Boxed Penny Knife

[Grizzly Adams]

I have found these to be pretty fun to make.

Walnut handle, blade came from a very, very old saw blade (hardened and tempered of course). The box is made of mahogany, lined with black leather.

My work may not hold a candle to many of your guy's work, but I have fun with it.

Thanks for taking a look!

 

[Grumpa]

I like it! :thumbsup: Really nice work, and the enthusiasm adds to it. :hatsoff: You sure know how to put your time to good use.

Grumpa

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Thanks a million Grumpa!

 

[eggwelder]

very nice! does the ferrule turn to lock the blade like an opinel knife?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Many thanks! Yes it does, I should have mentioned that in my original post.

 

[BillinOregon]

Dewd, that's some fine craftsmanship. What did you use to cut the knife blank out of that saw blade?

 

[hawkeye2]

Simple and elegant. The knot in the box lid gives it a lot of character.

 

[ZUG]

Nice work -- I like it :thumbsup:

 

[44-henry]

That's a nice looking little knife, good job.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Very nice looking knife and clever box too. :thumbsup:

 

[FishDFly]

I could see that in my roll top desk as a fine letter opener.

 

[RonRC]

I like it!
Very nice piece of work.

How did you learn your woodworking skills?
Ron

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Thank you everybody!

I am 99.9% self taught when it comes to wood/metalworking.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Dewd, that's some fine craftsmanship. What did you use to cut the knife blank out of that saw blade?

Thank you much.

If cutting out the blank from a large piece of steel, I use an angle grinder. The piece of steel I made this blade out of was a smaller scrap and was soft enough to cut and shape with files. Strange to think that steel for a saw blade would be that soft, but I believe it was for an industrial bandsaw (6" cross section), and they likely did not want to have blades crack during use. It took a very good heat treat though.

 

[ZUG]

A lot of the older saw blades were of good quality high carbon steel -- newer saw blades not so much!

 

[MSW]

I like it! :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Twisted_1in66]

Very nice knife Dewd!

Twisted_1in66:thumbsup:
Dan