my first knife

Post by **justang1997** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:34 am

I made this over the weekend from a nicholson file. I softened the steel, shaped the blade and have (I think) re hardened it. Going to add a lanyard hole and maybe one extra for lashing to a spear.

Does anyone know a place to get the stuff for a kydex holster? I'd prefere a local place if anyone knows.

Post by **justang1997** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:36 am

Hmmm my picture got cut in half.

Post by **BIGC** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:37 am

we can see the important side at least!

I have been wanting to try and make a knife but I dont have much of a place to work on that...

Post by **son of liberty** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:45 am

cool job, you should drill holed before hardening and dont forget to temper it down.

Post by **justang1997** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:03 am

I wanted to leave it hard so the file would still work in a pinch. Idk. Ill mess around with it. I should have drilled hole already.

I heated it up to anneal it on a steel railroad track plate in a campfire. Let it sit a few hours. Hardened it with a propane torch which was hard to get the whole blade glowing red at the same time.

Btw full pic is on tapatalk

Post by **drewhenderson13** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:19 am

ive been wanting to build a forge and make some knives myself. justin, we need to build a damn forge at my house.

Post by **justang1997** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:42 am

You fund it and ill be free labor.

Post by **drewhenderson13** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:21 am

i plan to build it with scrap parts. so deal. im off this weekend.

Post by **guncrank1** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:43 am

Propane torch may not got hard enough to temper blade.
If a good file cuts blade not hard enough.
Carbide drill bit will cut hardened steel

I made a forge out of bark drum but it was scarificed to another project( thanks Dad :llama:

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I have some kydex and oven and press already 97 I you want a sheath.
CEW

Post by **son of liberty** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:08 am

If you want to make a knife (this gose for any regular member) Ill give ya a peice of steel and help ya harden and temper.

Post by **SNL** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:20 am

Thats an awesome offer sol

Post by **BIGC** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:32 am

and when can we come out SOL.....

Post by **son of liberty** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:27 am

I was intending to say that ill give ya a clunk of steel to work at home and when you have cut and filed to shape I would harden it. I'm a bit leary of letting just anyone come to my house.

BIGC , PM inbound

http://www.youtube.com/user/ssracer02 · Post by **ssracer** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:05 pm

So....no KAC knife party at SOL's then? :llama:

Post by **BIGC** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:10 pm

son of liberty wrote:I was intending to say that ill give ya a clunk of steel to work at home and when you have cut and filed to shape I would harden it. I'm a bit leary of letting just anyone come to my house.

BIGC , PM inbound

bad thing is, I make one I'll probably get hooked and want to keep doing it.......

Post by **justang1997** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:54 pm

Well When I start my next one, which will be a bigger nicholson file, i will have some questions for you. I really appreciate the offer to help. I don't blame you not wanting strangers from the internet with knives at your house. I have a rail road spike that I want to hammer into a tomahawk head too.

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