Jeddly Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Well, it may be my first, as the others seem to have been 'knife shaped objects'. The steel is 5160 that I picked up at a local spring shop. I don't have a fancy grinder at the home shop, so I carried the rough shaped KSO to work. I know a guy there that has a Wilton square wheel grinder with an 8" wheel and a host of attachments. Let me just say, I WANT a belt grinder. I WILL have one. Pretty much the next tool on the never ending list. I did the hollow grind by hand (getting the sides to match was sorta tricky). Anyways, this is still a work in progress, as I am still at work, and my handle material is at home. Please let me know what you all think. Jed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Not bad at all. Looks good to me. Be sure to post a picture of the finished knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddly Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thanks! I was thinking of using a bit of satinwood, or maybe a chunk of ebony for the handle. Still sorta undecided about the pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It may be of help to you if you look at bp 0235, particularly the push stick for hollow grinding. It makes it so easy I can do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddly Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 A little progress on my knife. I was bored today so I started the woodwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Looks good so far Jeddly, way better then my second knife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Very nice! What kind of wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddly Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 It was marked 'Asian Satinwood'. I picked it up at a Woodcrafters store while on a trip to Oklahoma last year. I wish we had a store like that up here. So far, I have sanded it with 600 grit, and it is pretty smooth. Feels like satin. Whodathunk? I want to polish it, but that means I need to find a buffing wheel. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 If you find a buffer you may want to try it on a few pieces of scrap wood, untreated wood almost always picks up black from the buffer even with a clean wheel and white compound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal99 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I like it Jeddly Looks good with that satinwood. On the handle I made for my first knife I used minwax tung oil sanded in and worked up to 2000 grit (over kill maybe?) and it came out almost polished after 5 or more coats and a good hand rub with cotton. I have been drooling about getting a belt grinder for so long already. I have thought about building one but just the contact wheel alone is a bit much for me right now. I'll stick to my files and hand held bnd 1/2" knife wrecker belt sander with 1 grit belts . . . the rock they glued onto my belts leaves some really fun scratches to hand sand out lol. Ok maybe there not 1 grit there 60 but thats the finests belts I have lol. For a free hand grind you did awsome man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddly Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thanks for the tips guys. I've almost got all the scratches out of the blade. I messed up the handle already. When I ground the tang, it was sorta tapered, and I didn't do a good enough job matching the wood to the taper. I'll do better next time for sure. For now, I'll just call my mistakes 'custom made inclusions'. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal99 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 You can charge more for custom :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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