Homemade knives?

[bcc629]

I just got one made from a file. I think my stepdaughter's grandpa made it. It was lying around his tool shed for years, and rusty. I have it soaking in my favorite rust remover now. I'll get it looking like new, and keep it in my safe until she's old enough to have it.

 

[Lee Barner]

I had a very similar knife made for me by a blacksmith in my hometown. he made it when my dad told him I had orders for Vietnam. took it with me twice and brought it home once. when I left the last time I gave it to a buddy. it would cut anything and I never had to sharpen it. wish I still had it. lee

 

[ronnie gore]

file knife

I have used files many times to make knives. I forge them to shape,
also I use files to make Damascus knives out of by layering the files between wrought iron and forge welding and folding until I have 500 layers, it make a beautiful pattern and they cut well and stay sharp and are easy to sharpen when needed.

 

[old&slow]

Nice,, Hope you put a nice looking handle on it..

DT Custom Knives are handmade from high carbon steel sawblades, nicholson files, o1 and stainless steel.

I made 3 or 4 holsters for a gentleman in Arkansas a few years ago. I guess he appreciated them. And he sent me a DT knife. I'll probably never skin a deer or elk with it but it's a mighty fine knife made from a file.. That someday my grandkids will get..

 

[bcc629]

That's a great idea. I've never made a knife handle before. Maybe I can come up with something.

 

[old&slow]

That's a great idea. I've never made a knife handle before. Maybe I can come up with something.

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