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Today I want to talk about how to make different shapes and designs of knives. It is known that a knife is not only a cold melee weapon and an irreplaceable hunting paraphernalia (I intend not to mention kitchen utensils as a household necessity), but also an integral part of our historical past, its pride and beauty.

In principle, an ordinary sharp piece of iron has no value. If you simply sharpen a steel plate, then it will remain an ordinary sharp steel plate, a soulless tool for cutting living and inanimate flesh. The value of a true work of art lies in the soul that the master put into his product. And that goes for not only melee weapons but also any other human activity. In every thing made with love and inspiration, there is a piece of the soul of the person himself, and therefore she herself is a little bit alive. The ancient masters were well aware of this and gave names to their offspring, treating them as some kind of living substance.

In our technological time, everything is put on stream: a detail to a detail, a screw to a screw, and we get an extremely necessary, but completely soulless product. However, some indefatigable creative personalities are still engaged in the manufacture of living things. I hope you, the reader of this article, are one of those. I posted below drawings of knives of various configurations, according to which you can make your "living weapon". What material to make weapons on this site has already been said a lot, in articles, etc., but maybe someone has their own suggestions.

And so in these drawings only general dimensions are given: length, width and height, do everything else to your taste, I just want to show what shape can you make a knife. I know one person who is just obsessed with . For twenty years he has accumulated a huge collection, ranging from rough and clumsy first handicrafts to simply amazing beauty, I'm not afraid of this word, masterpieces. Moreover, this man, no matter how he was asked, did not sell a single knife, and categorically refused to make it to order.

Now he is retired, all the walls of his apartment are hung with stands that house his homemade favorites. Sometimes he takes some kind of knife and examines it for a long time, at times he whispers something and strokes it. Don't think he's gone crazy, he's a normal cheerful and talkative old man. It’s just that he probably really animated his knives and treats them as living, but frozen in space and time beings.

Each hunter understands that one cannot do without a special knife - with the help of it, one can chop a torch for a fire, repair equipment, and process prey. Thus, this device is truly universal. And you can make it so yourself to your taste.

Materials and tools:
1. Emery stone.
2. Diamond file.
3. Drill.
4. Drills.
5. Files.
6. Abrasive bars.
7. Current rectifier.
8. Soldering iron.
9. Grinding wheel.
10. Metal for a knife. It is advisable to choose high-speed tool steel.
11. Wood for making a handle.
12. Rivets.
13. The plate is brass or bronze.

Operating procedure:
Any work begins with a drawing. Moreover, in this case, you will need two drawings - the knife itself and a separate blade with a shank.

Now you can carefully cut out the layout of the blade. The basis for the layout is paper of the greatest strength possible. This thing is superimposed on the hacksaw material and outlined as clearly as possible.

The workpiece is placed on an emery machine and turned along the contour. It is important to remember that the transition point from the blade to the shank should be semicircular - this will help increase the strength of the product. Before turning, it is recommended to prepare a container with water, in which the metal should be dipped more often - thereby reducing the risk of overheating.

Making the right holes for rivets on alloy steel is quite difficult. At this stage, you can contact the experts. However, if you have a rectifier at hand, using electrolysis, the procedure may well succeed.

The next step is as difficult as making holes for rivets. The conclusion of the descents of the blade is not always obtained immediately, so it is recommended to practice on some unnecessary materials. Concave descents are most easily displayed on emery, but with a flat wedge everything is much more difficult. It is advisable to start with slightly curved lenticular slopes. The main requirement for them is the same width, angle, simultaneous and clear completion. We should not forget about the fragility of the overheated blade, cooling it periodically in cold water.

To improve the through cut of the product and save it from the risk of corrosion, it is necessary to carry out grinding and polishing. For this, a rough stone is taken that can grind off all the bumps. The slopes as well as the cutting edge are leveled with a suitable block. After that, a vulcanite disk should be installed on the emery. As an alternative, a felt wheel treated with abrasive paste will serve.

For the manufacture of the sleeve, you will need a brass plate 3-5 mm thick, from which an oval is cut. When calculating the dimensions of the oval, proceed from the parameters of the knife itself. Best of all, the sleeve will look like a stop that protrudes above the handle by more than 5 mm. Do not forget about the hole for the shank. It is possible to solder the sleeve with the base of the blade by soldering with grinding the tin influx with a needle file.

Now you can start making a handle from the wood you like. The form is chosen for personal taste. It is fastened to the shank with rivets. After that, the tree is treated with a protective compound and left to dry.

The final stage is the application of engraving, jewelry, sewing scabbards. All these procedures are carried out based solely on preferences, as well as on the purpose of the knife.

MANUFACTURE OF KITCHEN KNIVES

Having redone a lot of any cold, piercing - cutting, I suddenly noticed that in the kitchen there is no sensiblekitchen knife. Well then, let's start making it. First, let's decide on the workpiece: you can take steel 65G or 95X18. I do not consider other options, due to their lower quality and low prevalence. If there are problems with workpieces and subsequent hardening, you can simplify the process by using a piece of a saw blade or other metal-cutting tool for the knife.On the emery wheel, we give the iron the desired shape. Pre-scratch the contour of the knife according to the template. I use fiberglass templates for this.

After removing excess metal, we bring shine with a circle with sandpaper.

Having drilled two or three holes with a diameter of 3 mm for fastening, we get this:

Now it's time for the handle. Someone uses plastic for these purposes, some are caprolon, some are plexiglass, some are metal. But the best results are obtained from a simple tree - and durable, and comfortable, and pleasant to hold. For the preparation, a wooden leg is taken from the chair.Cut in half with a hacksaw

These two halves will be the handle of the knife. Fastening is done on rivets made of aluminum wire.

Having firmly attached them to the iron, we drill mounting holes and put them on M3 screws for further processing.

To give a preliminary shape to the handle, we use an abrasive grinding wheel.

Already something like a knife. Now you can replace the screws with rivets.We finally shape the handle with a rasp and polish it with a strip of sandpaper, first coarse-grained, and then finer.

Making the perfect edged weapon at home is difficult. This will require accurate drawings with dimensions. Throwing knives are made of durable metal that takes a long time to grind to get a really sharp product.

Otherwise it will just bounce off the target instead of sinking into it. In addition, you need to choose a good material for the handle so that the tool fits comfortably in your hand.

Steel preparation

To make a throwing knife with your own hands at home, you must first decide on the type of weapon, what shape the blade and handle will have. It is also worth taking care of the material, tools and special equipment that will be needed in the process. The list of necessities includes:

• a sheet of steel with a thickness of 4 millimeters;
• sandpaper;
• hacksaw for cutting metal;
• special vise;
• cardboard or thick paper;
• scissors;
• a simple pencil and marker;
• file;

The production of a knife has its own characteristics, since the main function of the product is to deliver piercing blows, so the tip must be even and straight. It is the shape of the blade that plays a big role.

Steel is most suitable for a homemade knife, but if the sheet from which it is planned to make the workpiece has irregularities and a large thickness, then forging will be required, for this you will need a specialist in blacksmithing. He must make plates of the required thickness. Otherwise, it will be impossible to get a perfectly even weapon. Metal forging is carried out under the influence of high temperature. If at home it is impossible to carry out this procedure, then you can ask the help of factory blacksmiths.

In the forging process, you need to get a flat steel plate, the thickness of which should be no more and no less than 4 millimeters. The fact is that during the manufacturing process, "shells" are formed on the product, which must be eliminated by grinding. That is why the process must be carefully monitored, otherwise the weapon may lose most of its thickness.

At the end of the work, a steel product should be obtained, the parameters of which exactly correspond to the dimensions of the future throwing knife.

Upon completion of forging are determined with cold weapon form. You can make a throwing knife at home with notches, protrusions, or make holes in them. But experts advise abandoning additional elements and intricate shapes, especially if the product is being made for the first time. The finished blade should fit comfortably in the hand, but not be too large or, conversely, very small.

Handle material

Even the most ideal throwing knife will become ineffective if it has an uncomfortable handle. The fact is that it is this part that is responsible for the quality of the throw. Whether the blade flies in the right direction or not, and whether the hands get tired, depends entirely on the handle.

The material that is used to make the handle must be durable and pleasant to the touch. It should not absorb blood, and also freeze to the skin in the cold. The main requirements for the quality of the material, the following:

The ideal raw material for the manufacture of the handle of a throwing knife is considered to be wood, it is easy enough to find and easy to process, creating a reliable and attractive handle. Blanks are made from dense types of wood, maple, ash and apple trees are especially good for this. It is better not to use conifers, but you can take burls (growths) from birches.

In the blanks do small holes for shank attachment. In the case when it is planned to mount the handle, which will slightly extend beyond the blade, these holes must be made through. In this case, the handle should be slightly larger in diameter than the shank, so that the latter easily enters inside and does not split it. Holes in the rectangle are made at the stage of connecting the handle and blade. This is due to the fact that the transverse dimensions of the shank can change during the manufacturing process.

You can collect birch bark yourself. They begin work by twisting the material with a nut, which is gradually screwed onto the thread located at the tip of the shank. As necessary, you need to add these wooden plastics and do this until the birch bark forms one dense and solid briquette. At the same time, threads should remain under the nut.

The material itself needs to be prepared. For this, birch bark undergoes a special treatment: the wood is kept in hot water for two hours, after which it becomes softer and much easier and more convenient to work with. After cooking, the birch bark is thoroughly dried in a natural way, and already in a dry form, it is cut into small rectangular plates.

Now you need to take a sharp knife and a file and give the handle the desired shape. At the very end, the finished handle must be sanded with a fine sandpaper. But the use of varnishes and paints is undesirable. In such a simple way, you can make a throwing knife with your own hands. Drawings will facilitate the task of choosing the required shape and exact dimensions.

In addition, the handle is additionally equipped with a special single limiter, which prevents the hand from moving onto the blade. It is fixed directly in front of the handle. A more simplified option is to mount small protrusions on the handle, which protect the hand from possible cuts.

According to this scheme, hunting blades are made, so it is more convenient for them to skin prey.

Manufacturing process

Each homemade knife differs in length, shape and material from which it was made. It is worth noting that it is quite difficult to purchase edged weapons intended for hunting, since it is necessary to have a permit. Of course, you can order it on the Internet, but, as practice shows, the product arrives of poor quality: the tip is blunt, the handle is uncomfortable.

But homemade tools have a lot of advantages, the following can be noted positive traits:

• you can choose any model, shape, size and appearance of the knife;
• if desired, you can individually arrange the handle;
• improvised material is used in the installation, which allows you to significantly save finances, and in some cases you can do without investments at all.

The manufacturing process of any type of knife is carried out using similar technologies, and if you follow all the rules and recommendations, then the homemade blade will turn out like a factory one. But it should be borne in mind that in the factory, everything is done by machines, at home you will have to do the process yourself. First you need to take care of the tools that will be needed during work.

The standard throwing knife has the following parameters:

• thickness - 4 mm;
• width - 25 millimeters;
• tip length - 15 centimeters;
• handle length - 10 centimeters.

All these parameters are transferred to the cardboard, and an accurate drawing is made from them, given that the scale is 1: 1.

Then, a pattern is cut out and applied to a steel plate, moreover, it must be done in such a way that there are no “shells” in the area where the blade is located. A pattern is circled, after which a well-circled blank of the future edged weapons should be obtained on the metal. Now it remains to carefully cut the steel product using a hacksaw designed for working with metal.

Steel workpiece processing

To get a comfortable and high-quality knife when cutting, it is necessary to leave a small margin, it will be enough to leave 2-3 millimeters. Then it is already possible to bring the edges of the blade to full readiness. As a grinding material, you can use emery bars, files and other suitable devices. At the end of the process, a steel blade with a thickness of at least 4 centimeters should be obtained.

After that, they proceed to more laborious work - grinding the blade to a certain thickness. To do this correctly, it is necessary to put the workpiece in a vise, clamp them securely, moreover, the clamping should occur in the zone of the narrow edge of the product. That is, the thick side of the workpiece should look at the master.

It is most convenient to start turning from the upper side, and after that gradually move to the opposite side. It is worth noting that this process takes a lot of time and effort, so you need to prepare for it. As a result, you can get a great throwing knife with a thin, light and sharp blade.

It is worth adding that accuracy at this stage is optional, it will be enough to grind the blade to an approximate thickness. All inaccuracies can be removed later, so you should not worry too much about any discrepancies.

Point sharpening

After the blade has passed the grinding procedure to the required thickness, they proceed to the next stage - sharpening the steel plate. The best throwing knife can only be obtained if the technology is followed. All actions are carried out from top to bottom, while the sharpening itself is carried out only to the middle of one of the narrow edges of the blade.

Trigger movements are made strictly for the width of the entire file and in such a way that it passes only along the ground side of the knife. After one side is made, proceed to the other, doing the same manipulations.

After both sides have gone through the strike procedure, a knife should be obtained, but its edge will not be sharp, since the descent was carried out only to the middle, that is, the sharpenings were not connected. Now, with the help of an emery bar, the second part is processed. To do this, it is necessary to grind one and the other side in turn.

The result should be a sharp blade. The nose is ground not only from the side, but also from above. On this, the manufacture of a metal knife is considered completed.

Product assembly

At this stage, it is necessary to connect the prepared parts. The handle of cold steel can be simply put on the shank or fixed with special elements - rivets.

In the first case, the product will have a more attractive appearance. Since the shank is made in the form of a thin rod, it often extends beyond the handle. You can correct the situation as follows:

• cut a thread on the protruding part;
• and then, using nuts, fix the handle on the shank;
• push it against the limiter.

This fixation option allows you to make a base from a set of individual rings. A special nut-knob will close the structure. It can be decorated at will. If the shank is small, then it can simply be put on or glued.