My First Homemade Knife (Skinner Style)

[Gone Bananas]

This is a pic of my first attempt at making a knife. Handle is wrapped with paracord.

[Diesel]

nice job, how about some details on how you made the knife?

[slowz1k]

Awesome!!

Yes.. more details.

It seems we have a couple blade makers on board now!

[PT945]

Nice blade, you'll have to share you technique with us.

[bcauz3y]

details and tools/process!

[Gone Bananas]

I used a Circular Saw Blade, sharpie marker (get the shape to my liking), Cut Off wheels in a angle gringer and an 8" bench grinder. These got me the main shape. Then using the angle grinder again, with a Sand Paper/Scotch Brite Pad disc I grind out the rough blade profile. At that point I do it by hand, sharpening with various files. In this pic you can see more I have made and am working on. The one on the left has a handle made from a white lucite cutting board.
Again I am new to this "Hobby".........I could be doing this all wrong, who knows.....

But the more I make the sharper they get!

[ed-wmd]

Nice work! Good skill to have..you never know when it will come in handy.

[Giver of Doom]

Very impressive... keep at it and one day you'll be a great knife maker.

[emergprep]

Ya gotta start somewhere, right? Nice job, keep up the good work!

[Snow Walker]

Very NICE work!

[Lazlo]

Very NICE work!

Nice work. Ive made a couple of blade blanks using high carbon planer blades. I'll try and get some pictures up.