Hello,
Today I am hoping to being my journey of making my first knife ever. I have drawn and scanned my knife blueprint and currently I am pretty happy with the result. I have attached a copy of the image and would really appreciate the feedback from anyone on design changes or things to be careful of. The metal I have chosen is 1084 (1.5'W x 11.0'L) as it is the cheapest option and from what I have gathered one of the better starting metals to work with.
Today's Plan
1)Trace my blueprint to the metal.
2)Dimple an outline of the blueprint on the metal.
3)Drill out the dimple holes that have been struck.
4)Plan my cheese holes for my tang.
This is all I plan to do today as I want to go slow with the process and tread carefully. I would truly appreciate any and all advice anyone has old or new to knife making. I am also not experienced with forums so I have tried my best to attach a picture of the knife blueprint to this post but have also included an imgur link as well. Thank you for your time.
http://imgur.com/faXwrfR
Today I am hoping to being my journey of making my first knife ever. I have drawn and scanned my knife blueprint and currently I am pretty happy with the result. I have attached a copy of the image and would really appreciate the feedback from anyone on design changes or things to be careful of. The metal I have chosen is 1084 (1.5'W x 11.0'L) as it is the cheapest option and from what I have gathered one of the better starting metals to work with.
Today's Plan
1)Trace my blueprint to the metal.
2)Dimple an outline of the blueprint on the metal.
3)Drill out the dimple holes that have been struck.
4)Plan my cheese holes for my tang.
This is all I plan to do today as I want to go slow with the process and tread carefully. I would truly appreciate any and all advice anyone has old or new to knife making. I am also not experienced with forums so I have tried my best to attach a picture of the knife blueprint to this post but have also included an imgur link as well. Thank you for your time.
http://imgur.com/faXwrfR
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