[cnccutter]

Good morning, welcome to the forum and happy anniversary.

You might fill out your profile so we all know who we are talking with.

A few thoughts, first, the kit knife is a great idea.

You didn’t really say if you have a shop, tools, metal working experience? Building your first knife is going to be a monumental experience and you want to be prepared so it’s a fun experience. If you don’t have at least the fundamental tools I’d go kit to start with.

Second, you are jumping to SS because your not a blacksmith. You don’t have to be a blacksmith to use high carbon steel. It comes in the same flat stock as SS and for the beginner is definitely the way to go. I’d recommend something like 1084 for easy working for a beginner.

If this is your first knife I’d look around your area. There are tons of blade smiths hidden in none discript shops that might lend you some advice and help for your project. Hence filling out your profile so we can find someone close to you.

For what your talking about, I’d never go over 3/32 for the larger blades and 1/16 for the smaller blades.


Erik