Recent content by scjohnson243

Hmm... I dont see any pictures in the thread! :(

Great Topic - I have been recently trying to come up with a few designs and was wondering this same question. I am looking forward to other peoples responses here.

Beautiful!

Thanks again everyone! never heard of the jigs before but I'm going to get one to help at least in the first knives... Cant believe I never came across the ABS youtube channel before, Been watching it now for the last few hours. :)

So -- Anyone happen to come across a youtube of someone doing a blade from round stock? Not sure if its "better" to start tip first, or "hilt"... Just would be nice to see someone else how they do it... Thanks

Well, I was a bit wrong yesterday, after pulling a portion of it out and looking its 3/8th inch... I'll have to verify its 1084 thats just what I was told - I'll get it checked out somewhere around here and I would be happy to spread some around, honestly its more than I would ever use... (if...

Doug, Thank you - Its 1084 hot roll, it probably will not be great for making and holding an edge, but I figured it would be great to practice the forging/grinding portion of the process - without wasting any good quality knifemaking steel... Drawing out with a hammer is what I was talking...

I managed to get a *LOT* of 1/2" Round stock from someone getting rid of it - I have probably 200' of it... If I wanted to make a knife blank out of it, does anyone have any tips about getting an even "extrude" on the steel? I am fairly new, so I am probably not describing what I am trying...

I like the chopper - I like the fact you got that much surface area from that smaller looking bar of steel! Nice Hammering

I love the idea of cad, and then just printing them out on paper, but not used to CAD so its taking a while to learn the "correct" way for cad... I have downloaded Autodesk Inventor and have been working on it... I like the idea of the thin metal, so that will be my next attempt while i'm...

Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to head to home depot tomorrow and see about getting some mild steel and start working on some templates. I appreciate the help!

Good evening, guys (and gals if any are out there) I'm a new knifemaker and have quite a few designs sketched out on my sketchpad, I would like to take a few of the ones I plan to make more of and make a sort of pattern with them - I have tried it with a few pieces of 1/4 wood, and T1 wood, but...