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In the begining...
Sunday, June 8, 2008 Between watching movies, and going places, I'll be making a knife this summer. Here I will document the entire process. I started last summer with trying to make a sword with no more than a piece of steel and an angle grinder. Having little experience with this, I got the basic shape cut out and nothing more. No bevel on the edges to speak of. So I have decided to take my time with this, plan it out, and make it good. The steps I will be taking is to draw it out, obtain the materials, cut the blank, bevel it, heat treat it, then make the handle and attatch it. |
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Making the blank
Monday, June 9 through Tuesday, June 10, 2008 First I started by drawing the knife to scale on graph paper 1. Then I cut it out after I got it how I liked it, and transfered it to the steel 2. After that, I cut it out using a hacksaw and angle grinder 3 & 4. Then I got out my files, and got the imperfections out of it 5. When I finally got it like I wanted it, I started on beveling the blade. That's putting the slope on the blade down to the point. I wanted a flat bevel, but it ended up being curved, and it doesn't look too bad, so I think I'll keep it as is (6). |
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