My Knife
May 2, 2007 5:49:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 2, 2007 5:49:19 GMT
As some of you might have read on the "Post your Pretties" thread, I took a black ronin double-blade that I had gotten for Christmas, cut it in two at the handle, and reworked it a bit, and came out with two knives. I only use one, because using two at once is odd for me.
After hours of sawing at stainless steel with a hacksaw, I got tired and hit it against a root, breaking it the rest of the way.
I then unwrapped the loose shoelace, and proceeded to wrap the tang in masking tape... creating a very uncomfortable grip.
Ugly huh?
Since the knives were dull, I tried learning how to sharpen them.. (took a while.)
After a few months of this, I finally learned how to sharpen a knife in a manner that would make it sharp, but I wouldn't dream of doing it to a sword.... ruining the geometry and all.
Then I had problems with blisters. So I took a pocket knife (Gerber) to the grip of horrors.
This resulted in me going to the hospital to get stitches in my thumb (from the BACK of the pocket knife, which starts the finger incident... ask about it later)
I get back from the hospital 13 hours later, stitches in thumb, and finish getting all the tape off of the grip. I think of what to use for a new one... Pipe insulator! So I grab some of that, and cut it to size.. very tightly duct-tape it to the tang, then go over it again. I then use sports tape to cover that.
This makes for a very comfortable, gripable, correctly proportioned grip.
Much better yes?
I then sharpened it, starting with the course side of my two side stone, then go to the fine, then I use 1000 grit sandpaper over my stone, to make a finely polished v-bevel edge (works for me).
After that, I polished the blade to a near mirror polish, starting at 220 grit, and finishing at 1000, although it did still have some very deep scratches in it.
Here you can clearly see the bevel, and notice all the abuse this knife has taken. (The polish has been ruined since the time I first did it)
Here, you can see the finished knife. Still not the best, but comfortable, and it can take one heck of a beating. Good for learning.
The total cost of this was about 15USD including the double-blade.
After hours of sawing at stainless steel with a hacksaw, I got tired and hit it against a root, breaking it the rest of the way.
I then unwrapped the loose shoelace, and proceeded to wrap the tang in masking tape... creating a very uncomfortable grip.
Ugly huh?
Since the knives were dull, I tried learning how to sharpen them.. (took a while.)
After a few months of this, I finally learned how to sharpen a knife in a manner that would make it sharp, but I wouldn't dream of doing it to a sword.... ruining the geometry and all.
Then I had problems with blisters. So I took a pocket knife (Gerber) to the grip of horrors.
This resulted in me going to the hospital to get stitches in my thumb (from the BACK of the pocket knife, which starts the finger incident... ask about it later)
I get back from the hospital 13 hours later, stitches in thumb, and finish getting all the tape off of the grip. I think of what to use for a new one... Pipe insulator! So I grab some of that, and cut it to size.. very tightly duct-tape it to the tang, then go over it again. I then use sports tape to cover that.
This makes for a very comfortable, gripable, correctly proportioned grip.
Much better yes?
I then sharpened it, starting with the course side of my two side stone, then go to the fine, then I use 1000 grit sandpaper over my stone, to make a finely polished v-bevel edge (works for me).
After that, I polished the blade to a near mirror polish, starting at 220 grit, and finishing at 1000, although it did still have some very deep scratches in it.
Here you can clearly see the bevel, and notice all the abuse this knife has taken. (The polish has been ruined since the time I first did it)
Here, you can see the finished knife. Still not the best, but comfortable, and it can take one heck of a beating. Good for learning.
The total cost of this was about 15USD including the double-blade.