homemade knife

[rebel]

First attempt at making a knife. I styled this knife from the Tommy Lee Jones movie Hunted. It's nothing elaborate just made from flat stock. The handle is oak riveted on. I tempered by heating red hot and quenching in water. It's sharp and holds a good edge.

Some things I would do differently next time: Such as, start an edge prior to tempering because afterwords the steel is much harder. For tempering after the initial temper I would brush off the scales and follow with a slow temper. For the handle I would bolt or wrap the handle. The rivets become loose.

Anyway, just playing around with tools in the man cave. Any questions, comments, suggestions or, critiques???

[Alpine_Sapper]

First attempt at making a knife. I styled this knife from the Tommy Lee Jones movie Hunted. It's nothing elaborate just made from flat stock. The handle is oak riveted on. I tempered by heating red hot and quenching in water. It's sharp and holds a good edge.

Some things I would do differently next time: Such as, start an edge prior to tempering because afterwords the steel is much harder. For tempering after the initial temper I would brush off the scales and follow with a slow temper. For the handle I would bolt or wrap the handle. The rivets become loose.

Anyway, just playing around with tools in the man cave. Any questions, comments, suggestions or, critiques???

Nice knife. Good movie.

[Rick]

Rebel - My hat's off to you. I like it. Nice job. You might consider Chicago Screws for the handle. They come in all different sizes and several different colors. I used them for my Kurki and machette sheaths. And...you have the luxury of replacing a handle should one side get damaged.

http://www.screwpost.com/?gclid=COaN...FQG5PAodmiJtlA

[Wanderer]

That is a nice knife, and looks quite functional. I have a question for you (and any others who make their own knives), what tools do you require to make a knife? Is there a bare minimum tools you require to make one?(actually that was 2 questions ) I have very few tools lying around my place and wondered just how complicated it was. Put into a survival/semi survival situation where scrap metal etc was available is it possible?
Cheers
Alex

[rebel]

Alex,
It's not complicated or cost effective to make your own knife. With good blades available for the money versus buy the tools ... I had a torch, grinder and file available. In a survival situation you would need some way to put an edge on the steel. That could be nothing more than a rock or a file if you have one. If you want to make your own at home I would go with a vise to hold the work, a hack saw to cut the shape and a file to put the initial edge on the blade. Then a hot fire to temper the steel. I'm obviously no expert and I hope this helps you.

[crashdive123]

Good job Rebel.

[Ole WV Coot]

That is a nice knife, and looks quite functional. I have a question for you (and any others who make their own knives), what tools do you require to make a knife? Is there a bare minimum tools you require to make one?(actually that was 2 questions ) I have very few tools lying around my place and wondered just how complicated it was. Put into a survival/semi survival situation where scrap metal etc was available is it possible?
Cheers
Alex

http://www.primitiveways.com/pt-knives-1.html That link is the absolute easiest way to make a decent knife. I could dazzle you with brilliance or baffle you with BS. Don't have enough space to tell you on here but almost anything can be made to cut.

[Rick]

Nice post, Coot. Thanks!!

[Wanderer]

Thanks all. Yep I figured it wouldnt be very cost efficient...may try it as a hobby though.
Coot that is a nice link, and the primitiveways site is new to me...very interesting.
Alex

[FVR]

I looked at the knife before I read your post and thought, man, that looks like the knife from that movie the Hunted.

I like it, alot.

Great job.

[tunick001]

I was reading in this book the best type of outdoor knife to have is the Kukri Knife. It serves as a heavy duty cutting tool.

[canid]

again; there is no best knife. a kuk is really just another tool in more or less the same category as a machete/parang/golok or even a falchion. they are appropriate when you need to cut, chop, and perform many other tasks, as are many other tools.

they still get you nowhere if what you need to chop is too big and wouldn't be practical for, say, preparing sushi.

[bladefrenzy]

Great job Wanderer ! I would never post pics of my first attempt! Took several before I stopped throwing them away,lol. Yours is def a keeper.

Canid, good advice, always use the right tool for the job. A good kuk is a great chopper, I have a highly modified ww2 era one. But I would hate to dig out a splinter or try to skin with it.

[Arkansas_Ranger]

First attempt at making a knife. I styled this knife from the Tommy Lee Jones movie Hunted. It's nothing elaborate just made from flat stock. The handle is oak riveted on. I tempered by heating red hot and quenching in water. It's sharp and holds a good edge.

Some things I would do differently next time: Such as, start an edge prior to tempering because afterwords the steel is much harder. For tempering after the initial temper I would brush off the scales and follow with a slow temper. For the handle I would bolt or wrap the handle. The rivets become loose.

Anyway, just playing around with tools in the man cave. Any questions, comments, suggestions or, critiques???

Looks like the knife the guy forged in The Hunted which was on tv earlier.

[Blood Groove]

Oh man I love that knife! It does look extremely similar to the knife in The Hunted. Man that movie is one of the best. I saw it for the first time about a month ago. I don't think it's really possible to throw the knife like they did in that movie though.

[DOGMAN]

Awesome...nice work.

[dragonchi]

Awesome job for your first attempt...yep love the movie too

[dragonchi]

If you guys ever get the chance. Get the DVD it has extras in about the knife and a little about Tom Brown which is what Tommy Lee's character was based on....Some great extras on the knife fighting they used also

[grundle]

I have a friend that practiced that style. It is Arnis, a filipinio knife system. It is pretty wicked stuff.

[Chicago Dan]

Great job and effort Rebel.
I bet 99% of even the people on this site never get as far as you did.
I'm impressed.

This is something I always wanted to do myself but have never go around to.
A couple things that I looked into that interested me was the use of animal blood to quench and putting the stock in the freezer. No I don't remember all the specifics other than harder and more durable blade. At least that's what they said on the History channel many years ago.