New to knives and knife making.

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Cameron Wilcox

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i have only been seriously into knives for about a year or two and am just getting ready to start a project of making a knife myself and i stumbled on this forum, thought this is probably the best place for some suggestions on where to start.
any suggestions on what to buy/use and what go with for the design
P.S. only 16 and do not have a job yet so i have to go with relatively low priced options for now.
 
Aloha! I've only been doing this about a month myself, and the folks here have been a great help.

You could try putting together a kit knife - all you need are a couple of clamps, files, sandpaper and epoxy. Lots of fellas here have done some really nice work with kits, and you can go from under $20 for a kit, to much much more. If you had some $, the Sypderco Mule blade blank is a really nice piece of steel for a kit, and then you get creative on the scales. Although for the same $ you could probably get a piece of 1080, some tools, and have it heat treated, all around your own design.

Check out this thread: Absolute-cheapskate-knife-making-tutorial-by-Jonesy

And depending on where you live, you might be close enough to one of the bladesmiths here to go get some coaching.
 
chapnelson said:
Aloha! I've only been doing this about a month myself, and the folks here have been a great help.

You could try putting together a kit knife - all you need are a couple of clamps, files, sandpaper and epoxy. Lots of fellas here have done some really nice work with kits, and you can go from under $20 for a kit, to much much more. If you had some $, the Sypderco Mule blade blank is a really nice piece of steel for a kit, and then you get creative on the scales. Although for the same $ you could probably get a piece of 1080, some tools, and have it heat treated, all around your own design.

Check out this thread: Absolute-cheapskate-knife-making-tutorial-by-Jonesy

And depending on where you live, you might be close enough to one of the bladesmiths here to go get some coaching.
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thanks, down loaded it right now. Might have to see if I can find any blade-smiths around my area.
 
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