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Old 07-15-2017, 08:35 PM
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New to forum, want to make fillet knifes

Hello everyone, I am going to thank anyone beforehand for any knowledge they wish to share.

I was thinking about getting into knife making (because fishing and shooting and insert expensive hobby here wasn't enough already) and was wondering the best way to go about it. I'm looking to make some fillet knifes as well as hunting/skinning knives and possibly pocket knives, mostly for gifts. I inherited a plethora of steel tools from my grandfather a while ago and would like to start using them. So far I have a metal drill press, various metal drill bits/milling bits, disc/belt sanding station machine, dual 8 inch grinder, and a load of taps, dies, picks, gauges, bits, clamps, etc that one could expect a tool and die making employee for a large automotive company to own. I have pretty much any tool I would need to cut and shape metal to become a knife as well as any polishing tool needed once the knife was ready to be polished.
From the research I've done it seems like I will also need these things:
Forge for heating and various tools to handle heated metal
Quenching system
Heat treating equipment

Can tempering be done in you stove oven? We have a dual oven with convection lower that can get as hot as 600 degrees but that's it. I am also a little nervous about reading that you need LN to cool the pieces once they are HT. Seems like a bit of technique that is well above my level of skill.

Any advice or knowledge willing to be shared is appreciated!
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