Thread: First Knives
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Old 01-27-2017, 02:56 PM
jimmontg jimmontg is offline
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Ash, the very first knives I ever made were files and I just tempered them back in an oven and ground them down at work being careful not to heat them up. I used them for filleting fish as they were still very hard. I used tape and ice cream sticks for the handles. I worked a commercial boat on the weekends in the 70s. They saved me time not sharpening knives.

Your knives are quite good for first try and handmade. Try to get a grinder, my first one when I started making knives again was a 3x21 belt sander clamped to a table just cause I already had it. Worked surprisingly well. Hand finished the rest. With your patience a small grinder would work very well. Patience is necessary even if you have the best equipment.
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