My first FINISHED hand made knife

[billyboyr6]

It is not a user, just a conversation piece and more then anything, it was a learning exprriance for me. I picked a scrap piece of Pyrowear #53 tool steel out of the scrap bin at work and decided to learn the process of making a knife. Probably not the best steel for a knife so I did not waste the money to have it heat treated.
Blade: Pyrowear #53 tool steel
Thickness: 3/16"
Scales: rosewood
Fasteners: copper corby bolts
Blade length 3 1/8"
OAL: 7 1/16"
All polished to a mirror finish.

I kind of took ideas from several knives that I like the look of and put them all into one package.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, it the best I could do.

 

[slimplmbr]

Looks good Billy! Neat little knife, really like the polish job on it.

 

[Boomstick]

Looks good!!!!!! get some 1095 or something else thats not $$$$ and go for it. Good stuff man, way to go

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

That's hot!!!!

I really dig the mirror finish. Almost looks too pretty to use!

 

[Knife Lady]

YEah I like the finish as well. Nice handles too.

 

[AllenM]

Nice Job!

 

[prowland]

Wicked finish!

 

[Sgt Stoner]

Very nice!!

 

[cubby]

looks great! hope to see some more!

 

[! twitty]

Looking good.

 

[TopDog]

That is really neat. You did a heck of a job. I hope this is the start of many more to come.

 

[billyboyr6]

Looks good!!!!!! get some 1095 or something else thats not $$$$ and go for it. Good stuff man, way to go

Funny that you would say that, I just bought 300 lbs of D2 today that I plan to make a bunch of knives out of. I got a killer deal on the D2 at work.

Anyone local who does reputable heat treating?

 

[drbarnes]

Funny that you would say that, I just bought 300 lbs of D2 today that I plan to make a bunch of knives out of. I got a killer deal on the D2 at work.

Anyone local who does reputable heat treating?

I am also interested in the heat treat...

 

[DaKruiser]

Funny that you would say that, I just bought 300 lbs of D2 today that I plan to make a bunch of knives out of. I got a killer deal on the D2 at work.

Anyone local who does reputable heat treating?

Wanna sell some of it?

I might know someone that can do the heat treat.

 

[billyboyr6]

Wanna sell some of it?

I might know someone that can do the heat treat.

Absolutely. I had plans of selling quite a bit of it. If your serious, shoot me a pm with your interest. And on the heat treating, let me know. Thanks

 

[Fergy35]

Nice looking design and a killer finish. The handle looks really good too. Well done sir. Be careful though, you might find you enjoy this knife making stuff.

PM sent.

 

[billyboyr6]

Nice looking design and a killer finish. The handle looks really good too. Well done sir. Be careful though, you might find you enjoy this knife making stuff.

PM sent.

Toooooooooooo late.

 

[cubby]

use Peter's Heat Treat. HT is the single MOST IMPORTANT PART of making a knife. they have fantastic prices, fantastic service, and know what they are doing. ship your stuff in a USPS flat rate box, and use a professional. its worth the extra trouble to KNOW what the knife is RC'd to. to YOUR specs in a REPEATABLE manner, by guys who CARE and stand behing their work as much as you do!

 

[indyauctionbrokers]

Hi

for sale thats a bad ass blade

 

[billyboyr6]

for sale thats a bad ass blade

Sorry, will not be selling that one. But thanks for the compliment.