Bill Menees's Blog

This is a preview of my fourth knife. I'm making it with the help of Bob Levine, the Tennessee state mentor for the Knifemaker's Guild. This knife is still a work in progress. Notice that the right-side handle hasn't been shaped yet. Final clean up and polishing hasn't been done, and it's not sharpened.

I made the blade when I visited Bob on July 9th, and we got it all the way through heat treating. I went back on July 30th to polish it and put on the handles. I'm currently working on shaping it up before I go back to Bob's again. He lives an hour and a half away, so I can't visit him as often as I'd like. Next time I go, we'll finish up the knife and make a sheath. I'll post more info here when it's done.

Thoughts so far:

Hollow grinding is hard. Well, making it look good and staying in the groove is hard. The rest of the knifemaking process has been much easier by comparison.

Stats so far:

Material: ATS-34 steel with cherry Dymondwood handles
Started: July 9, 2006

Labels: Knifemaking