February 7, 200818 yr 6 new ones, all from 1084, they forge up in about no more than 20 minutes, i make them up to get used to grinding forged peices. All are in the process of being flat ground, making friends with the platen:D. Comments and suggestions welcome.
February 7, 200818 yr Awesome Job Am, cant wait to see the finished knives. Make good friends with it.
February 7, 200818 yr you should post some pictures of your finished stuff, I'de like to see one or two nice blades!!
February 8, 200818 yr Author Thanks guys! Mark, I am going to make that one just like a straight razor, with a steel frame, and a second pin at the top so the blade will lock open like a friction folder, should be pretty cool:D.
February 10, 200818 yr All look great! I especially like the idea of the friction folder straight razor. -Darren
February 10, 200818 yr Author Thanks Darren, I always liked how cool the blades looked on straight razors, and always wanted one that could be used like a regular knife. Slight difference with mine is it is flat ground instead of hollow (for a bit of toughness), but it will not have a secondary edge. Welcome by the way!
February 10, 200818 yr Author For that razor, I will use steel. I usually use whatever i can get my hands on, but my very most personal favorite wood is Amboyna and could I afford and the oppurtunity was open I would use it exclusively. I like the synthetic stuff micarta and that a little bit too.
February 10, 200818 yr amboyna...it sounds african.i had a micarta handled knife that i loved until it was stolen.took the knife and left the sheath.
February 11, 200818 yr hey sam do you forge the beveled edge any or simply grind the entire thing to shape
February 11, 200818 yr Author I forge the bevels, spine, taper, entire outline. I bring my edges down usually to less than 1/8th of an inch thick, sometimes thinner.
February 12, 200818 yr thats great, i do the same, none of my knifes have come to look quight as good as yours though. i definetly like knifes that are forged to shape as apposed to guys that just forge out a big flat patty and then grind like crazy until they have the shape they want. i am particularly fond of knives that have never seen a electric tool
February 12, 200818 yr Author I haven't done a complete hammer finish knife in along time. Got another seax in the works, hammer finish spine and 1/2 lower bevel, with the rest polished with white oack handles coming up soon.
February 12, 200818 yr Thanks Darren, I always liked how cool the blades looked on straight razors, and always wanted one that could be used like a regular knife. Slight difference with mine is it is flat ground instead of hollow (for a bit of toughness), but it will not have a secondary edge. Welcome by the way! Thanks for the welcome Sam, I appreciate it! Here are a few other makers who make knives with the straight razor design....though these are all stock removal:Graham Knives - Makers of Custom Handmade KnivesRay Rogers Handcrafted Knives:Pictures of the Folders I Make I thought you might find those interesting if you hadn't seen them before. -Darren
February 13, 200818 yr Can you give some background on each piece? I'd like to know what each is intended for etc.
February 14, 200818 yr Author Thanks Darren, I had seen Graham's work, but Ray Rogers is new to me! FANTASTIC I love his folders!
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