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cnc
03-07-2008, 10:07 PM
Here is a picture of a couple knives I've made I also made the sheathes the knives came out ok sheathes could have been a little better, maybe next time i know what i did wrong.

http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/lestercnc/th_knife017.jpg
shot'm&hook'm
03-07-2008, 10:26 PM
good looking knives. I collect knives so I appreciate this sort of craftsmanship! you could probably sell some for decent money! did you make the blades too?
chucky
03-07-2008, 10:41 PM
Nice knives. Looks like you did a good job.
notimlmit
03-08-2008, 08:35 AM
Couldn't make the pic any larger but from what I could tell they look awesome
cnc
03-08-2008, 09:05 AM
here is a larger pic. I machined the blades from out of raw stock and heat treated them. I do have a problem with them wanting to rust.http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii298/lestercnc/knife017.jpg?t=1204984882
mudhole crossing
03-08-2008, 03:28 PM
great looking knives:)
GunCat
03-09-2008, 11:10 AM
Good lookin' knives.

Are you storing the knives in the sheaths? Certain chemicals used to tan leather (traces remain in the leather) will cause metal to rust very quickly.
slow-bow
03-09-2008, 01:03 PM
Nice lookin' knives. Like how you used the "fork" w/ the gut hook.
bowhunter08
03-09-2008, 02:36 PM
Good looking Knives. Good looking work!
RDF
03-09-2008, 09:14 PM
The rusting is probably the type of steel. Carbon will rust without some type of oil or wax on it. It looks like good work, what type of finish and grind did you put on the blades. How did you heat treat the steel?
cnc
03-09-2008, 09:44 PM
The rusting is probably the type of steel. Carbon will rust without some type of oil or wax on it. It looks like good work, what type of finish and grind did you put on the blades. How did you heat treat the steel?
RDF, the edge is just a milled edge and hand sanded the are not ground surprisingly they hold a pretty good edge as for heat treating I have a small heat treating furnace to harden and draw back.
RDF
03-10-2008, 08:18 PM
cnc

You ever get to West Liberty? We could get together to talk about knives and I can show my shop and equipment that I use to make knives.

Rick
CanisMajor
03-10-2008, 10:29 PM
Nice knives! Here is my first (and most likely only) knife. I gave this to my son for his 12th birthday. The blade was made from an old file that I pulled out of a trashcan in the hot metal lab when I was an undergrad student in 1984. It was shaped by hacksaw and belt sander. Hardening was done by professional bladesmith Dale Warther. I wanted the whole affair dark for hunting, so I blued the blade. The handle is from a birch crotch from my Father-in-Laws old property in Indiana. The sheath is raw deer skin from my first archery deer in 1991. Hopefully my son will pass it on to his.
Deertracker1
03-11-2008, 07:08 AM
Good job...Good craftmanship....
Thanks for sharring.