How To Make A Homemade Carving Knife
Just slowly grind them down to what you want.
How to make a homemade carving knife. Keep the blade cool by dunking it in water when you grind them and youll be fine. Use sandpaper for final smoothing. Cut a 15cm thick slice of your log.
Use a drill press to make the first hole using the tangs holes as a guide. Made from a worn out 38 drill bit. Kent Andersson Damascus steel.
Cover the blade with blue tape while you shape the handle to your liking. Stabilized Buckeye Burl Warthog Tusk Spacer Nickel silver. This video will show you how to make a wonderful carving knife from repurposed metal and some scrap wood.
I then cleaned the oil off of the blade and put it in the oven at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes this tempers the blade to relieve stress and reduces the hardness of the blade slightly. Now fine shape the end that you plan to hammer the blade into. I then checked that the tang of the knife fits in the shape of the cut that I just made and made minor adjustments to the shape on the grinder.
Most can be made with a Dremel Tool and grinding stone. Dont get in a hurry or you will either over-heat the metal or end up with a convex grind. A mixture of Boiled linseed oil and bees wax is used to seal and protect the wood.
Start the drill and press down on it making. Start with a 36 to 60 grit sanding belt and finish with 180 or finer. When the blade first sits into the wood it is very hard to work that area without damaging the blade and the edge of the carving knife.