I got a start on my knife. Ebony blade, walnut guard, hawthorn scales. I've made "Indian knives" with flint blades but never a metal knife and for sure never a wooden knife. I've learned a few things already. Gary
Wood Knife Try (Wooden Knife Challenge)
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wow gonna look great, you could try "knapping" the blackwood? Just a thought
Now we have this little number...
Now we have this little number...
Hell. I guess I'm just blind.
Don't sell yourself short... They were moved to the top shelf...
Now that's funny right there!!
Nice start Gary. Gonna be another beauty!
So Kevin can't reach them?Don't sell yourself short... They were moved to the top shelf...
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!!
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Having us non knife makers make a wooden knife was a good idea. I have a new appreciation for the pro steel knife makers on here plus newbies like tony @Tclem that have progressed very quickly.
I've been slowly sanding, trying to keep it from looking like a letter opener or a steak knife.
I need wooden pins but don't have a lathe. Since I have to make them by hand anyway I thought I'd try something different. I went and found some honey locust thorns and started sanding on them. I found out they have a spongy pith. I always figured they were solid. Back to the drawing board.
It looks like there will be stiff competition for one of those calendar pages. Between the pro knife makers and top notch wood workers on here, I'll have to pull out all the stops. Gary
I've been slowly sanding, trying to keep it from looking like a letter opener or a steak knife.
I need wooden pins but don't have a lathe. Since I have to make them by hand anyway I thought I'd try something different. I went and found some honey locust thorns and started sanding on them. I found out they have a spongy pith. I always figured they were solid. Back to the drawing board.
It looks like there will be stiff competition for one of those calendar pages. Between the pro knife makers and top notch wood workers on here, I'll have to pull out all the stops. Gary
Gary, what if you used either a colored pencil or chopsticks for the pins? Both can be sanded easily.
And that carving is going to make that knife stand out from the crowd. Looks real good....
And that carving is going to make that knife stand out from the crowd. Looks real good....
Use your drill; hand drill or press... Hand drill would likely work best, once rounded the end not in the chuck could be laid on a rag or scrap of carpet to support the other end while sanding round. In fact, the drill itself could be duct taped to a sawhorse or 2x4 (locked in your vice/clamped to workbench), with support cut and taped to fit under the other end for a McGyver lathe.
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I have 7 lathes & have still used a hand drill & drill press as a make shift lathe.
what Kevin said..............