MudBugWill Report post Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Hello All, Knifemaking has been an hobby of mine for the past year and I decided today that I was tired of using an X-acto knife to cut my leather. I wanted something with some soul. I drew up a Japanese Kiridashi inspired design and ground my 3/32" o1 tool steel to shape, gave it a chisel bevel, heat treated it and tempered it. I put some handle scraps I had from another knife on it, and i think it came out pretty neat. After it hit my Japanese waterstones, it is by far the sharpest knife I have ever made. Edited March 20, 2015 by MudBugWill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zuludog Report post Posted March 21, 2015 Congratulations, it looks good and neat. Not much else to say really, except 'less is more' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oclack Report post Posted March 23, 2015 Very cool! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef niloc Report post Posted March 29, 2015 Very cool, looks like you've have a copy of the $50 knife shop on hand, great book. I made my first few knives with a similar setup. Leatherworking and knife makeing hobbies made to go together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
