Thread: Best custom knife maker NZ

Thanks guys for the updates and photos. Cheers

Originally Posted by Nathan F

I do have one and will never get rid of it . Its magic .

Nice looking blade mate, something like that would be perfect

I might have to track Bill down one of these days as I understand he’s still making knives, although he’s getting on a bit

Bills not "past it", but by his own admission is getting close. Get in sooner rather than later

If you only focus on the function of knife, the sharpness for example, not the looking, then most of machining shop can make good blade but you have to know them well I think. Truck leaf spring is good material, the older the better, with right heat treatment, it can be used as shaver.

leaf spring is what mine was made from....new shop bought piece of leaf spring steel.... still have to find a deerzie willing to test out its cutability...wallabies are hardly a test for a good blade.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

leaf spring is what mine was made from....new shop bought piece of leaf spring steel.... still have to find a deerzie willing to test out its cutability...wallabies are hardly a test for a good blade.

Are you running a machining shop? Do`t know in NZ, Time ago.........there are many machining shops in my city, they did everything for business or for personal use like ice fishing tools, farm tools, even firearms, shotgun mostly.

nope,recently did a knife making course my humble efforts produced this...

Scandi grind. My favourite:-)

I just wanted to leave as much of the rustic forged bit as I could.....IF I did a 2nd one,would grind it right away like everyone else,but it will probably be the only one I will do.... hell of a lot of fun...the peumatic power hammer was AWESOME bit if kit..a 50 kg sledgehammer controlled by foot pedal thumping up and down as fast as a horny schoolboys hand!!!!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I just wanted to leave as much of the rustic forged bit as I could.....

leave it cold enough, use angle grander trim it to whatever you like it, and then four times heat treatment....I was told. hope this could help

its as it will stay....... touch one of my knives with an angle grinder and suffer the consequences ........ hint,it wont be pretty.
seen far too many good blades buggered up by grinders of different sorts over the years.... I already HAVE trimmed it to what I liked at the time..... any grinding was done well before the final shaping and heat treatment.

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

and then four times heat treatment....I was told. hope this could help

Huh?? that's pointless unless you didn't do it properly the first 3 times...

Originally Posted by terryf

Huh?? that's pointless unless you didn't do it properly the first 3 times...

Don't forget to face north east and say 3 prayer to hephaestus before quench

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

...the peumatic power hammer was AWESOME bit if kit..a 50 kg sledgehammer controlled by foot pedal thumping up and down as fast as a horny schoolboys hand!!!! Attachment 201797

Another description worthy of a broadcast....

Originally Posted by terryf

Huh?? that's pointless unless you didn't do it properly the first 3 times...

I mean 3 times of tempering in different temperatures, and one final quenching on the edge. I was told by a Japanese metal engineer long time ago.