Well as if I don't have enough hobbies (addictions) I thought I'd try my hand at knife building.... I'm going to eventually be working with tool grade steel like D-2 or A-1 but thought I'd get the feel for the process and tools using "junk" bandsaw blades from work.... Here's where I am so far;
Step one I cut the blades into 7" long strips;
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/tpetko/Knives/Bandsaw%20Blades/Project%201/BSB1.jpg)
Step two I drew the outline of the blade with a silver pencil:
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/tpetko/Knives/Bandsaw%20Blades/Project%201/BSB2.jpg)
Step three I cut and rough shaped the blade with a dremel tool, final shaped with a belt sander,drilled my pin holes,and then hand sanded the blade to ready it for polishing:
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/tpetko/Knives/Bandsaw%20Blades/Project%201/BSB3.jpg)
Now I have some questions for our real knife makers out there:
Here is the wood I'd like to use for my scales. How thick should it be??
![](http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f91/tpetko/Knives/Bandsaw%20Blades/Project%201/BSB4.jpg)
And secondly, I'd like to have hidden pins on this blade. How do you do that and what do you use for pin material??...... Terry