7" hunter/ first attempt at basic filework

[hondo76]

here it is guys another file knife this time its a 7" clip point hunter with some file work on the tang!

[piggy]

File work on a file funny!!! Actually nice work. What did u cut the blade with?

[hondo76]

I roughed it out with a 4" angle grinder and smoothed it up with a file and my 4x36 belt grinder.

[hondo76]

It's not perfect but I'm pretty happy with it for a first go around!

[cbsmith111]

I don't know anything about filework, but yours does look pretty neat and even. I would make it rounded instead of flat where the edge side of the blade meets the tang. It would be more comfortable and stronger. That's just an opinion from a novice though.

[Ray Rogers]

That's the basic framework for vine type filework. Now you have to do the rest of it ...

[hondo76]

Originally Posted by Ray Rogers

That's the basic framework for vine type filework. Now you have to do the rest of it ...

got any links where I can find any tutorials on file work patterns? I just layed this out with a rule on 1/4 inch marks. I have seen the vine pattern before but never thought about this being the base of that design

[hondo76]

Originally Posted by cbsmith111

I don't know anything about filework, but yours does look pretty neat and even. I would make it rounded instead of flat where the edge side of the blade meets the tang. It would be more comfortable and stronger. That's just an opinion from a novice though.

Yea I'm gonna round that with a file I just haven't got there yet.

[Ray Rogers]

I think there are filework tutorials in the Tutorials Sticky at the top of the forum ...

[Crex]

The biggest trick to good file work is to mark tight and stay on the mark. Be consistent with your file strokes - both pressure and angle of cut. Sounds simple enough.

Get past that initial fear of messing up and you can venture out to something more creative than the norm.

[hondo76]

Dam that is cool! Gonna have to learn to do that! I worked alittle more on the knife last night I started grinding the bevels on my 4x36 freehand still got alittle more before its ready for HT though.

[Ray Rogers]

I agree! That is super cool....

[Crex]

Thanks guys. That's a lot of years of messin up, prior to trying something like that. The first try wound up changing the profile of the blade I was working on (if you know what I mean).
Hmmm.....wonder if that's where the nessmuck design evolved?

[hondo76]

haveing some trouble keeping the grind lines straight....

[hondo76]

i also ground to far back on the back on the tang.. not really sure if this one is worth finishing