A new kind of knife

[Ron Kulas]

I thought I would try my hand at carving a bit of detail into the blade of one of my homemade knives. I have done filing on the back edge of knives but this goes way beyond that.

The blade is O1 flat ground annealed. Here are a few images along the way. I am trying to make vines.









Files and chisels help remove the material from the opening. It's pretty slow going.



I use a Dremmel tool were ever I can.







I have it pre-beveled but not completly and will finish the bevel after I heat treat the blade.



I used a chisel to add texture to the vines and then applied gun bluing to color just the vines.



As I type this, The blade is sitting in the oven taking a temper after I heat treated it. I am thinking of using Cocobolo wood for the scales.

[Ron Kulas]

I made a set of Cocobolo Scales and then gave them 3 coats of super glue as a finish before epoxying them to the blade. Once I trim down the pins, I will give them one more coat of super glue.

I apply the super glue with my finger tip. You have to move fast and keep moving or you and the wood become one.

[Ron Kulas]

I finished the knife last night and took some pictures but struggled with the lighting. The gun bluing does not photograph well.











This was a real challenge and one I don't see me tackling again any time soon but it's good to have it in the bag of tricks.