Working on making a knife out of a saw blade

[blackhawk]

I HAVE USED 14" DIAMOND BLADES USED FOR CUTTING CONCRETE VERY HARD AND OLD FILES. I USE A 4" GRINDER WITH A METAL CUTOFF BLADE AND VISE. HANDLES I USE OAK CEDAR, CHERRIE CEDAR BEING MY FAVORITE. STARTED USING KYDEX FOR SHEATHS LOTS OF FUN.

[VIPER]

Just trying to offer a little advice:D

[Sharpshooter]

nice knifes guys i wanna make one lol

[blackhawk]

VIPER ARE THOSE KNIVES YOU MADE ? IF SO THOSE ARE VERY NICE AND I WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS ON TO .

[Doc]

You guys are making me want to get started on a project. I have an old saw blade that I have had for the last 15 years or so. Soon I will get going on those projects. Thanks for the pictures. Beautiful knives.

[VIPER]

Blackhawk,I have been building knives for 13 yrs and attend 2 knife shows per year. I am also under contract with benchmade knives.

[blackhawk]

Viper it shows ,those knives are very nice. I hope you dont mind novice questions.

[VIPER]

Viper it shows ,those knives are very nice. I hope you dont mind novice questions.

I will be glad to help.

[VIPER]

Anyone still working on a knife project? If anyone is interested I can list suppliers for steel and handle materials and also some really nice knife kits that can be user assembled.With these kits a person can get the know how to build from scratch.

[blackhawk]

viper just made two knifes cherrie handle, stainless blade, question is what is the best way to polish stainless. pic's to follow. i like to use these knives so i didnt polish to a fine finish, but i think i want to also when it gets use how to buff out .

[VIPER]

viper just made two knifes cherrie handle, stainless blade, question is what is the best way to polish stainless. pic's to follow. i like to use these knives so i didnt polish to a fine finish, but i think i want to also when it gets use how to buff out .

The easiest way would be a cloth buffing wheel and rouge compound.By hand, progressively go from say a 220 grit to 400 to 600 up to around a 1500 grit but only stroke in one direction or it will put little j hooks in the finish.Be sure to polish before heat treat or it will be much harder to polish.For a user knife a 400-600grit finish is plenty. Hope this helps.

[blackhawk]

yes it did was not going in one direction. solves that problem.pics.to follow

[blackhawk]

MADE THESE TWO FOR HEAVY WORK. STAINLESS WITH CHERRIE HANDLE WILL MAKE A LEATHER SHEATH LATER.

[Grand58742]

Those are pretty Blackhawk.

[VIPER]

Good job blackhawk.It appears you have a convex edge which will be a very strong edge.This type of edge will be great for chopping and rough use.If you make a skinning type blade you may need to pull the grinds farther from the edges to create a finer edge which will create a sharper edge.Keep it up and you will be a knifemaker before you know it,it can be addicting.