New Knife made for my Brother in law

[DaveBromley]

Hey guys

I'm in the middle of making my second knife, this one is for my brother in law (although having seen the shape I want to keep it lol)

Ive made it from O1 tool steel kindly donated by a member of BB (KRomer)

I promised I would do a WIP so here goes

Firstly I had a play with a design

Then I made a Template

marked out on the steel

And spent the next couple of hours getting the shape to where I wanted it

So what do you think? Hopefully I'll be able to do the bevels this weekend and then on to the HT

As always let me know what you think

Thanks Dave

 

[ex-member Raikey]

nice one Dave,,

i like the shape,...its a proper handfull int it?..

how thick is it?

how you putting the bevels on?...

sorry for the barrage mate,

i,m on no2 at the mo (for a mate) and same as you,....i know after making mistakes on the first the 2nd is gonna be a lot better.

 

[Eric_Methven]

Remember to drill the pin and lanyard holes before you H/T it!

 

[DaveBromley]

Its only 3mm thick at the mo I'm toying with the idea of thinning the handle a little Allthough it fit my hand nicely, the brother in law might not like it that deep.

As for the bevels I intend to put them on with a B*****D file and a little jig I made for my first one (I'll post some pics as i go along) and as for addictive you have no idea, already got 4 more designed just waiting to see how this HT's then will be ordering the steel lol

Thanks Erik I'm taking my time so i dont make any mistakes or at least ess of them lol

 

[ex-member Raikey]

not an egg suck Dave,...but i was told to use a second cut file as apposed to it fatherless cousin?

 

[DaveBromley]

That might even be what I'm using i just assumed it was a fatherless one because it removes a lot of stock! I just use what I have to hand Which is about 4-5 Different files and some elbow grease lol. The more i look at it the more i think i need to thin the handle out, I'm going to do it from the back edge so it has a bit of a Deval look only closer to the tip

Dave

 

[shaggystu]

not an egg suck Dave,...but i was told to use a second cut file as apposed to it fatherless cousin?

it all comes down to how quickly you want to remove material, and how confident you are in what you're doing, the fatherless file will remove lots of material very quickly, so it's easier to make mistakes. you'll find that as your confidence and ability grow you'll want more and more aggresive tools and be able to get a progressively better finish with those tools. a second cut is what i'd recommend but not what i use.

as a point of interest you can actually get much more aggresive files than the aforementioned varieties of questionable parentage but they're like hens teeth these days. grinders took over from patience a long time ago.

stuart

 

[shaggystu]

forgot to say, really nice looking knife dave, i like that design a lot.

stuart

 

[ex-member Raikey]

it all comes down to how quickly you want to remove material, and how confident you are in what you're doing, the fatherless file will remove lots of material very quickly, so it's easier to make mistakes. you'll find that as your confidence and ability grow you'll want more and more aggresive tools and be able to get a progressively better finish with those tools. a second cut is what i'd recommend but not what i use.

as a point of interest you can actually get much more aggresive files than the aforementioned varieties of questionable parentage but they're like hens teeth these days. grinders took over from patience a long time ago.

stuart

ahhh...

cheers Stu,..

think ill stay on 2nd cut for a while as i made a booooboo on the last one

 

[DaveBromley]

hey fellas a bit more progress on this its been slow going because ive been working away during the week and CBA took over on the weekends lol anyhoo here we are

Sorry for the crappy pictures but i think its looking good hopefully i'll be drilling Heat treating and handling this weekend so nearly there!!!!

Dave

 

[lannyman8]

awesome, i love that file work mate........

 

[DaveBromley]

I'll get some better pics once i get back from work on saturday, thanks for the feedback chris its the first time i've tried it

Dave

 

[ledders666]

how or what did you use for the file work, it looks smart?
thank josh

 

[DaveBromley]

a fine rat tail file and a triangle file there is a good tutorial on here or British Blades

Dave