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Gidday people, just wondering if someone can point me in the right direction on where to buy some knife blanks, got some nice pieces of deer antlers to turn into handles, and also if anyone has done this before any tips will be greatly appreciated
Cheers Ben
I've never heard off knife blanks as per say, they may very well exist I've just never seen them. I would just go to your nearest engineering spot, You first need to decide on the bland thickness and the steel type, you might be lucky and they might have an off cut for a good price.
Yeah mate, I can, depends on what you are after but, lots of options, drop me a line and I can point you in the right direction.
My old man used make a few years ago he was a saw doctor in a sawmill and used to use the steel from old saw blades could be another option for getting some steel
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Leafsprings are a dime a dozen or files.
Yeh im afraid adding scales to a pre bought blade isnt exactly knife making however there aee sites in the usa that sell both.
Files are a good source of steel, d2 usually, last time I bought a length of 01 from fletchers, 50x3 flat
Take a look at Jantz supplies in the USA.
Ss+m in Auckland and Christchurch sell O1 and other tool steels suitable for a knife, they will also temper them for you once you have roughed out the shape, I got loveless blots from the UK bot they may be a closer source, and don't let anyone tell you that just putting scales on a knife is easy, if you are shaping it all by hand and want to do a good job it's hard work...also even the Japanese sword smiths of old dot not make the swords alone, someone made the blade, someonelse the sheath, someone else the sharpening...
Try Welcome to the home of English Handmade Knives
If they dont ship to NZ let me know i should be over in a couple of months.
Good buddy kindly made a wee skinning one up for me, he cut out the tang from a spear he brought back from overseas, and I supplied some antlers that were being discarded off a deer at the sheds.
All he told me was the antlers were a pain when shaping as it smelt like burnt plastic, and the drill bits went blunt when drilling into the tang
Tell your mate that a drill bit can be resharpen... And the tang can be annealed.
I"m an amateur knife maker and can help with blanks. At this stage I have a few O1 toolsteel (carbon steel, not stainless) blanks available that have already been heat treated. Send me a PM
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Not all of us are as skilled as you @scopedQuote:
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@mellowski where are you based?? There maybe a knife maker on here handy to your location that may be able to help??Quote:
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Hi guys.
Some of the unfinished blanks I have available. The three on the left have not been heat treate
Cheers
Henny
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just search for knife blade blanks on ebay.....lots under $20 nz
has anyone noticed that the quickest and cheapest knife to make is a butterfly knife?
I would disagree. One of the quickest and cheapest would be one of the blade above in the middle with the thin tang, glued into a piece of deer antler with epoxy resin. With out the drying time it would take probably under 1hour to make.
Antique knife making thread here boys
im really struggling to get hold of some good knife making steel, can anyone help?
Guy
Look online for the Boker brand, they sell. The other option is to get good steels and make the knife. In my case, I have manufactured with "tronchador" blades, ... they are those long saws, which are handled by one person on each side. Excellent steel.
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Blademaster have 3 different Condor knife blanks, I made my knife from one of those....
Most of what you need to make a knife, including blnks etc.
He henerally knocks popstage off due to having to pay GST, something like that. Got a metre of 1084 6mm x 50 and 700 3mm x 30 in the garage just now.
https://nordicedge.com.au/
Be careful with the Ebay blades, generally pretty low quality steel however a good place to start.
https://www.artisansupplies.com.au/
They do a lot of knife making supplies.
Their NZ store is in Masterton from memory.
I've got a few things from them incl the gas kit to make a small forge from a 9kg gas bottle
Try these guys out, seriously good value for what you get. 1084 easy to work and harden but will patena over time however they have a pretty decent range and always seem to be cheaper than getting in NZ, go figure.Quote:
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https://nordicedge.com.au/carbon-kni...-38-x-1000-mm/
Making your own knife is fun work, but costly. Money, time & efforts. If you have a big backyard and some tools and a forge then I recommend to find some wasted bearing or truck spring parts. Years back I have a knife made from bearing parts, well really sharp, can be used as shaver and even would `t need to sharpen it all the time.
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I see this is your first post. I recommend you put a post in the "introductions" section of the forum and tell us a little bit about yourself so people know who they are communicating with :thumbsup:
What sort of knife are you looking to make?
I can probably sort you out with some 1084, 1095 or O1 depending on what thickness you are looking for, and I am local (Drury).
