Thoughts on this guy's knife making process?

doggyjacket · Oct 28, 2018

https://imgur.com/gallery/1tsgYBa

Here's his store. Some cool looking designs, but I have 0 clue about knives.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/OneofOneKnives/items

MeatGrinder · Oct 28, 2018

For what purpose? Those look too expensive, and too pretty, for me to carry for every day use. If you want something to hang on the wall and display, they look nice

Archeryrob · Oct 29, 2018

He's not forging them he is just grinding a file to the shape of a knife. The one post didn't explain anything of his "heat treat" process. File are brittle hard and will snap under strain. You want the back of the knife soft but the cutting edge harder toward brittle. I would need to know a lot more before investing that kind of coin into his knives. Since your just grinding and sanding, you'd think he could sand the file grooves out and clean it up better.

We got a guy out here in Washington county making some damn nice knives. He is a welder by trade and smiths in his down time and started making hand forged Damascus. WOW. He has some serious talent for this stuff. Terry Porter TMW Services in Sharpsburg, MD

And to make more, he made a Damascus ring

doggyjacket · Oct 29, 2018

I just randomly came across it on imgur and was curious if this guy actually knows what he's doing. Sounds like it's not ideal but maybe a quick and easy way.

E.Shell · Oct 29, 2018

I really like those Damascus blades!

I have made several knives out of files and ArcheryRob is right, they are VERY brittle. They will take and hold a shaving edge like you wouldn't believe, but are very easily nicked or broken unless properly heat treated.

Archeryrob · Oct 29, 2018

Its fine for making knives and files are good metal. You have to anneal those files so they will not snap, then grind all the knife shape out and then reharden it. It would work just fine, but I am sure you could buy the sander and the file cheaper and make your own. Anyone can "Sand" a knife and sand it very well with a jig for the angle. I just don't consider it "Forging" a knife. I always wanted to do smithing since I was a boy, but I am also wanting to do everything else also. I lost interest in its uniqueness once everyone and their brother wanted to do it since Forged in Fire.

You can by fixed knifes just as good for less than $20 and add your own scales. You can buy raw stock and shape your own. Get a sander and a jig and you could be making knives like his in little time. Gives you a good satisfaction without having to buy all the forge stuff still.

alucard0822 · Oct 29, 2018

US/euro made files can make a decent knife, most are W2 or 1095, but heat-treating is everything, a few degrees off, uneven temp, or improper normalizing will introduce problems. I've ground knives out of files, leaf springs, and scrap, as do a lot of people that make nice, sub-par knives, and nothing wrong with that, it can be a fun hobby. The pro's combine the art of forging with the science of metallurgy, with kilns and forges that can produce consistent results, not just a coffee can lined with firebrick cement.

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