Knife thread

>>1137941
shit finish

File: 25063.jpg (447KB, 1440x2560px) Image search: [Google]

447KB, 1440x2560px

>>1137948
Thanks. I'm working on it

File: 1.jpg (216KB, 2066x1162px) Image search: [Google]

216KB, 2066x1162px

>>1137941
Nice enough shape, but would have personally run the grind higher up towards the spine.
Cuts out a lot of weight from the blade, gives it a better cutting geometry for slicing and doesn't lose any strength

>>1137957
These blades are super thick I serevel under estimated the weight

File: 20170228_205157.jpg (4MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 5312x2988px

>>1137957

>>1137968
it will be an ok survival or outdoor knife

but the handle doesnt have guard or pammel making it rather useless so right now it is just a really awkward knife

I like that there are three of em

File: Untitled-1.jpg (24KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

24KB, 500x500px

>>1137964
Looks like about 4-5mm
Thick is fine, but you need to knock out a lot of the mass, otherwise its going to cut like an axe by splitting its way through things
>2min photoshop pic
>The high-flat is popular with a lot of knives as you can keep a fair bit of strength and maintain a fairly robust edge, its also easier to do
>The hollow will knock out the most mass and leave you with an edge that is very sharp and will remain easy to sharpen over the lifetime of the blade

Also if you do go ahead and grind them a bit higher in the profile, the tang might be a bit heavier and need some weight adjustment for a 50-50 balance

hey Op , those look pretty nice. Clean profile , nice bevel lines, nice job. I cant tell from the pics if the handle is small or just the blades are long. Some measurements would be appreciated.

Also what the other guys said - with this form they look like nice kitchen knives and for kitchen knives - this beveling is too wide angle.

What do you plan to use them for and what is the steel.

Good luck and show us your progress

>>1138306
The knife is 13 inches long and about an 8th of an inch thick

File: 1488593437468766938753.jpg (4MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 5312x2988px

I put the handle on and I'll say it I fucked that all up. I'm rather amazed how I messed it up.

File: 1488593602438389999636.jpg (3MB, 5312x2988px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 5312x2988px

Here moar

>>1137941
looks amazing man!.
please post your setup!.

>>1139401
...How did you miss by like 3/4 an inch on that middle pin?

>>1139483
I thought of making a bolster so I already pretty drilled some holes. Yeah I fucked up .

>>1139401
are those white spots near the handle grind marks?

>>1139780
Yes I ducked up

>>1139780
It was my first time applying a Handel next time I'll rough the handle out then do it by hand

>>1140074

Try to work on harmony of the lines and angles. For example: The beginning of the grip scale is 90°. I'd have chosen a more diagonal angle towards

less "|"
more "\"

Additionally, like others already said, the grind should go higher. It kind of begins "nowhere", try establishing a proper Ricasso area.

All in all, you made really nice pattern welded steel and an extremely clean grind (not mother language...I mean the line between flat and ground portion of the blade is nice and crisp).
Design and ergonomy are lacking in comparison.

>>1138047
My new bread knife has a very slight hollow on it's edge, of course only up a 1/4 of the blade, but it looks to be generated just from the circular profile of a rotating bit. Is this an easy way to grind a proper knife blade down?

File: Pantheras.jpg (1MB, 3200x2153px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3200x2153px

>>1140769
There's a couple of ways to do it-
>Contact wheel on the belt sander
>Forge thin and adjust with sanding
>Flap disks on a drill/grinder
>Even the edge of a large grinding wheel- though you don't want to do that after any heat treating

I manually set my bevels with a high flat grind, then if I'm feeling particularly hard on myself I'll set up a broad 80grit flap wheel in the drill press and then hollow it out gently so it comes down really thin with a thick spine. Being careful to make sure I don't dish it out by pressing it too hard and making sure that final geometry is exactly symmetrical. If you don't have a symmetrical grind there's a risk it'll turn into a boomerang and warp later when it hits the oil, particularly with longer blades.
After removing most of the mass, I tend to go in with 80-180-320 grit on a rubber sanding block to smooth it all out, that "tactile" removal also lets me feel if its running true and deep enough.
It isn't quick, but that slower way of doing it tends to mean I can't fuck it up too much, unlike when you blast through it with a belt sander.

>bit of an update on these from the last thread
These where made with 3mm O1 stock, they're not very large knives but well balanced and very comfortable, really like how they sit in the hand and give a good feel to blade orientation and swell of the palm

>>1140747
Thank you

Was the Damascus blank expensive?