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Old 04-01-2017, 03:49 PM
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Without knowing anything about your background I have to assume that you have minimal skills or practice at metal working and finishing. That being the case, you have very little chance of successfully shaping a piece of hard ceramic. Even less chance of turning it into a knife blade considering you have never made a knife. Much, much less chance of making a functional folding knife with that material.

So, best advice you're likely to get: spend a year or two making regular knives. Gather the tools that you will need, learn the skills of grinding and finishing. After that, you might be able to shape that material into a decent blade but no one here will be able to tell you for sure because a) no one has used that material and b) shaping ceramic by mechanical methods such as grinding or other machining is not how ceramic blades are made. Ceramic blades are cast into the desired shape, at least that's the only way I've ever heard of. Doesn't mean you can't shape one, it just means you're likely to fail a few times before you succeed ....


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