pauldr

anyone wanna buy this £36.00 inc postage ( no sheath though )

i will be starting work on 2 more knifes next week they will be the same basic design as the woodlore ( ray mears ) knives except the handles will be white with black fibre liners and black with red fibre liners

i will be starting work on 2 more knifes next week they will be the same basic design as the woodlore ( ray mears ) knives except the handles will be white with black fibre liners and black with red fibre liners

knife with sheath

these are the only pictures i have as i have sold the ones with the sheath

yes thats from the oil.. the darker the oil the darker the colour of the blade

What steel did you use for #4, it looks like it's an old saw blade or something similar. Where do you get the steel for your knives There's a good series on Youtube for anyone else interested in making their own... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysKd1cswlo Nial. the steel from the 4th knife is the same as the others but when i heat treated it i didnt polish it , and i put file work all round the knife from the tip to the start of the blade

Ditto the first knife in the picture was a kit i got i just made the handles it was a nice knife but the steel wasnt brilliant ... the other knifes are 4 ml high carbon steel the same as the ray mears knifes with these i do the entire knife myself so i can do more or less any shape / length i choose

without a sheath around £35.00 dep on handle material with sheath £50.00

i have managed to sell some on ebay to fund my habit ( knife making )

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knife number 4 ( just finnished this one

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knife number 1

I've bought myself a pair of English Walnut scales to make the handles, I wanted to go with something with a nice looking grain, they should look really good when they are oiled. You should give it a go mate, so far it's been quite easy to get to this point. Better to make something yourself that will last instead of buying one. I did think that to but the way the metal is heated has a lot to do with how brittle it is. When I first heated up the file I heated it up to 800 degrees or bright orange then let it cool gradually in the forge. This heating and cooling process creates carbon on the outside of the metal which makes it easy to work and more pliable. I think this is when the metal is at it's most brittle. I don't know if it would shatter but it could snap if it was put under enough strain or stress. When I heat up the knife again when all the filing and grinding has been done it again gets heated up to 800 degrees or till it's bright orange then it gets plunged straight in to old motor oil to cool it very quickly. This process creates carbite on the outside of the metal which is what gives it it's strength. With any luck this should insure the blade wont shatter. when you heat treat it test it against a magnet when the steel becomes non magnetic thats it done to 800 degrees

thats looking good mate ... well done

just a design i thought i would try came out ok i think... It looks great, but those wee recesses not just get filled with crud when it's used? Nial. i have never had any trouble with other knifes but after i use them i always clean my gear be it gun / knife / stove anything realy the design is only surface scratches realy so any dirt can be wiped of

just a design i thought i would try came out ok i think...

just finnished my second knife used english walnut for the handle and red fibre liners

whoo scar comp....right i have a good one... when i was about 7 or 8 i was on my bmx riding down the local trail ( public trail ) and the farmer had put a line of barb wire across the path anyway i was going quite fast and it was a sunny day so i couldnt see the wire in time and i got clothes lined right across the face it cut my bottom lip in half right down to my chin .. it also cut my cheek straight through from the top of my cheek bone right down to the corner of my mouth .. i got cut from my left shoulder down to the centre of my chest and when i landed i got a cracked skull from a rock behind me there was blood everywhere .. i got stiches in my lip / cheek / shoulder and head but my bike was ok

like this you mean. thats gonna leave a scar ... i cut myself with a stanley knife a while ago while carving a pipe .. the blade cut right through my flesh and stuck in the bone

I wasnt trying to hijack your thread I thought you might like to see one made with a gut hook to order to see what it would look like WB thats ok mate no problem how did you shape the gut hook ?

thankyou