dougdurham59 Report post Posted March 20, 2020 Does anyone make their own tools? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zuludog Report post Posted March 21, 2020 Yes, I have made a few - A couple of skiving knives from old 40mm heavy duty hacksaw blades. Cut them up and shape & sharpen them with an angle grinder and a bench grinder, followed by a strop. Fit them onto a piece of hardwood for a handle I made a sort of kiridashi or English style paring knife from an old 25mm hacksaw blade I had a cheap block plane that was fiddly to adjust and I hardly used it. But the blade was quite good, so I turned that into a Japanese style leather knife A local wood turning club made some awl hafts for me, just how I wanted them I made a flat or 'slipper' type edge burnisher from a broken axe handle Not really home made, but you can improve a Stanley/utility/box cutter type of knife by sharpening the blade on a fine stone, followed by stropping Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanch Report post Posted March 22, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 4:21 AM, dougdurham59 said: Does anyone make their own tools? I make my own tools from knives of all kinds to figure carving stamps... To many photos to upload just look at some of my older posts.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
