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Post by GUEST on Jan 27, 2012 20:59:07 GMT
The latest knife I've made, this little hunting/utility knife started out as a rusty old, pitted lawn mower blade. After all the rust and pitts were polished out it ende up only 1.1mm thick. Blade: 4 1/8in long, 3 1/4in cutting edge. I believe the steel is either 1070 or 1095. Widest point 1 3/4in. Thichness 1.1mm. Handle: 4 1/8in. wrapped in leather lace, glued in place Overall length: 7 7/8in. Weight: very light my scale doesn't go that low Should have washed my hands before I took these pictures.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Jan 28, 2012 1:19:46 GMT
I like it, and I'll bet that men, women and children throughout recorded history would have liked it as well.
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Post by Talon on Jan 28, 2012 6:55:44 GMT
a well made nice little utility knife im really liking your switch to knife making fallen,
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 28, 2012 7:32:41 GMT
Wow 1.1? I thought my Spanish folders were skinny at just under 2. Bet it'd make a mean skinner, but I'd not go batoning. :x ...Then again, another look at the overall shape makes me wonder if it could. :?
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Post by Todash on Jan 28, 2012 14:02:50 GMT
I think it's pretty cool. Good job!
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Post by William Swiger on Jan 28, 2012 14:09:49 GMT
Good job.
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Post by nihontoman on Jan 28, 2012 15:51:42 GMT
damn, that will be a helluva slicer what type of edge is there? is it convex? or V grind? from the pics it looks like a zero ground shallow convex, but I might be wrong..
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Post by GUEST on Jan 28, 2012 18:09:48 GMT
It's a convex grind, with the belt sander I have now convex is the easiest for me to do. On something this thin it's hard to do without a jig to hold the blade to do a proper V grind. The edge was finished sharpened with a white Arkansas oil stone so the edge is brighter than the bevel. You can't tell it by the pictures the buffing by the oil stone is so thin I know have a way to measure it.
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Post by Dan Davis on Feb 4, 2012 17:25:34 GMT
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