How To Make A Hook Carving Knife
The hook on this bowl and spoon carving crooked knife has the double bevel on the bottom side.
How to make a hook carving knife. Drake Chip Carving Knife 78-DK9. The handle is 10 long for two hands. It needs to be sharp and hold a good edge all the knives I mention below will do that and all except the Frost come ready to use.
Using a small wooden mallet begin to shape the hook with even rapid taps bending it evenly around the dowel. The handle is hand-carved and the materials are upcycled from a broken sa. Carve at the hilt of the knife and hook the thumb of the knife hand over the back of the blank.
Work in a medium lit environment diffused light. The curvature of the blade is important tight curves and short blades are easy for beginners to use but leave a bit of a ploughed field effect which most resort to sandpaper to remove. This grip felt awkward and dangerous at first.
Once the blade is mounted in the handle. Just like youd peel a potato or an apple pull the knife into the wood using your fingers while simultaneously pushing the wood away with the thumb. Polish the blade and remove the finger-hook.
56-KN54 Flexcut Spear Point Small Radius Hook Knife. The process of making a functional hook knife is actually pretty simple. The one that comes in the kit the Mora 164 is set up for pull cuts with the right hand and push cuts with the left.
Install the knife blade on the handle and screw the bolts snug giving them a quarter turn more. Custom made Cariboo Blades Aki Kai and Scott make your hook knives custom to order. This completes the blade.