Knife making wip

[kristophish]

Thought I'd start another wip as I always enjoy following them and hopefully you'll enjoy watching as much as I do making

OK. This knife is supposed to be a companion to my friction folder I made. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114682

Although full tang and a longer blade. I Started with some 5 or 6 mm 01 steel and roughly cut out with a hacksaw.then ground to rough shape.

Then set to work on the bevels

Here it is next to the ff

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Not sure how far ill get on this wip(my first born is due on fri) but we'll see. It'll get done eventually.

Thanks for looking kris

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[Man of Tanith]

get it done before the first born arrives mate you'll have no time afterwards mate nor the inclination
make the most of fact wee uns are rarely punctual and get it done now.

should be a good knife from looks of it so far

 

[Clouston98]

That's looking great! Enjoying it, thanks for doing it!

 

[kristophish]

Thanks very much chaps

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[kristophish]

Tonight's progress



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[kristophish]

Pin holes drilled

I went for a full convex grind

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[kristophish]

get it done before the first born arrives mate you'll have no time afterwards mate nor the inclination
make the most of fact wee uns are rarely punctual and get it done now.

should be a good knife from looks of it so far

Too late mate its coming!!! Oh crap!!!!!!

 

[Man of Tanith]

whoooop!
good luck buddy and of course to the mother who is going to do all the real work
just dont laugh whilst she's giving birth....... long story but its very painful if you do

(it was mild hysterical laughter not laughter at her pain honest)

 

[kristophish]

Ok folks I cocked this one up so we'll start again.

This time ill use a farriers rasp instead

Hacksaw out the rough shape

Grind to shape, drill pin holes and and rough out the handle.

Thanks for looking. Kris

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[ambiguous]

Nice work! Did the rasp knife take a lot of grinding? I have a few old files I fancy shaping into a knife instead of my usual practice of using a pre-made blade and handling it; I was wondering how much work is involved, file steel is hard!

ATB- John.

 

[kristophish]

Nice work! Did the rasp knife take a lot of grinding? I have a few old files I fancy shaping into a knife instead of my usual practice of using a pre-made blade and handling it; I was wondering how much work is involved, file steel is hard!

ATB- John.

Cheers. The file has been annealed so it was quite easy to shape.

I'd have stood no chance if it was fully hardened.

 

[ambiguous]

I did suspect annealing would be involved- guess i better get messing with my oven

 

[kristophish]

I did suspect annealing would be involved- guess i better get messing with my oven

I don't think you'll be able to fully anneal it in the oven (I might be wrong) but you'll definitely be able to temper it enough to grind to shape. Keep dunking it in water while grinding to cool it.
If it gets too hot while grinding it won't hold an edge after

 

[kristophish]

I did suspect annealing would be involved- guess i better get messing with my oven

This should help
Watch "Morris Knives Part 1.mpg" on YouTube
Morris Knives Part 1.mpg: http://youtu.be/DupWsV-iiys

 

[ambiguous]

very informative and not a bad watch either! thanks for that

 

[Phil B]

Great work, nice profile. You have talent Sir!

 

[kristophish]

Great work, nice profile. You have talent Sir!

Thank you kindly my good man

 

[kristophish]

Bevels ground in. Just needs a little clean up and it's ready for heat treating

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[Macaroon]

That's looking really cool! I have a very strong liking for the rasp knives, good steel and they look great to me; trouble is I want every one of them I see!

 

[Clouston98]

That's coming along great mate! Great work!