Have a great weekend my friend, Claymoore. Thank you for your kind words Clay. One gets what one gives and I very fortunate to be able to do what I do. I want to sincerely thank you Dan for these on your site. As a new knifemaker, I also have been frustrated on finding patterns. Have bought many books including Loveless to find patterns that a noobie like me can start on then learn to use creativity later on.
A case of beer not just one will be coming from the US. Troy, thank you for your kind words. A beer sounds good but you know how shipping works. Maybe you could buy a beer for a fellow noobie on my behalf. Knife is an very important tools in daily use life. It is used from cutting to survival purposes. Knife lovers will find this blog very helpful.
Thanks Check Thanks Dan for all the good info you have here. I wanted to show you a finished knife based on one of your designs, but can't seem to add a pic here. How can I get you the photo? I wanted to ask your opinion on the best way to cut and grid my first knife. I decided on c because of articles I've read about it. Tonight was the start on the project and it quickly ended in frustration.
Went through 3 probably cheaper hack saw blades and then tried to grind some of it with my bench grinder. I kept dipping the steel in water to keep it cool but my grinder hardly removed any material at all.
I also have a hand grinder but didn't know if that would heat the steel too much. Once it starts to color change in the grind spot, thats getting it too hot? Thanks for any tips of suggestions you could pass along. Chris, C is pretty tough to work and I'd expect to go through a couple of hacksaw blades, depending on the thickness of material you are working with.
Get bi-metal blades, DeWalt ones are fairly good. To profile my first blades I used some 18 tooth-per-inch blades and a bench grinder with a 'coarse' stone. Yes this does get hot. Just go slow, keep dipping and of course wear some work gloves so you can handle the hot piece. Some guys clamp the steel in a vise and use a disc grinder too.
That way you're holding on to the grinder, not the steel. You can finish the profile with a file and get it accurate to your pattern lines. Once you are done the profile, cut the bevels with a coarse file.
Something like a mill bastard file. I used a jig to help guide the file. As far as getting it too hot, and any heat at this stage generally isn't a big deal as you are going to have the finished blade heat treated after all your grinding, filing and sanding are done. Once the heat treatment is done and the blade is hard, any excess heat at that point will ruin the hardness. I am learning so much from those guys and they are super helpful.
Good luck! Thanks for sharing! Thanks again very useful. Thanks Dan! I think the issue with my bench grinder was the grinding wheel wasn't course enough.
Going to get better hacksaw blades and a different bringing wheel today. I've read and watched hours of videos on You Tube about knife making and have learned a ton so far. Beginner knife maker here, just wondering why you make the knife pattern out of plywood and then trace it on to the steel, I know this is very common and probably necessary in some way that I don't understand but why don't you just trace the pattern onto the steel straight from the printed out pattern?
Hi Hunter, I make the pattern from thin plywood as it's more durable and easier to clamp and trace than paper or cardboard. Both plywood and polycarbonate are easy to shape with sanders and files until they represent a perfected shape. Once made, I can make many copies on to steel. A busy knife maker will make patterns out of steel, where s of knives can be made from the initial pattern.
So it's about durability. Cheers, Dan. Hi, I am going to start selling my knives and was wondering if you mined me using your patterns for commercial use? Alaks, It was always the intention that the maker would add his or her own flavor when creating a permanent pattern. Every aspiring knifemaker will sell a knife sooner or later and that's a great thing. I have no issues with you selling a knife which has it's origins in one of these templates.
Please note that I maintain copyrights on the PDF files and reproducing the files for commercial use requires written permission. Best of luck in your endeavour! This will be a great help as I am just getting started making knifes. Thanks So Much Rudy.
Thanks Rudy. I am trying to document as many knifemaking processes as possible. I am always looking for suggestions. If you think I missed something, please let me know. Dan, What program do you use to draw up your knife patterns? I need to do that with some of my designs so I can save them electronically. I use the Spline and Bezier functions. Once in vector form the image of the knife can be scaled without losing quality.
Best wishes! You got a really useful blog I have been here reading for about an hour. I am a newbie and your success is very much an inspiration for me. Dan, i've never thought there was such a useful source like this for knife designing. Thanks for time and hardwork Blessing from Italy All the best Ubaldo. Wonderful drawings! Do you have a file zip, rar, etc. Would you be so kind as to help me find them? Thank you for the suggestion. Fixed Blade. Blade Steel. Blade Length. Blade Edge.
Handle Material. Remove This Item Clear All. My Wish Lists. Last Added Items. Add to Cart Add to Cart. Remove This Item. I am also a beginner and live in South Africa. We love knifes. Hi Bill. Thanks for your comments. I generally make templates that fit on standard letter or A4 paper. However, I would consider a two page option where you print part A and part B then you fit them together to make the final template.
Great to hear you are enjoying the craft. All the best, Dan. Hi from Australia I have learned more about my new hobby from your simple geometry explanation and I use your calculator all the time Thank you for your kind words.
I am glad that you find something useful on the site. Best wishes from Canada, Dan. I know of no knifemaker, no factory, no source whatever that has created as many knife patterns, designs, and styles as what you will see here. No other resource has as many knife patterns, designs, and templates, not anywhere, at anytime, in any place, in history! This is what happens when you dedicate your entire career to making knives.
I've been making knives for 40 years, and I've been a full time professional knifemaker for over three decades. This is my real job, my only source of income, it is how I make a living, professionally: making knives for some of the finest clients, knife users, and knife owners in the world. It is because of my clients and patrons that you see what is here on this page; it is to them my thanks and the where the thanks of knife enthusiasts belong. I owe everything to my family and ultimately my God, who has given me this incredible journey of life on this fantastic world!
I work with clients on their own ideas, and many of these patterns are the results of that collaboration, some of the best custom handmade knives in the world. Some of the patterns have been gifted from the families of deceased knifemakers. These are patterns and templates for real knives that are in the hands of military, working users, and collectors.
Most of the patterns I've created and continue to create with my own vision , as an artist, a tool maker and user, and as someone whose main conversation, focus, and some say obsession is the knife. Many of the most successful knife patterns I make are those I create with my own ideas, knowledge, and understanding of knife use, application, and value. These are my artistic creations based on what I have learned. I work with pad and pencil, rule, and curves, using email, fax machine, and even regular mail, and lots of drawings, scanning, hand-fitting, making templates, and fine tuning to get the profiles right Learn more about designing knives and the costs involved here.
The profile on paper is just a beginning; it takes much more work to complete the knife. That's why the links to completed photos are included. I constantly update this page and you may see new patterns or pictures nearly every visit. If you think it takes a tremendous amount of discipline to create these patterns, think of what it takes to make every knife you see linked on this page, every one of them the real thing! This is the result of a professional knifemaking career.
I know and understand that a great deal of traffic, interest, and attention this page receives is from other knifemakers, knife factories, and knife manufacturers.
You might be surprised to see who and what and where this traffic comes from, and since my web site analytics identifies this, I'll include much more detail in my upcoming book.
These visitors want to know what is of value here, they want good pattern ideas, they want to know how a successful knifemaker creates, what new ideas, what new directions, and what developing lines of design are being created.
Most of them are respectful; they understand that simply copying an artistic and created design from someone else is copyright infringement. So they get inspiration, and then go on to design their own knives based on what they may see here. To get an idea from someone who has designed useful, functional, and highly desirable knives as a professional for decades means that a lot of the effort, labor, and struggle to create has been already completed. Yet, not wanting to copy directly since it's illegal they are inspired, guided, and take the flavor and idea of particular styles of my knives to influence their own work.
I do the same thing with historic designs and adaptations. The most important thing I can offer is that each maker or manufacturer must and will, by necessity, make their own knife. Not every knife is a four-inch drop point or a bowie, and the skill necessary to effectively create salable, desirable knives does not exist in the pattern template alone.
Makers and manufacturers quickly find that they just can't quite get the same knife, and some of their attempts are humorous. I'll try to include some of those in my book as well. The important thing is that I'm honored that you are here, whether a prospective client looking for your ideal knife, a knife enthusiast simply exploring, or a maker or manufacturer studying trends and directions.
You must believe you will find something of value here, and I'm honored by that. I'll do my best not to disappoint. I'll try to make sure that every time you visit, you notice designs and patterns you haven't seen before and new linked photos of completed knives made to that pattern. I also want to encourage you to research, read, and enjoy the rest of my website. I have made the largest, most functional and accurate website ever made by any knifemaker in the world.
If you think I'm boasting, please understand that I'm simply proud of the work God has given me in this life. To Him goes all the credit, every single bit! I could go on and on, and what I want you to know is that you are at the very best singular knifemaker's website in the world. Welcome to my world, the world of fine, handmade, custom knives! I've continued to peruse your site and have shown several of my associates the incredible work. I'm a CPA, former clinical psychologist, and have brought in some of my attempts from the shop.
They now understand what real quality is, and what "messing around" is as well. I told my partner that if you had lived in Florence during the Renaissance, we would probably know of you as Donatello or Bruilessci or one of the major artists with that gift for perfecting the tiniest detail. I look forward to keeping up with your new work and selecting just the right piece for my office. What kind of knife do you want? Most people want something different, not the same old four-inch drop point with a stag handle or the Bowie with stag and a flat guard.
They see the same heat-colored damascus folders with mammoth ivory handle scales. Sure, I can make all those, but why make everything everybody else does? There are no distinctions between types of knives in the pattern group, such as utility, tactical, combat, or hunting, but if you're on this page you probably already know or recognize the different types. The scale in each pattern group photo has been included for reference, but I can resize any knife to your wishes. You can also choose a handle from one knife and blade from another for a custom design a hybrid design.
The knife patterns have grind lines and bolster outlines drawn on; these are just rough estimates of what the knife can resemble. Please know that to discourage direct copyright infringement, I've limited the size of the photos.
In my book, I'll probably include enlarged, full sized patterns. These patterns, knives, and every image and word on this web site is protected with a registered copyright through the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. More details on this page. Here are a few examples of patterns with completed knives. Please click on the thumbnail knife photos for enlargements. It's true, the best knives have names, not model numbers.
A model number is just a number; it's a cold, impersonal registration of one of a long line of repetitive patterns, suggesting a factory has produced all the numbers leading up to the model, and will crank out a never ending list of cloned numbered pieces after that number. Your numbered knife is somewhere in the monotonous string of digits.
A name personalizes the custom handmade knife. It adds to the knife's flavor, animation, and style. It defines the knife by purpose or intent. While I try to stay away from knife names like Slasher or Stabber , there is some mystique in a name like Bulldog or Ladron. Incidentally, the name Bulldog comes from the Bastogne Bulldogs of the st Airborne, the Battalion of my son, and their mascot.
He designed this fine knife for combat use and carried it in a couple combat tours in Iraq. Ladron is named for a mysterious singular mountain in south central New Mexico, and it is the Spanish word for thief. It was a favorite area to hike when I lived nearby, and I would have loved to carry "Ladron" the knife there.
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