Thread: Custom knives

I'm looking at getting a good custom knife as a present to myself.
It will be used. And will replace my victorinox skinning knife. So am wanting a curved blade.
Where should I start to look?
What steel would you recommend? I'm wanting it to be tough but not super expensive. @Tahr you have some nice knives. @HNTMAD I quite like your work.

I will post a pic of one I saw before that got me thinking.

Kyle

@The Claw Thanks for the pic I stole.
Overall I like the shape

what about this one

I'm liking that one!
The blade appears to be longer that the claws. Which appeals.

better photo

More than happy to wrap it fir ya. My 2cents and both from John would be these two

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

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Bottom one. Recurves can be a bugger to sharpen.

Originally Posted by john worthington

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That's nice John. What's the steel? That's important.

That Elmax that I have still got here of yours is very nice. Must get it back to Hamish.

Agree, however with a lansky it's not too bad

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Bottom one. Recurves can be a bugger to sharpen.

For the simpletons, what is a recurve?

if that top one is a zedteq, they are nice knives. i was impressed at how long it held its edge

Originally Posted by scoped

if that top one is a zedteq, they are nice knives. i was impressed at how long it held its edge

I think that he has stopped making them. The steel is L6. Average stuff, but good enough. O1 that John often uses is better. But it comes down to the heat treat really.

Zedteq still makes them. Have one here at moment that is recently made and requires some nice leather work

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hi guys cheers for the comments . tahr the steel is N690 with my standard heat treat and cryo. works good.
nearly got the new workshop up and running just having a light problem got them wired up and they wont go to dark now to chase the problem
cheers john

Originally Posted by john worthington

hi guys cheers for the comments . tahr the steel is N690 with my standard heat treat and cryo. works good.
nearly got the new workshop up and running just having a light problem got them wired up and they wont go to dark now to chase the problem
cheers john

Can't go wrong with N690. I've tried it on deer. A nice modern fine grained steel, and I think quite stainless? Holds a good edge and not difficult to sharpen. Probably tougher and more forgiving than Elmax which can chip a bit.