Follow 18 year old knifemaker Cody Smith as he travels full-time across America; making knives along the way!











Showing posts with label south dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south dakota. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Hunting Knives Made In A Stone Carving Shop

 These are two hunting knives I made in my grandpa's stone carving shop while we were at my grandparent's house in southwest Missouri a couple months ago.  Both knives are hollow-ground and made from 440-C surgical stainless steel.  The wood on the knife to the left is pressure-treated cocobolo, and the one on the bottom right is pressure-treated oak.  I used 1/4" mosaic pins and did vine pattern file-work on both knives.  I also put 1/4" stainless steel tubing in the back of each knife.  The sheaths are made from treated leather that I purchased at a leather shop in Custer, South Dakota.  I hand-stitched both of them and formed them to each knife after soaking the sheaths in water for 20-30 minutes.  All the supplies for these knives including the blade blanks, wood, and pins, I purchased from Jantz Supply in Oklahoma.  My knifemaking teacher, Tom McGinnis softened and hardened the blades for me at his shop in Ozark, MO. 

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

My Latest Hunting Knife

Here's the latest hunting knife I've made.  It's made from 440-C Stainless.  I did "vine pattern" filework and hand polished it to a reflective finish.  I also made and hand-stitched the cow-hide sheath.
I bought the blade, wood, and mosaic pins, and tubing from Jantz knifemaker's supply.  I got the leather from a leather shop in Custer, SD while we were there.

(I will post pictures of more knives I've made soon!  I'm still working on getting set up to forge, I'll keep you up to date on what I am doing.)