First hand ground knife - INFERUS ORTUS

**Erratus Animus** · 09-20-2010, 04:04 PM

I posted this on another site as well but I received encouragment form the ppl - now friends- here as well. So I wanted to share it with you as well and to say ty to those that did encourage me even if you were not aware that you did !

For a few years now I have been working on some knives but never seemed to be able to make one I was happy with. I spent many hours hand filing because that is what I had been available to me in the summer and I would forge them in the winter. Then I met Paul and C Carney and everything changed.

I had received some harsh words from another person about some knives and was kinda down about it and decided I would no longer try to make knives to plz others but rather to plz myself and the needs of a person in the Deep South. It was from there that I began designing something that was like me , a serious/ all business and meat and taters guy. I am not a knife maker. I am just an amateur and a hobbyist with a desire to make quality affordable gear.

Once I had a rough designed I asked C Carney if he would like to co design it with me as he had inspired my thoughts on the knife to begin with. C Carney made suggestions and I would redesign it again then build a wood model with the changes and send the pics to Chuck. Both Chuck and I knew that Paul needed to be a part of this as he has encouraged us both so much and provide a lot of his personal time to answer my questions.

In the end a knife was conceived that met our thoughts of what a knife for the piney woods and swamps we live in would need to be. I told both Chuck and Paul that I would make each of us one in D2 to say thank you and to test them out.

But there was one major problem ..... I needed to build a grinder and learn how to use it lol. Camp 10 and Paul sent me pics of their machines and I knocked one together a week or so ago and finally received my belts the other day. I had intended to practice for awhile with mild steel but said what the heck. So I snatched up a piece of A2 that I had profiled to our design, just slightly oversize and went to work at it. Here are the results for my first hand ground knife:

INFERUS ORTUS = SOUTHERN BORN

A2 12"L 7" blade 3/16 thick 4.75" 1 1/2 wide flat ground last 1/8 of the edge will be convex - the three for Paul chuck and myself are D2 with all else the same Bos HT will do the HT and cryo. All 3 blades will be coated with black oxide for added corrosion resistance and the handles will be HM canvas micarta held on with hex bolts.

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I will update this post as I progress further on the blades. Ty for reading this far as I felt it only right to tell the story and make sure both Paul and chuck received their credit as I could not have done this alone.

shane

**Camp10** · 09-20-2010, 04:14 PM

Nice work!! Cant wait to see the finished knives.

**rebel** · 09-20-2010, 04:14 PM

That's outstanding!

**crashdive123** · 09-20-2010, 06:29 PM

Looks awesome so far. We may not have seen all of your knives here, but the ones you have posted have looked fantastic. This one is no exception.

**Erratus Animus** · 09-20-2010, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

Looks awesome so far. We may not have seen all of your knives here, but the ones you have posted have looked fantastic. This one is no exception.

I always post here and on ST , not so much on the one not mentioned anymore

Ty everyone!

**Ted** · 09-20-2010, 07:39 PM

First one!!!! Great job!!!!

**Winter** · 09-20-2010, 10:01 PM

That is a great design. Simple and clean.

The plunge lines look really good.

**Erratus Animus** · 09-21-2010, 07:02 AM

Ty Winter !

**nell67** · 09-21-2010, 07:17 AM

EA,I think you found the key to making beautiful knives,it's coming from your heart,and it's coming together very nicely!

**hunter63** · 09-21-2010, 11:19 AM

Looking good, seems you have a good "feel" for what you want, and then "do it".
Congrats!

**Erratus Animus** · 09-21-2010, 01:53 PM

Here are the three in D2. I profiled them from a 3/16ths piece of flat stock in approx 2 hours ! Before with the files it would have taken all day and then some. D2 is very hard on files too so the grinder is just amazing too me

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**RangerXanatos** · 09-21-2010, 02:00 PM

Me likey! When you plan on selling?

**Erratus Animus** · 09-21-2010, 02:37 PM

These three are for P Moore , C Carney and myself. As of this morning I must add one to that for Chucks Wife lol.

The one in the very first pic is A2 and it will be for sale when everything is done.

I am going to make homemade G-10 for the handles instead of the micarta.