It is very simple to make a stylish and original knife from the most ordinary tool steel plate, which you can take with you for hunting or fishing, and even use it in the kitchen. The thickness of the plate itself should be at least 5-6 mm.
The first step is to draw a sketch of the future knife. If nothing comes to mind, just download the template you like from the Internet. Then we cut the workpiece with a grinder, we process the edges with a file or a drill with a nozzle for grinding.
At the next stage, we finish the contours of the knife on the grinder or belt grinder. At the same time, the billet itself needs to be periodically moistened in water so that the metal does not overheat much. After that we do the descent of the blade on the blade.
Knife surface treatment
We clamp the workpiece in a vice, and with the help of a grinder we make shallow notches on the handle and a little on the knife blade itself. Then we again return to the belt grinding machine and make the surface of the knife corrugated.
After that we do steel burnishing - to do this, lower the workpiece into iron chloride or you can prepare a solution of citric acid. As a result, the surface of the knife is darker and more matte. After burnishing you need to lightly walk with sandpaper.
At the last stage, it remains only to rewind the handle with thick kapron threads, so that it lies more conveniently in the hand. The detailed process of making a homemade original knife from ordinary tool steel can be seen in the video on the website.
