knife blade sources?

[Geoffrey]

Hi all I am sick and tired of getting knives and not having the handle fit my odd hands. I have been looking high and low for knife blade sources so I can fit the handle to me and not try to fit me to the handle.

Here is what I am looking for, a knife that is flat ground, no more than 1/4" thick, prefer 3/16" thick, and with a 7-10" blade. Either full tang or a stick tang.

Either a stock removal blade or a forged blade is fine.

Any ideas guys? If there are new bladesmiths or blacksmiths or anyone that is trying to make knives that you know of I would love to get in touch with someone to make me a blade.

I am pullin my hair out over looking for a new knife, sold all of em off and trying to start over with knives that fit me.

Any help or direction would be great. I have looked here in Nova Scotia and cannot find anyone that does large knife work.

Thanks all.

Geoffrey.

[Motorbike Man]

Hi Geoffrey,

You could try popping over to British Blades (http://www.britishblades.com) and asking, depending on what you want to spend, you could get a blade custom made, even get the whole knife custom made if you want. I've ordered from Brisa (http://www.brisa.fi/start3.html) before, excellant service and good value as well

[Celtic Dragon]

British Blades gets my vote, or you could PM Allan Blade on here (pro maker) and discuss your requirements with him. We have a few bladesmiths that post on here, but I will give you 1 warning. If you look at BB, you WILL end up making your own!!!! :D:D:D I made 1, although it snapped in HT :( BBQ's make excellent heat sources for HTment of steel!!! Although you do get odd looks of your guests for paying more attention to the coals than the food, intrespersed with the comments from you of "oh s**t the bbq's melting" :)

[zackerty]

Geoffrey,
I have PMed you...

[rlinger]

There are several knife makers that can do that for you. Do not expect a good blade to be inexpensive though. I will point you where you can have your blade made for you. Here it is: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=741

Post your question there and you will get responces from knife makers.

RL

[Geoffrey]

Thanks guys, does anyone here do any forging? If so a simple blade forged from a leaf spring would be great.

8' - 8.5" blade, flat ground from the spine down to a secondary bevel.

Anyone here do that kinda stuff?

Thanks.

[ESpy]

To be honest, a "simple blade forged from a leaf spring" isn't going to cost you much less than a simple blade forged from a nice new piece of known steel. The materials cost is a very small part of it... There's something very satisfying in reusing scrap, but there are potential pitfalls.

There's a few smiths around here, but there are more on British Blades & Bladeforums. There's also the Custom Knife Directory and doubtless a bunch of others I haven't subscribed to ;)

[demographic]

Hi all I am sick and tired of getting knives and not having the handle fit my odd hands. I have been looking high and low for knife blade sources so I can fit the handle to me and not try to fit me to the handle.

Here is what I am looking for, a knife that is flat ground, no more than 1/4" thick, prefer 3/16" thick, and with a 7-10" blade. Either full tang or a stick tang.

Either a stock removal blade or a forged blade is fine.

Any ideas guys? If there are new bladesmiths or blacksmiths or anyone that is trying to make knives that you know of I would love to get in touch with someone to make me a blade.

I am pullin my hair out over looking for a new knife, sold all of em off and trying to start over with knives that fit me.

Any help or direction would be great. I have looked here in Nova Scotia and cannot find anyone that does large knife work.

Thanks all.

Geoffrey.

You might find THIS (http://www.texasknife.com/) link usefull as they have all typed of blade blanks from 01 tool steel to damascus :)

Oh and this book will give you a usefull insight into knifemaking steels
http://www.texasknife.com/store/images/PUB07.jpg

[hyfan]

Hi Geoffery
If you get stuck I could probably forge or make a blade blank from 01 stock,
It would be 5160 if forged. I am a hobbiest maker so the blade would be of a reasonable quality, but it would take about a month to make. The only thing is that the postage to Canada would be expensive for a blade of this length. Try local makers but let me know if your really stuck.