WIP - Family Set!

[dazcon]

Thought i'd post a few pics of my latest knives. It's a family set of three for my son, daughter and myself. I just thought it would be a nice thing to do and a good memory for them in later life, and they will all be used on our camping and fishing trips.
They are 5mm 01 toolsteel, 230mm length with a 115mm blade.
They are just about ready to heat-treat, and so far so good!

I know the purists will hate the 5mm thickness and oversized 12mm mosaic pin, but i know what i like!

Thanks for looking, and any criticisms or comments will be graciously recieved.

Dazcon.

 

[korvin karbon]

Love the file work How long did each knife take you?

 

[FGYT]

like your Heavy duty Grind hight scribe

Needs a Taper tang tho at least to balance out that Kin Huge lump o brass in the middle

ATB

Duncan

 

[JonathanD]

Five mm eh. I've always wanted to try out a 5mm bushy.

 

[dazcon]

Love the file work How long did each knife take you?

Thanks for the encouragement!

I have been making these for a couple of months as i don't have a lot of spare time and the missus likes to have a good moan as i am working in the kitchen.
The file-work only took an hour or so on each blade.

Dazcon.

 

[FGYT]

Five mm eh. I've always wanted to try out a 5mm bushy.

jsut started my little necker in 5.2mm and a full size DSP in 7.3mm

 

[dazcon]

like your Heavy duty Grind hight scribe

Needs a Taper tang tho at least to balance out that Kin Huge lump o brass in the middle

ATB

Duncan

T'is a purfling tool for guitar and violin making but it does make a great scribe!

Thought about the balance issue and still might drill the tang.

Dazcon.

 

[JonathanD]

Excellent, with a high grind like the one seen here, I can't see there being a problem. Much easier to choke up on too.

 

[FGYT]

T'is a purfling tool for guitar and violin making but it does make a great scribe!

Thought about the balance issue and still might drill the tang.

Dazcon.

Balance might be oks as its a thick blade and only scandi ground so not loosing much fwd weight
what handles aer you putting on they can makea big difference in balance etc

ATB

Duncan

 

[dazcon]

Not sure about the handle material yet, probably wood though.
I'll need to source enough of the same timber to do all three with matching firesteel handles.

 

[Wilderbeast]

wow just my kind of knife, if you ever sell one let me know!

 

[dazcon]

wow just my kind of knife, if you ever sell one let me know!

Thanks for the kind words Willderbeast!
These are well spoken for, but i will be making more in the future.

Dazcon.

 

[Gill]

Jesus buddy they are absolutely stunning great work.

 

[R.Lewis]

Love the file work. Interested in your grinding gauge thing in background, so gotta make my own knife. Not happy with my current two.

 

[dazcon]

Love the file work. Interested in your grinding gauge thing in background, so gotta make my own knife. Not happy with my current two.

The filing jig is fairl easy to make and it certainly makes a big difference to bevel grinding.

Dazcon.

 

[Robbi]

impressive !

 

[TomBartlett]

Can't wait to see the finished product. Keep us updated!

 

[brancho]

I am not a fan of that style od knife but thats good work especially in the circumstance .

Keep it up

 

[dazcon]

Thanks for the comments folks, much appreciated!

Dazcon.

 

[Blacklamp]

wow!!! how are you gonna heat treat it??