Forging a knife

[Blood Groove]

BG that is one honking big knife! And really cool! Nice work. Have you made a sheath for it yet? if so i would like to see it. Thanks for sharing the pics before crash died.

Lol yeah I'm glad that Crash pulled through. As far as the sheath I'm making one right now. I have all the holes punched I just need a big needle. It should be don'e this week I think. I'm really glad you like the knife

[Blood Groove]

Thanks everyone! I'm so glad you appreciate my work. I hope to keep this up and make many more knives.

[Rick]

BG - That is some serious art work! You did a fantastic job!

[Blood Groove]

Thanks a lot Rick glad you like it!

[Gray Wolf]

Nice work for your first, and thanks for posting the picks. Not sure if you're aware of this, but when making the sheath, don't forget to put that extra strip of leather, so you don't wind up slicing the stitching with the edge of the knife.

[Blood Groove]

Nice work for your first, and thanks for posting the picks. Not sure if you're aware of this, but when making the sheath, don't forget to put that extra strip of leather, so you don't wind up slicing the stitching with the edge of the knife.

Ahh thank you for reminding me of that Gray Wolf, I would have forgotten to put that in there. Yeah it'd hate to have the knife cut right threw the stiching of my sheath.

[tonester]

wow BG thats a really good looking knife you made! i love the finish on the blade. you should keep on making knives!

[chiye tanka]

Great blade BG. Are you going to make the sheath as well?

[Blood Groove]

wow BG thats a really good looking knife you made! i love the finish on the blade. you should keep on making knives!

Thanks, when I show the knife to people they usually don't know what the finish is, but I'm glad that you liked it. Yeah I'd really like to keep on making knives. When I eventually have to stop the apprenticeship, I'm going to get my own forge and anvil and belt grinder ect so I can keep it up.

[Blood Groove]

Great blade BG. Are you going to make the sheath as well?

Thanks. I'm in the process of making a sheath right now. It will be done sometime with week with any luck. I still need to get a big needle to sow the sinew.

[crashdive123]

When your apprenticeship is over, maybe you can get a job with him.

[Runs With Beer]

For the Pewter pins, After you drill the holes in the tang and the handle. Use a counter sink on the handles on both sides,Clamp all togeather down on a hard surface, Pour the melted pewter in the holes, Let cool and sand smooth>

[Blood Groove]

When your apprenticeship is over, maybe you can get a job with him.

I'd love to get a job with him making knives, but my apprenticeship will probably stop when I got to college. And seeing as he's here in New York adn I'm going to college in ohio, I wouldn't be able to work with him. I definitely want to keep making them though. Custom knives fetch a great price, and I love doing it.

[Blood Groove]

For the Pewter pins, After you drill the holes in the tang and the handle. Use a counter sink on the handles on both sides,Clamp all togeather down on a hard surface, Pour the melted pewter in the holes, Let cool and sand smooth>

I think that's what we did exactly. But there wasn't a good clean hole between the wood and metal in the middle and we didn't get a good connection there.

[Runs With Beer]

It has to go all the way through to hold solid.

[Blood Groove]

YEah, but I've used glue and epoxy to help. I wish that teh hole was better drilled, though so I wouldn't have had the problem. But I see at as a lesson learned. I'll make the holes bigger and more clear next time, and possibly make more of them.

[Runs With Beer]

Most often, Three pins on a knife handle is the norm. The holes thru the tang need to be at least 3/16. the counter sink in the handle holes A 1/4 counter sink about half way thrn your handle materal. Hope this helps you.

[Blood Groove]

Thanks for the information. I'll remember that with the next knife I make.

[Beo]

I really like your knife Blood Groove, great work i'm kinda jealous.

[Blood Groove]

I really like your knife Blood Groove, great work i'm kinda jealous.

Hey thanks a lot Beowulf, I'm glad that you like it. I can't wait to work on my new designe, although I'm sure it's not going to happen for a while. I have to forge a present for my brother.