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markyboy07
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Started making this knife for a mate back in October, Started off with an old piece of leaf spring which i thought would be ideal as it was quite thin to start with and seemed to be quite flexible also. Cut it to shape and ground the bevels which was tricky as its such a long and thin blade. Unfortunately the heat treat was unsuccessful i had two go's at it and it just didn't get as hard as i'd of liked. wont be a total waste as i will put a handle on it and keep it for myself.

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I ordered up some O1 tool steel and started again, i did toy with the idea of forging the shape but was a little concerned about warping the blade on the heat treat after forging such a thin blade.

 I got through the heat treat and tempering stage with no issues and then sharpened and polished up the blade. i wanted to do something a bit different for the handle so chose two different pieces of wood, an oak burl and some Mexican rose wood, i used a hole saw to cut out each piece and used some thin gauge brass and aluminium to make up the gap made by the thickness of the hole saw blade.

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I'm really happy with the way the handle turned out, and now have some ideas of how to improve this design already. 

I started on the sheath next, i have been practising some different designs on leather work but not had much success with it, it looks ok but a bit amateurish. So i stuck with something simple for this design.

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2 minutes ago, fatchap said:

Very nice! like the handle. I made one recently out of an old tenon saw, not as long as yours went for a 6 inch blade. Nice and flexible blade, complete *** to get an edge on though.

Yeah this was the same, the first one i made with the leaf spring i managed to get it really thin and super flexible which was great but it didnt lend itself at all well to sharpening on the lansky. maybe water stones are the way to go with these types of blades?

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There are so many knife making threads on this and some other forums I go on that make some really "nice" knives I decided I would only comment on the ones I found exceptional. 

I really like the handle detail, not seen much of that sort of design and it really works for me. 

Just personally for me I don't tend to use a dedicated filleting knife so the blade shape isn't that pracitcal for me but overall a really lovely knife. 

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13 hours ago, NoBodyImportant said:

At least it looks nice,  did you spark test it steel before you started? 

Yeah i did,i think it has  some carbon content and it did harden somewhat i just dont think it would of held an edge very well.  The finished blade in the photos is remade with O1 tool steel and heat treated without any issues.

3 minutes ago, marlin vs said:

I enjoyed that post markyboy, looks to me that you get a lot of pleasure of of your hobby. Well done.

Thanks Marlin, yes i do enjoy it, its certainly keeping me sane during lockdown.

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That there is some seriously impressive craftsmanship,love it!,i'm seeing a lot of very well made knives on this forum,sadly it's beyond my capabilities to even attempt,i'd likely end up in the A&E & the NHS is under more than enough pressure as it is 🙄

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