How long on average does it take you to make a knife?
Being new to this about the best I think I could do is a knife in a weekend. On my first knife I didn't have a belt finer than 220, so I did a lot of hand finishing on the blade. With my second, I had belts up to 400 grit, so I saved some time there, but spent a bunch of hours on the handle. Because it is handled with a rare piece of wood I didn't trust myself with the belt sander, so I roughed it out and hand finished it. And the seven coats of finish took some time to apply.
Just curious how long everyone else takes...
Lee
Being new to this about the best I think I could do is a knife in a weekend. On my first knife I didn't have a belt finer than 220, so I did a lot of hand finishing on the blade. With my second, I had belts up to 400 grit, so I saved some time there, but spent a bunch of hours on the handle. Because it is handled with a rare piece of wood I didn't trust myself with the belt sander, so I roughed it out and hand finished it. And the seven coats of finish took some time to apply.
Just curious how long everyone else takes...
Lee