My third knife!
This is my take on a British woodcraft knife. It's made from 1095 high-carbon steel, with brass pins and a cocobolo handle. The blade is 3.8" with a 4.2" handle, and a 0.3" scandinavian grind for the bevel.
The profile, bevel, and handle scales were ground to shape on a 2x42 belt grinder, and then hand finished up to 2400 grit by hand. The wood, brass, and spine were then sanded to an additional 12,000 grit. This knife was quenched in salt water, tempered twice for 2 hours at 325 degrees F.
Build:
Note: You'll have to forgive me for the lack of pictures. I was running a small knife making workshop concurrently with this build, and ended up not taking as many pictures as I might have liked. Well worth it though, I'm hoping to do another session again next term.
Learning Goals:
This knife is the first in - hopefully - a series of very similar knives based on a traditional British woodcraft design. The idea is to winnow down the number of design variables in play, so I can work on tweaking my build process and on getting a sense for what goes into good ergonomics. The learning objectives for this knife can be found below:
Practice sanding up to the reasonable limits of conventional sandpaper without leaving scratches.
Experiment with 3d profiling of the knife handle.
Experiment with handed finger grooves.
