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I would love to consult you about these plans. I have many questions I would like to be answered before I go and shop for materials and what not.

This is the bar stock I'll be using. It's a 1/4"x1.5"x8-9" 1084 steel somewhat flat bar kindly given to me by Rex McClellan. It is a bit thick but I can work with it. This is my first time using a band saw which you can see in another one of my posts. So this is a very rough cut but it did...

I've started making a knife, I will post the pictures here as I go along, I will try to take as many as I can. Please feel free to post your opinions! -Pedro This is the knife design I will be working on. I might change it up as I work on it But overall it will look something like this.

I already made it like the picture and I messed up a bit so I had to make that part a bit bigger. Would it be too late to make it round? And thank you for the complement!

Right now I have no thinner stock but I full understand :D I will bring the bevel back more. Maybe double it. Since I can't hollow grind I think that would be better. That is also a good point. I might take off the back bolster.

Haha I would love one of those because they do look very good but I don't have that kind of money right now and if I did I would probably put it towards sandpaper and some material or towards my NWGS plans. For now this should suffice until I have some money left over. By the ay which one did...

It has its overall basic design but it is remade a bit. Yes it probably was stainless. A tough stainless none the less though. I only have 1/4" 1084 steel bars that Rex McClellan kindly and generously gave me. I have some stainless but its T-304 and i'd rather use it for handles rather than...

Oh alright. It kinda helps that the stock is already like that when it comes to uniformity. I have a 4x36" craftsman grinder there is no space for slacking the curve part. Good point. I will try to do that! Thank you very much. You're very good at explaining!

Ok I understood most of that. This is 1/4" stock. I'm tempted to leave more but I'm not sure. What is convex grind? Hmm, what does this do to your knife? Ok, I understood most of that but yes I planned on making the blade and the bolsters join to make a guard. So what should I do with the...

I would like to see the tutorial! I have a question about the blades. I bought some milwaukee blades 10 TPI and 14 TPI. They came together. I've only been using the 10 TPI, but there is something weird going on with it. At the point where the band is welded together it kind of thickens a bit...

Thank you very much! I'm lucky to have a HF close by!

What is a distal taper?

I want to give a Non-full flat grind for once. By width do you mean thickness? What do you mean by beveling the tang? I was thinking of just making some bolsters on the sides but the blades metal itself would extend as a guard and the bolster followed. This isn't my first knife but its the...

It's actually modeled after a knife my father owned. It was mainly used for camping and barbecue which I think weren't it's correct functions. I'm just trying to compensate in my head for such thick metal I see how bowies are made from 1/4" but it doesn't fit into my head when it comes to a...

Thank you for the advice and your opinion! I am trying to model this after a knife that once belonged to my father and i'm trying to redo the knife I tried to make as my "first". It's in my profile picture. -Pedro

That is probably my problem too. What is the technical name for the rake to find one at HF or homedepot.

I'm trying to find some brass flat bar, 1/4" thick and 2" wide. I'm trying to make a knife and take as long as it may, try to make it good enough to sell (I refuse to put a price on a knife unless I think its perfect to some degree :P) I really want to make this one work and I want to try my...

New knife design idea? This is a knife I have drawn out to scale and took the measurements and I want to know if this looks good. I want to make a knife worth selling! Please critique and give me tips since I am pretty new to knife making. Thank you! -Pedro G. P.s. Sorry if the...

This is a knife I have drawn out to scale and took the measurements and I want to know if this looks good. I want to make a knife worth selling! Please critique and give me tips since I am pretty new to knife making. Thank you! -Pedro G. P.s. Sorry if the drawings are a bit wavy. Couldn't...

Alright well thanks to everyone my imagination kicked up and I just gave it a go and I did it! :) Here are some pictures of the stand. It's really ugly but it works! Tell me what I can do to it to make it better and I will try. Thank you! P.s. What common store sells foot switches?