A new knife for a mate.

[fish]

made this one for a chap ,still got the sheath to make,the Blade is a baught s440 surgical stainless steel,scales are cocobolo dymondwood with mosaic pins,also part of the set is the diamond encrusted mini 'steel' for sharpening the knife .

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/DSC01457.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/DSC01464.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/DSC01465.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/DSC01463.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/DSC01459.jpg

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/fishfish_01/crafts/DSC01461.jpg

thanks for looking.

[RobbC]

Lovely work fish!

Robb

[Fletching]

That's a beautiful blade Fish! :)

How long's the blade?

Also, I'm skint right now, but if you fancy making another one like this in future, PM me your price...

Steve

[fish]

That's a beautiful blade Fish! :)

How long's the blade?

Also, I'm skint right now, but if you fancy making another one like this in future, PM me your price...

Steve

the blade is about 5inches mate. this knife sold for £1. i only make them for fun .

[Fletching]

the blade is about 5inches mate. this knife sold for £1. i only make them for fun .

I'll have two please. ;)

Only kidding! Nice work though, mate.

[happybonzo]

Superb work

[Ben Casey]

If I had that I would not dare use it is is really good :)

[RobbC]

the blade is about 5inches mate. this knife sold for £1. i only make them for fun .
£1, Seriously?!

[Ben Casey]

£1, Seriously?!

I'll have thirty :)

[RobbC]

I was gona be buyin this set at some point...
[http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/cutting-tools/knives/combo-puukko-set.htm
...So i think i will have sixty:p

Robb

[fish]

lol,theres an old superstition that if you dont pay for a knife it will cut the friendship ,so thats why i charge the pound.

[RobbC]

True, silver coin in return for a knife lest the blade cut a friendship. Or something like that.

Robb

[Ben Casey]

lol,theres an old superstition that if you dont pay for a knife it will cut the friendship ,so thats why i charge the pound.

I would be your best mate ever at £1 a time but it is a cool saying :)

[jbrown14]

Wow. Just...wow. That is really exceptional!

[Roadkillphil]

Thats a beautiful piece of work, I particularly like the mosaic pins.

'ansome :D

[CanadianMike]

VERY nice!

[Nature Unleashed]

this blade is amazing. I want one :D

[fish]

thanks for the positive comments chaps.

[eqmiami]

I'm from America but I live in Saudi Arabia and I try to practice as much bushcraft as possible, though the terrain is quite different from what we see on most bushcraft videos. Your knife is pretty impressive and I was just wondering how much it would cost to MAKE such a knife?

I know you say you made it for a friend and thus you wouldn't dare take anything but a nominal price for it, but how much does something like that cost to make?

What other ideas have you executed or plan to execute?

Take care,
eQ

[fish]

I'm from America but I live in Saudi Arabia and I try to practice as much bushcraft as possible, though the terrain is quite different from what we see on most bushcraft videos. Your knife is pretty impressive and I was just wondering how much it would cost to MAKE such a knife?

I know you say you made it for a friend and thus you wouldn't dare take anything but a nominal price for it, but how much does something like that cost to make?

What other ideas have you executed or plan to execute?

Take care,
eQ

actual cost: blade £30.00
mosaic pin,£20.00 incl P&P from U.S
cocobolo diamondwood,£15.00
diamond steel £8.00
leather for the sheath: £5.00

so out of pocket cost: £78.00

[GlenM]

Very nice Mr Fish, is it hand finished or do you have a grinder/sander to play with?

Glen

[fish]

yes but the finish is by hand.

[GlenM]

Where did you get the Diamond steel? I thought it was a firesteel at first, it make a change from the usual.

Glen

[fish]

screwfix sell them,i think its more usefull than a fire strike as 99% of bushcrafters i know carry a lighter but rarely an effective sharpener for their knife. the better make you buy the longer it will last as with most things!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gerber-Diamond-Pen-Knife-Sharpener-09841-FAST-FREE-DEL-/270736161295?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingS ports_ET&hash=item3f0921fa0f

[GlenM]

Your not wrong there! i carry a Dc4 which is small enough for my needs, I always manage to lose the pins though so maybe I'll make myself a diamond steel.

Thanks for the link by the way, talking of boys toys Iv'e just ordered myself a new Maxigrinder. A friend of mine has been teaching me the stock removal

method for a while now, I have been learning on his equipment whilst slowly getting my own workshop up to date. This grinder is the last piece of the puzzle

so I can start producing my own blades in my own workshop, can't wait!!!!!

http://http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?79274-Alygrinders

Glen

[Ashley Cawley]

Great work there Fish - thanks for sharing.

actual cost: blade £30.00
mosaic pin,£20.00 incl P&P from U.S
cocobolo diamondwood,£15.00
diamond steel £8.00
leather for the sheath: £5.00

so out of pocket cost: £78.00
And a lot of time! - well worth it though :)

[GlenM]

ooopps!! bad linky,

try that;http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?79274-Alygrinders&highlight=alygrinders

[fish]

forum age locked mate.

[GlenM]

Oh well! you'll have to use your imagination untill I get delivered, it's made and designed by Alistar on British blades. I think he based it on the aclaimed KMG grinder from the U.S.

I only had a limited budget so I will fit the motor/pulleys etc myself, knifemaking is a great but very exspensive hobby.

I have a Woodlore clone up to heat treat stage at the moment, it's a freebee for a friend from the U.S., after reading your thread about a silver coin i better charge him, never heard that before!

Glen

[fish]

even ray mentions it in his lapland episode where the chap makes a blade for him.

[CanadianMike]

Your not wrong there! i carry a Dc4 which is small enough for my needs, I always manage to lose the pins though so maybe I'll make myself a diamond steel.

Thanks for the link by the way, talking of boys toys Iv'e just ordered myself a new Maxigrinder. A friend of mine has been teaching me the stock removal

method for a while now, I have been learning on his equipment whilst slowly getting my own workshop up to date. This grinder is the last piece of the puzzle

so I can start producing my own blades in my own workshop, can't wait!!!!!

http://http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?79274-Alygrinders

Glen

Eww, don't use an angle grinder to bevel blades (using to cut away excess metal when shaping the knife is fine with an angle grinder, I use one sometimes, also use a heavy duty jig saw), just get a cheap 1" x 30" belt sander to do that, is all I've been using since I started making knives last year. I get nice bevels like this and buy belts that range from 50x up to 2000x.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206517_10150151918524207_510619206_6377206_7047704 _n.jpg

[GlenM]

Hi Mike, I seen some of your work from your FB photo's, fine looking knives! am I right in saying you forge your own blades aswell?

I think you might have missinterpreted my post, I have bought a Maxigrinder which is a purpose built knife grinder, i do use an angle grinder but only rough cutting flat stock.

Just as a matter of interest I saw a short clip of somone grinding a dagger using an angle grinder, it's on you tube if memory serves me well, can't remember who it was though.

Have you ever used a raiway spike for a blade? I'd love to get my hands on one for a future project, ther hard to find around here.

Glen

[GlenM]

Mr Fish, just realised we have hijacked your thread a little, appologies for that so back on track. Did you have any adverse reaction to the cocobolo in the Dymondwood? I'm guessing the fact it's a wood/plastic composite might eleviate the problems associated with the natural wood. I am allergic to just about anything so have always steered well away from cocobolo although have always admired it's stunning appearance, maybe Dymondwood is the way forward !!

Glen

[fish]

i suffered no problems,i use a face mask and a hoover as dust extractor.

[CanadianMike]

Hi Mike, I seen some of your work from your FB photo's, fine looking knives! am I right in saying you forge your own blades aswell?

I think you might have missinterpreted my post, I have bought a Maxigrinder which is a purpose built knife grinder, i do use an angle grinder but only rough cutting flat stock.

Just as a matter of interest I saw a short clip of somone grinding a dagger using an angle grinder, it's on you tube if memory serves me well, can't remember who it was though.

Have you ever used a raiway spike for a blade? I'd love to get my hands on one for a future project, ther hard to find around here.

Glen

Ah, ok, I searched Maxigrinder and came up with an angle grinder by that name. Have a link to what you've ordered?

Thanks, I do stock removal always, but recently got a forge-like thing set up and have been toying around with pounding files into knife shaped objects, haven't finished one yet though. Mind you, since beginning of April the weather has mostly been rain here and I've been fishing as much as I can, so haven't had much of a chance to forge anything in past weeks, or even do much in the way of knife work in the garage.

Regarding a railroad spike, haven't tried that yet, but a co-worker did give me one a month ago when he found a bunch of them near his place (he started forging same time as I did, so we show each other what we've recently done). Currently the spike is collecting more rust in the backyard while I try to decide what I want to do with it. Unsure of exactly how well the steel is for a knife, but I think they are low carbon steel (less likely to chip or break when pounded into the rail ties.)

[GlenM]

Hey Mike
Yeah i tried to post a link for the Maxigrinder ealier in this thread but as pointed out by Mr Fish it's got a forum age lock on it. If you go on British Blades forum and put ,Alygrinders in the search facility you should find it.
Not sure if you know about that forum but it's great if you like all things knives, it's similar to Knifedogs over in the U.S., do you have anything like that in Canada?

your right about the railroad spike's, not a lot of carbon in them although if you can find one with HC stamped on it they are a lot better than the standard one's. The HC stands for high carbon and they are used on curves and junctions where you need something harder. I think there mainly done as knife art than a reliable cutting tool, my interest is founded in my first home forge project when i finally get around to it, it all cost's these days and setting up a workshop for stock removal has taken me long time.

Glen