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Marauder · Jul 27, 2015

At putting a fixed blade knife together. Bought a blade blank last week, mounted the wood (Ironwood) Friday and let the epoxy cure 24 hours. Sunday I started shaping the handle, still have some finish sanding to do.

Bertfish · Jul 27, 2015

Nice looking knife.

I have a few blades which I need to do sometime. You get good enough maybe you can teach me how to do it

Marauder · Jul 27, 2015

Bertfish said:
Nice looking knife.

I have a few blades which I need to do sometime. You get good enough maybe you can teach me how to do it

Thanks for the complement.

Sure I can help, not to hard of task but you must have patience. I have a few more to do, a camp knife for my wife. One of these days I'll forge my own blades.

SoMD_Gen4 · Jul 27, 2015

Marauder said:
Thanks for the complement.

Sure I can help, not to hard of task but you must have patients. I have a few more to do, a camp knife for my wife. One of these days I'll forge my own blades.

You aren't operating on the 'patients' are you? With that blade, must take incredible patience!! :innocent0

Marauder · Jul 27, 2015

SoMD_Gen4 said:
You aren't operating on the 'patients' are you? With that blade, must take incredible patience!!

Often happens typing fast, spelling suffers. Thanks for the correction.

SoMD_Gen4 · Jul 27, 2015

No harm meant, just fooling w ha!

budman93 · Jul 27, 2015

So is it a completely finished blade and you just made the handle?

Marauder · Jul 28, 2015

budman93 said:
So is it a completely finished blade and you just made the handle?

Yes, blade blanks are a finished blade. Yes, I made the handle from a block of wood 1-1/2"X1-1/2"X5".
Then cut it in half, drilled 3 holes in the wood for the three brass pins, epoxied the wood and pins to the blade.
Next I shaped the handle by hand with a rasp and sand paper.

budman93 · Jul 30, 2015

Marauder said:
Yes, blade blanks are a finished blade. Yes, I made the handle from a block of wood 1-1/2"X1-1/2"X5".
Then cut it in half, drilled 3 holes in the wood for the three brass pins, epoxied the wood and pins to the blade.
Next I shaped the handle by hand with a rasp and sand paper.

Ok. I've seen some that they called blanks that were not tempered or sharpened. Where did you get it?

Marauder · Jul 31, 2015

Got the blade here, http://www2.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_store.html?brand=33&a=blade

Minuteman · Aug 2, 2015

Marauder said:
At putting a fixed blade knife together. Bought a blade blank last week, mounted the wood (Ironwood) Friday and let the epoxy cure 24 hours. Sunday I started shaping the handle, still have some finish sanding to do.

Very nice.

Shamr0ck · Aug 2, 2015

Nicely done. Reminds me of the Bushcrafter by BlindHorse and/or LTWrightKnives

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Shamr0ck

JoeRinMD · Aug 2, 2015

I've done a few over the years and really enjoyed the effort. Here's the list so far: a 6" bowie for Cowboy Action, a 5" camp knife for my son, a coffin-handled boot knife, and now just finishing a 5" tactical/fighting knife (the image below).

My first experiment was re-handling a cheap kitchen knife to see how it would go. In that case, I used some teak I had laying around from a boat project.

I've gotten the blades and supplies from Jantz. Their website is http://www.knifemaking.com/

JoeR

dreadpirate · Aug 23, 2015

Very nice work!

nerfherder · Aug 23, 2015

Very cool! I've always wanted to try my hand at this.

Tactics · Aug 23, 2015

Beautiful and inspiring. Well done sir.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

44man · Aug 23, 2015

nice!

would mimosa wood be hard enough for the handle? its heartwood is a beautiful red color.

llkoolkeg · Sep 6, 2015

I love the ironwood and personally use it for walking sticks.

Buffalo horn makes for a nice organic grip, too.

Marauder · Sep 9, 2015

Thanks everyone for the comments.
Being as this blade is high carbon steel and will rust, I decided to force a patina with white vinegar. I think it turned out well.

BossmanPJ · Sep 9, 2015

Marauder said:
Thanks everyone for the comments.
Being as this blade is high carbon steel and will rust, I decided to force a patina with white vinegar. I think it turned out well.

Looks nice. I like it. Especially the handle.

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