KriegHund
Member
Bought a 6" 40$ table grinder a few weeks ago and decided to make a knife today.
Took me 3 hours total.
Blade is about 7" long and total thing is about 12".
I bought a steel blank from homedepot, i belive it was 3' long and 1" wide, 1/8" thick. Something along those lines.
Anyways, i started by grinding down one end to make the point. From there i roughly ground the blade. After that, i used a rough file to further the blade, and then a fine file to finish it off. I used duct tape, and then hockey tape or grip tape to make a handle. Just built it up with the duct tape and addded 3 layers of the grip tape.
All in all, i now have a strong, very sharp (passed the paper cutting test, and can shave thee dead skin off the end of my thumb), 3$ knife!
So theres an idea for those of you who need a blade cheaply but decent.
Took me 3 hours total.
Blade is about 7" long and total thing is about 12".
I bought a steel blank from homedepot, i belive it was 3' long and 1" wide, 1/8" thick. Something along those lines.
Anyways, i started by grinding down one end to make the point. From there i roughly ground the blade. After that, i used a rough file to further the blade, and then a fine file to finish it off. I used duct tape, and then hockey tape or grip tape to make a handle. Just built it up with the duct tape and addded 3 layers of the grip tape.
All in all, i now have a strong, very sharp (passed the paper cutting test, and can shave thee dead skin off the end of my thumb), 3$ knife!
So theres an idea for those of you who need a blade cheaply but decent.