Comp for the budding knife makers amongst us!

[DaveBromley]

lol I was exactly the same mate lol looks REALLY good, keep up the good work!

Dave

 

[Retired Member southey]

I really like that Teleweb, will you be leaving the file makers stamp on it, looks cool,

 

[telwebb]

I quite like it but it'll more than likely be hidden by the handle

 

[Retired Member southey]

Its like the penny in the wall, My grndfather is a bricky as his retirment job and allways leaves penny in any thing he builds, no one will see it but he likes to know his mark is there, I like that,

 

[telwebb]

my kind of thinking - done that sort of thing for years - thing is I've been around long enough to uncover some of my own hidden marks!

 

[DaveBromley]

I thought i was the only person that did the penny in the concrete thing lol (apart from my dad who used to do it)

Dave

 

[Retired Member southey]

Haha I think we should collate a map with all these buildings marked on, few pounds of c4 and we might get enough for a couple of pints!

 

[telwebb]

Most of us wont be leaving much behind - nice to think there is at least some evidence .... bit like our own cave drawings

 

[telwebb]

Oh - and a knife now

 

[DaveBromley]

It hit me when i did my first knife, this thing will hopefully outlast me and then some its weir to think that you have contributed by actually MAKING something, A bit deep for a saturday night i know but hey!

Dave

 

[telwebb]

Don't worry Dave - most of them will be out having a beer! It occurred to me too - not much I can leave behind, but what I make has to be worth more as a legacy than money, surely?

 

[DaveBromley]

Yeah deffinately it says a lot about your character. That you took the time and effort to do something, there are a lot of people who's only contribution is to criticise or belittle and they leave no trace of themselves once living memory has died out.

Generations will be able to look back on what you make and see that you put a little of yourself into everything you make!

Dave

 

[telwebb]

quite ... now back to the thread ...

 

[lannyman8]

just a question but, did you heat the file to make it soft to file the profile or did you just use a grinder/belt sander??????????

chris...........

 

[DaveBromley]

when i did it i annealed the file, I'm guessing Teleweb did the same

Dave

 

[telwebb]

it was heated up to soften. The main outline, such as it was, then cut by angle grinder. Then the blade flattening and bevels by hand and eye (must get a vice!), no jigs, no power. The file 'teeth' in the handle area however were flattened initially with the grinder - couldn't bring myself to do the hidden bit by hand!

 

[lannyman8]

cool thought so, when i do my blades its all done by eye on the belt sander now, just a simple jig to rest my hands on so they dont get sanded too.....lol.....

 

[axemangler]

The knife in my signature is made from a file and it is very sharp, keeps and edge no matter what I throw at it....since, I have re-profiled the handles and oiled the wood....files make cracking knives and they last forever, cut nearly everything and make you feel confident about what you are doing.

 

[telwebb]

Bit cleaner now

 

[Mesquite]

That's looking really good Telwebb.

All done by hand?