I finally decided to take a "stab" at knife making. I wanted to make a reproduction of my favorite little neck knife. So, I made a small forge with two pans, a pop can, and a blow dryer:
I cut two blades out of an old saw blade. I tested the steel by heating one of the teeth of the blade, quenching it, then snapping off the tooth in the vise. Here's one of the blades just before going into the forge:
After heating until they were non-magnetic, I quenched them in oil. I cleaned them up a bit, put them in the oven for an hour at 400 degrees, and then let them cool. Then I put them back in the oven and repeated the process.
The top one has wenge and rock maple scales while the bottom is of cocobola. Both have some file work, but it's not very clear in the pictures. I haven't honed the cutting edge on either one. I didn't sand or polish the blades because I wanted to replicate the original (shown in the second picture below).
I made my own rivets out of copper tubing and brass rod. Here's how they came out:
Thanks for looking! Sorry the pictures are blurry...my camera isn't the best.
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