11 June 2008, 22:15
Montana MaddnessGood starter kits?
Any ideas for a first timer. Would like to build a knife to someday hand down to my grandson Zac. So he has something of me to charrish like I do some of my father and grandfathers hunting stuff.
MM
13 June 2008, 21:04
congomikeTry knifekits.com, or texasknife.com. Both these companies offer some pretty nice kits, both fixed and folding. They include the blade, guard, pins, handle material and I think some of them have a sheath.
I built some of their kits in the past and they turn out real nice.
Very nice idea.....
Jantz and Sheffield also have quite a few kits in a lot of different styles.
10 July 2008, 01:12
BigNateIf you want to make a really good one get a blade blank from Gene Martin-Provision Forge. You'll have to do the sheath separately but the blades are top shelf.
If you want a complete kit the kitknives or texas knifemakers have everything pretty reasonably.
17 July 2008, 09:45
mstarlingBob Engnath (known as Bob Grind) made blades for folks to finish. He is thought to have made nearly 100,000 blades. He was a superb grinder.
He had a catalog that covered about every phase of finishing a knife. The topics from that catalog have been put up on his memorial site and can be found at:
http://www.engnath.com/public/manframe.htmIs very much worth reading.