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Well after seeing the beautiful work 7mag did on his carbon and damascus knife and being the cheap SOB, I decided to give it a go to make my own knife. This being my first knife attempt I:
a) don't expect it to have nearly the same workmanship
b) don't expect it to be perfect
c) expect to learn a boat load!
That said, the knife is still in the works, so this will be an ongoing thread until I have it completed.
So jumping in head first, I bought some (cheap) damscus steel for the blade. It turned out to be very twisted and bent. Not the end of the world, but a bit annoying
No worries, throw it on the mill and get it squared up.
flat and parallel within .002". I think I can work with that.
I'm a cheater and I'll be machining it all on the CNC:
a) don't expect it to have nearly the same workmanship
b) don't expect it to be perfect
c) expect to learn a boat load!
That said, the knife is still in the works, so this will be an ongoing thread until I have it completed.
So jumping in head first, I bought some (cheap) damscus steel for the blade. It turned out to be very twisted and bent. Not the end of the world, but a bit annoying
No worries, throw it on the mill and get it squared up.
flat and parallel within .002". I think I can work with that.
I'm a cheater and I'll be machining it all on the CNC: