow factor)

A set series of pics would be needed though, such as top down and close up, bottom and sides and close up, blade, fit, finish etc?

Just a few thoughts on structure is all. Goals for the participants if you like.

 

[bilmo-p5]

I will have a go at this.

1, Man of Tanith
2, Brancho
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
5, HillBill
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
12, Lannyman8
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)
14. Bilmo

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

This is just a thought, for legal sake should we add a rule saying no knifes that are illegal such as Flick Knifes, Gravity knifes, Butterfly knifes etc may not be made or entered in the BCUK Knife making competition. I am not worried about any of the members here doing something stupid but it would cover all the bases concerned from a legal point of view.

 

[mountainm]

Someone missed Resnikov off the list - updated...

1, Man of Tanith
2, Brancho
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
5, HillBill
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
12, Lannyman8
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)
14. Bilmo
15. Resnikov

 

[grey-array]

Hell I'm in!! already got some great ideas for the handle already but dont want to be one of the guys buying a blade, I gotta be able to come up with something so I can forge the exact blade I want. I have some 4 mm think piece of steel lying around here, any idea how I can figure out what kind of steel it is?
Gotta love my life if its 01
Yours sincerely Ruud

What about adding a mini contest to the contest as in best sheath?
Or is that "out of the box thinking" going to far now ^^.

 

[Gill]

Someone missed Resnikov off the list - updated...

1, Man of Tanith
2, Brancho
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
5, HillBill
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
12, Lannyman8
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)
14. Bilmo
15. Resnikov

16. Gill

I,ll have a go.

 

[Imagedude]

1, Man of Tanith
2, Brancho
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
5, HillBill
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
12, Lannyman8
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)
14. Bilmo
15. Resnikov
16. Gill
17. Imagedude

 

[sasquatch]

Nice idea Sam...should be interesting!

 

[Man of Tanith]

1, Man of Tanith
2, Brancho
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
5, HillBill
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
12, Lannyman8
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)
14. Bilmo
15. Resnikov
16. Gill
17. Imagedude
18 grey array


ny kind of knife you fancy i am probably going to make a stick tang as its completely different to anything else i have
As for making illegal knives i kind of assumed everyone on here was sensible enough to know and abide by the laws of the uk, however if you are not from the uk then knock your socks off
upcycling sounds good to me
where i refer to pro maker i mean people who sell knives they have made

 

[Man of Tanith]

Nice idea Sam...should be interesting!

have you heard the ancient chiese curse may you live in interesting times?

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

Are we allowed to enter more than one blade? I have two ideas and I just can't pick one I like more.

 

[Stew]

Amateur

1, Man of Tanith
3, XAnder???
4, Bucephalas
6, MountainM ???
7, Dave53.......HT needed
8, Bushwackerbob??
9, Angst????
10, Dark Horse Dave
11, Abominable_scouse_monster
13. Teepee (Heat treat please)
14. Bilmo
15. Resnikov
17. Imagedude
18 grey array

Pro

2, Brancho
5, HillBill
12, Lannyman8
16. Gill
19. Stew

I know I've messed the numbers up but I thought I would split the group, to the best of my knowledge.

 

[HillBill]

We should ideally split it into the 3 catagories so we know who's doing what. So if the participants could copy/paste the list and add their name under the relevant header, we know where we are heading with it. Just add more numbers if i havent left enough space per catagory.

ANYONE WANTING HEAT TREATMENT PLEASE ADD THAT AT THE SIDE OF YOUR NAME.

Amateur

Made own blade

1,,abominable_scouse_monster
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,

Bought or modified blade

1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,

Pro

1, Brancho
2, HillBill
3, Lannyman8
4, Gill
5, Stew
6,
7,
8,

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

We should ideally split it into the 3 catagories so we know who's doing what. So if the participants could copy/paste the list and add their name under the relevant header, we know where we are heading with it. Just add more numbers if i havent left enough space per catagory.

ANYONE WANTING HEAT TREATMENT PLEASE ADD THAT AT THE SIDE OF YOUR NAME.

Amateur

Made own blade

1, abominable_scouse_monster
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,

Bought or modified blade

1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,

Pro

1, Brancho
2, HillBill
3, Lannyman8
4, Gill
5, Stew
6,
7,
8,

Added my name to the list, sorry if the formatting got messed up no script kept messing it up.

 

[brancho]

I can see my knifemaking abilities have been promoted. :yikes:

 

[Angst]

ok...i've nearly finished the knife i'm putting in....was up till 5am last night again lol.......all fingers and thumbs still attached....this is nothing like anything i've made before....new materials......not the norm....shaped differently but feels great in my hand....certainly not the sort of thing usually seen on here but i'm putting it in because it will make it all the more interesting and diverse....some may well love it and most i would think may not....its technically strong....i'm nailing my leading edges recently....but yeah its sorta retro....ought to offer it to an art deco shop lolol! will be fun either way i hope. total cost about 20 quid....took about 10 hours to do in total....i photo'd it before assembly...

avvvvvit!

a

ps.......any details on how you want final pics done....?....both sides, top, bottom and an angled one from front?

Amateur

Made own blade

1, abominable_scouse_monster
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,

Bought or modified blade

1, angst
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,

Pro

1, Brancho
2, HillBill
3, Lannyman8
4, Gill
5, Stew
6,
7,
8,