Topic: DIY spoon knife (Read 7329 times)

b0ogaloo · « **on:** October 24, 2011 »

Hi

I was cutting some timber in work today with an old blunt hard point saw , just as i was about to throw the saw in the bin i had an eureka moment

I recycled part of the blade into a spoon knife ,,, and its really easy to do

I should stress that this was only a proof of concept . .I literally threw this together , but it works so I'll have a proper go at making one this week

Using a 4 1/2" angle grinder, I cut a 1/2 " strip of steel approx 4" long from the old saw ( sandvik 244 )

Roughly profiled it into a blade shape and again using the angle grinder i ran a bevel down the blade portion of the strip

I then cut a 4" section from an old axe shaft to use as a handle .. attached the blade to the handle by drilling three 1/8" holes to about 1 1/2" depth and then widened them to form a slot for the blade

put the "blade" into the vice and tapped the handle down onto it

with me so far ?

cleaned up the bevel on a wet-stone . and then stropped it . to get the curve on the blade I bent it in the vice a 1/2" section at a time ..

and this is the prototype

As i mentioned above this in only a proof of concept ,, but it works and works well

Edge retention is grand so far ... it slices through the beech pictured above very nicely . I need to experiment with a more acute bend to the blade. but it works fine and all it cost was my time

Andy

whoRya · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2011 »

It looks like something that they find in the cells in "America's toughest prisons".

Now all you have to do Andy is to wait for another saw to become blunt $:-\$

b0ogaloo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2011 »

As i said it was thrown together as a proof of concept ... which has now been proved

I have enough saw blade left to make 20 more ... when i get some time I'll make an aesthetically pleasing one

Andy

whoRya · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2011 »

I hope my post didn't come across as critical. I was more referring to the 'resourcefulness' of the inmates.

Credit goes to all who have a go at making their own gear (except inmates!), something I don't have a clue about.

b0ogaloo · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2011 »

Quote from: whoRya on October 25, 2011

I hope my post didn't come across as critical. /quote]

|Not at all ....

Andy

Celt_Ginger · « **Reply #5 on:** October 25, 2011 »

It reminds me of the North Western American "Crooked knives" favoured by native tribes as an all round wood working tool

jonnycrutchley · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2011 »

Your spoon knife is much better than my attempt. It started out as a knife then turned into a fork and then the points snapped so it ended up being a long branch which i had to eat my dinner with (sorry no pics) but i will attempt a better one

What is the easiest wood to carve using a knife?

pablo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2011 »

just got some 3mm o1 steel so i,ll be knocking out a couple of crook knives shortly.

you could also cut down a mora blade a bit thinner(width wise) ,bend it and quench in oil and it would still have the great grind and cutting edge. might try that too.

b0ogaloo · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2011 »

After a lot of testing .. they works fine on small stuff like spoons but its no good for larger items such as kuksa's or bowls , the blade flexes too much

I purchased a Svante Djarv Big Crook Knife to try a kuksa with and this was my first attempt

Andt

pablo · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2011 »

nice looking kushka mate, ive got one just like it lol

and a carpet full of wood shavings..........

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