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The Traditional Way to Make a Custom Knife
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Dr. Snubnose
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The Traditional Way to Make a Custom Knife
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Thanks Doc.
A traditional Saami knife and Ray Mears explanation is spot on, as usual.
In Scandinavia it is quite common for a knifemaker to buy the blades.
They can vary from clean looking, stock-removal stainless to roughly looking forged carbonsteel blades, sometimes in a three layer construction.
Or it can be from most beautyfully handforged damascus.
It is a very good way to start making knives.
A blade can be as cheap as $10 and still be a good performer.
The tools are not expensive, neither are the materials.
So instead of being all focused on the idea that you need to spend a lot on machinery, you just start making and learn the basics along the way.
For me it started with reading the tutorial on this site about how to make a nordic knife.
http://www.brisa.fi
And I thought, hey, I can do that.
And many others can do that too.
I found it very rewarding.
A traditional Saami knife and Ray Mears explanation is spot on, as usual.
In Scandinavia it is quite common for a knifemaker to buy the blades.
They can vary from clean looking, stock-removal stainless to roughly looking forged carbonsteel blades, sometimes in a three layer construction.
Or it can be from most beautyfully handforged damascus.
It is a very good way to start making knives.
A blade can be as cheap as $10 and still be a good performer.
The tools are not expensive, neither are the materials.
So instead of being all focused on the idea that you need to spend a lot on machinery, you just start making and learn the basics along the way.
For me it started with reading the tutorial on this site about how to make a nordic knife.
http://www.brisa.fi
And I thought, hey, I can do that.
And many others can do that too.
I found it very rewarding.
All your knifelinks, http://www.knifelinksportal.com
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Sithus1966
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I own a few, some commercial and some I did the handles on. Not too traditional in the ones I did other than the birch on the one leuku and the bottom puukko that is sort of a stacked handle but mostly birdseye maple.
Blades came from Finland:
http://www.brisa.fi
Commercial
Mine
Brass, stainless steel, horn, stainless, Bubinga, birdseye maple.
Blades came from Finland:
http://www.brisa.fi
Commercial
Mine
Brass, stainless steel, horn, stainless, Bubinga, birdseye maple.
C05, C05S, C10SRD, C10SBK(x2), C10FPBR, C10GRE, C10FPGR, C11, C11FPBK, C12SBK2, C14 C17 C21, C28BK, C28BK2, C28YL2, C36, C45, C54GPBN, C77, C80GPOR, C81, C81GS, C81GBK2, C85GP2, C86, C86P, C86PET, C90, C94, C95, C106, C109, C116, C122, C123CF, C123, C123GBL, C126(x2), C132GP, C135GP, C136, C137, C138, C140, C142, C146CFP, C148, C158TIP, C161GP, C162, C163PBK, C164GPBN, LBK, LBKII(x2), LYL3HB, LGRE3, MBK, FB20, FB23, FB24SBK, FB31SBK, FBPBK, MT12, MT13, MT16, Woodcraft.
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SolidState
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