knife makin'

[Pat B]

I made this knife this weekend with a lawn edger blade a friend gave me. I got 2 blanks from the one edger blade but only finished this one. It was a test run and I'm proud of how it came out. Oh no! Like I need another hobby(addiction).

[2treks]

Looks nice Pat. Some view out that window. Purty!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Looks good Pat and appears to be stout as heck! That blade should outlast any of us in our lifetime.

Where do you live, in a tree house or on top of a mountain? LOL   :D

[don s]

nice pat, did you do stock removal? don

[bigcountry]

Nice, I too want to look into this craft.  Great knife.  I bet you would carry that with much more pride than a store bought knife.

[Pat B]

Don, this was made from a lawn edger blade. They are only a couple of bucks and you get 2 blades out of it. It seems like pretty good steel for the money. The cut out at the front of the handle is the center hole of the edger blade. I didn't take pics before I cut then out. The guy that gave me the edger blade had already annealed it(softened) and I cut it out with a cold chisle and worked most of it with a file. I did use my 6"x48" belt sander some. After working the knife to shape I tempered it in the oven at 425deg for 2 hours. I also cooked a pizza for the first 15 minutes. d;^)  I let the blade cool until late last night then I epoxied the black walnut scales on. This morning I added the brass pins(already drilled)and peened them.
 Chuck and Chris, I live in the Southern Appalacian Mountains of Southwest NC. All I can see from my house it trees and mountains...and it been this way for 20 years. Not a bad neighborhood if I say so.

[Pat B]

These are the tools I used to make this knife. A half round coarse rasp, a flat file, cold chisel, a large hammer and a small peening hammer. I did use a chainsaw file some to to get to hard to reach places.



...close up of the raw cut out knife...


The raw knife next to it's finished twin and new sheath...


..how the knives fit into the edger blade...

[hova]

pat : that is one gorgeous skinner.

i have an uncle that lives on lake gaston , and i think your view might do a little more for me than his front lawn , i mean lake.


a+ knife , now lets see the sheath we all know youre workin on...

-hov

[2treks]

I have been thru the mountains Pat,They are pretty. Great job on the knife.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Again, very nice job Pat!
I bet you wouldn't wanna sleep walk out there on top of that mountain....huh? Might be awhile before ya hit bottom......if at all?          

[red hill]

Great looking blade, Pat.  
:eek:  Stan

[don s]

thats amazing pat, i know a little about annealing and tempering. i never would have guessed in a million years that you cut that with a cold chisel. very nice work. imo it's the perfect shape for a hunting knife. don

[Pat B]

Don, I scored the blade material heavily with the cold chisel, clamped to in a vise and bent it back and forth with the hammer until it broke. With the metal being annealed you can score it pretty good with a sharp chisel.
 Thanks guys.   I have plans for the other blank; a shorter drop point skinner. Just don't know when I'll get around to it.
 These are beautiful mountains and I've been fortunate enough to live here on our 25ac for over 20 years now. Our house sits at 2600' but our county(Transylvania) has elevation from 1800' to over 6000' above the Blue Ridge Parkway.

[KellyG]

love them mountains grew up north of you in va Pat in Franklin county. I also have an aunt and uncle in Ashville not far off your way. Nice knife. I made a fillet knife out of a saw mill blade (the ones like a really big band saw) I have another blank from that somewhere. It rust but is very sharp blade, and works really well.

[madness522]

Hey Pat nice use of the existing hole for the finger groove! Looks good!

[tippit]

Well there goes my bow     Pat looks real nice!  Doc

[gudspelr]

Great job and welcome to knife making   .


Jeremy

[L. Harris]

Cool knife, and great job!I am almost convinced that I might be able to do something like this! Thanks for posting!

[Pat B]

Thanks guys.   No sweat, Jeff. I'm sure I'll still have plenty of time to build you a bow. So far this is just a hobby. Bow building is an addiction! d;^)

[T Lail]

Pat, great job.....is there anything that you can't do ?????????