I am interested in getting into knife modifications but I don’t really know where to start. I would love to hear advice on where to go from here.
You aren't going to like what I'm going to say but :
I kind of think if you didn't grow up with a hacksaw and a hand drill in your hand turing your bicycle into a chopper because the adult guy next door has choppers and watching your Dad, or uncle or _____ (fill in the blank) and emulating them while you were a little kid.
Well . . . this could be tough . . . and dangerous.
Using power tools, for the first time, around long, sharp edged objects is a recipe for stitches (or worse).
. . . whhhhhoooooooooo. . . maybe take an adult night corse in metal working / welding so you get to play with real tools before tacking the knives.
I mean if you were already up to speed on the tools you would be doing the work on knives and talking about little problem that have tripped you up.
I have to work with new people at work every year that just cannot handle tools and don't "get it" they do damage and get hurt and just waste everybody's time and money and then disappear into the sunset to try to get some other job.
That said, the top knife mod tools for me are :
Dremel tool (backed up by air powered grinders, bench grinders with specialty cool grinding stone wheels made for work on edge tools, corded electric sanders, a small drill press. I don't have much use for cordless tools . . . super expensive and the battery is always down if one doesn't use them daily to make a living. Corded tools are more powerful, more reliable and less expensive. Yes I have cordless tools.
Diamond files and diamond paddles.
Some small, quality, woodworking hand saws and a small hand plane or two. Add to that a wood rasp or two.
It is too much to list exact examples. I mean . . . my mods may not be your mods and to use these tools it would be hugely useful to you to have grown up using them so . . . you don't have to "practice" with each tool on your project.
Sorry if this is discouraging.
Maybe I don't understand your post and I'm way off base.
What say you ?