homemade knives

This is my first attempt at making a homemade knife of any type. I started with a circular saw blade, ruler, french curve and a sharpie. Here are some pics of what I have so far. As you will see I have wrapped the handle with 550 cord.

how many companies use this steel for making knives? and whats the most inexpensive one that yall know of?..appreciate any help given..

ok I tried out the angle iron and while they make cheap knives theydo make good spear heads but now i want to know about mower blades i have gotten hold of a crap load of them along with random other metals but would mower blades make a good knife that i coud be proud of?

Almost complete with my latest blade, just needs some scales and she'll be good to go. stats: 10 1/8" total length 5 5/8" blade length 1 3/16" blade width 3/16" blade thickness made this one from a 12" file. So what do you guys think? :cool:

What do you all think of this one???? 6 1/2 "BLADE OVER ALL 10" 440 STEEL.

Here is the other knife that i have made this week. Its total length is 8 1/2" with a 4" blade. The handle is made from Ziricote which is a member of the Cordia genius family which grows in tropical South America,the natives use it to make craft objects,it is also used for boat decking and...

i made knife and the sheath.:xeye:

i made this out of tooled steel took me about a month i made the the guard by hand too.i tried to stopt making them but here i am.:xeye:

Here are a few knives I just finished, Hope you like.

About this time of year,I make a few knives. I would like to have your input on what type of knife would be ideal as an all around,always with you knife. I do not make folders. I make full tang fixed blade knives. What would you like to see on an everyday use knife? thanks for your input.:cool:

Hey guys, Jed here, so seeing as how the state of the country is, and knowing the proverbial sh** may hit the fan soon, I've come to realize skills like knife making (as well as other skills gunsmith for example) would come in handy. So I'm here asking my boardmates about any advice for getting...

Here are a few knives I made in the past. I use only carbon steel. hope you like.

A couple of weeks ago the Hog kindly sent me a piece of red deer antler. Ive used some of it as a knife handle and here is some pictures of a couple of slices used as part of a lanyard on my bushcraft knife and axe,purely cosmetic but nice all the same. I cut them with a hand saw and scraped...

new knives i finished.the knives are 7and 1/2 inches the blades are 3 and 1/2

Well i have had no time to make any knives over the last week or so as i have been finishing contracts for my sharpening service. But guess what,im back. Heres some pictures of the knife i made today. Blade bushcraft style-O1 tool steel. Handle-Roupala lace wood and 6mm brass pins and...

Hello, all I have been admiring all many of the customs and reworks of the various blades on this site. I have also seen on knife forums a rework of a old hickory butchers knife that I really like. I want to try to make this one myself. I have never done this before and want to know where to...

here you go.....................pictures of my knives.:thumb: Ok ive changed the picture for this one as Smudge and the Hog pointed out my nessie and schrade knives were missing.

I made this out of some 1/4" Plate steel. Its hefty but it chops better than some machetes i have owned. Tried tempering it but i really don't have much equipment for that sort of thing, but did the best I could. I drilled a hole at the end, then cord wrapped the handle and hand filed the edge...

I have always been impressed with the Finnish and Swedish laminated carbon steel blades. Laminated means a piece of extremely hard (Rockwell 60-63) steel sandwiched between two pieces of softer steel. This makes an extremely durable knife blade that holds and keeps an incredibly sharp edge. My...

just got them done what do you think??? they have 4"and 6" blades the lil one is made out of a old butchers knife.