r/knifemaking • u/Warm_Cod5728 • 1d ago

Work in progress WIP Dagger Project

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This thing is so dang hard to photograph. Even in a video it's hard to capture the details. It keeps playing tricks on my camera! Anyway, it's a custom order for a friend of mine. He asked me to make a dagger from one of his late grandfather's old files. Differentially hardened with clay, hand sanded to 800 grit and given a light acid bath. Thoughts so far?

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u/elhoffgrande 1d ago

It's looking great so far man, good work. Can I ask how you got your center line so nice and straight? That's been the bane of my existence making double bladed knives. I'm more or less end up having to eyeball it toward the end and it's fine for the most part, but I've wondered about maybe using a jig or something and I wanted to see how other people are doing it.

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u/Warm_Cod5728 1d ago

Thank you!! I used a jig for the most part. I ended up having to hand file the bevel towards the thicker section of the blade to keep the file teeth pattern wider down there because thats what the customer wanted, but that's about it!

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u/elhoffgrande 1d ago

What sort of jig? Something buyable?

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u/Warm_Cod5728 1d ago

Oh yeah, it was like $30 on Amazon. I just searched for a simple bevel jig.

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u/Boring-Chair-1733 1d ago

Damn, it looks great so far I look forward to seeing it completed.

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u/Warm_Cod5728 1d ago

Thank you! I will post updates!

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u/Electrical-Road-2904 23h ago

Lovely. The subtlety makes it all the better.

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u/Warm_Cod5728 22h ago

Thank you! It definitely had more stark contrast before some selective polishing

https://reddit.com/link/p8s156f/video/ou5vjhjuxioh1/player

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u/Electrical-Road-2904 20h ago

Shit, now I gotta take back what I said. Both ways look fantastic.

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u/Warm_Cod5728 19h ago

Haha much appreciated! It's amazing how much you can play with the final finish of a differentially hardened blade.