I would like to start by saying this is how "I" make a knife there is more than one way to skin a cat if you can pick up something useful that would be great.
This particular knife is one I have made a few times so I will use a pattern I drew up for the first one I made, I always save them in case I want to make another. This one will be at least a 5 piece knife maybe more some times I change my mind as I go along. The blade will be Alabama Damascus, the handle will be stabilised Mesquite burl with stainless sandwich style bolster and probably 10 to 12 pins in it we will see how it lays out.
first gather most of the materials, a piece of blade steel (Alabama Damascus), a bar of 416 stainless steel this one is 1/4 x 3/4 what ever is left. I have a nickel silver tube for lanyard, a 1/16 nickel silver rod for perimeter pins, and a copper and nickel silver Mosaic rod for a little touch a set of stabilised Mesquite scales 3/8" thick don't skimp on the wood a thick round handle is awesome.
Trace your knife pattern on the steel and then cut it out, I use a metal band saw then to the belt sander and finally finish with hand files,I want a smooth profile.
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Here is a rough cut off the band saw
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here is the finished blank, cut on band saw, belt ground then the perimeter of the blank was hand filed with a draw motion "like using a draw knife".
I will post next step when I thaw out its cold out today.
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