I need help.        I figured that if I"m going to keep making knives that I better get some supplies. I went to a woodworking store to buy some exotic woods. I was like a kid in a candy store. I bought some Bubinga, Paduck, Bloodwood, Purple heart, Coco bolo and a small piece of hard maple burl.

 

I also went through my stash of saw blades. I don't have a shortage of them.

 

I jumped right into to by starting a new knife. This is going to be another drop point blade out of a .08 think 10 inch circular saw blade. A file told me it was good and hard

 

This drop point will have hunting type blade.

 

I used the Dremmel tool to cut the knife out of the saw blade. I should leave the saw teth on the back side. LOL

 

With a little grinding and polishing, it cleans up well.

 

To add a little bit of style to the knife, I used a round chainsaw file on the backbone of the blade. I didn't go very deep.

 

I then used gun bluing on the file work and then polished away everything but what was in the grooves. I think it adds a nice touch to the look of the blade.







In order to drill the pin holes, I needed to soften the steel. I used a MAP gas tourch and slowly heated the tang.







Then I drilled the holes.



I cleaned up the blade again and added the bevel.

Wow!! Very nice work.

       

hey mate good looking blade

well think im gonna be saving money on starrett steel now this looks about as easy

K- so youre saying I can do this tomorrow in my....Kitchen

It's daylight!! Get back to work!!

Killdeer  

Can't wait to see the end results!