How to make a professional looking knife?

[james terrio]

Stop worrying about how the blade "looks". Our job as knifemakers is to make knives that cut well.

So I should move my grind lines upwards?

Yes.

Forget about how it looks, focus on how it cuts. A higher, more acute grind will cut better - it's simple physics. Build your knives based on performance. The same goes for handles - your hand has no eyes. It judges based only on comfort, leverage and ease of use.

When you build a really sharp knife that you can pick up and use accurately and efficiently with your eyes closed, you have a winner. Everything else is just lipstick on a pig.

Beauty will rise from function. Happily, knives that are properly built to cut things and be comfortable to use, also look pretty.

 

[synthesist]

You could also hit the library for books. Knifemaking, using hand tools for metal work, jewelry making, machine shop practices, woodworking.carving/finishing, metal fabrication, design.................. there are a myriad of topics that will add to your curiosity, knowledge and, ultimately, experience

Good luck and stay with it

Syn

 

[Theknifeaddict]

Thanks. Sorry, I missed that link the first time around.