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I have a very cool story I would like to share with everyone
This story is ongoing
Around November of last year I posted a picture of little ugly knife I made out of an old saw blade to the Becker Snark Thread. It was not anything special, but I was proud because miraculously it actually turned out to be a good cutter. Well during the course of the ensuing conversation I guess the picture caught a specific knife makers eye and it just happened to be a maker that I admire their work very much. That maker, as you can probably guess, was none other than Todd Hunt. As the conversation continued Todd made me an offer that I absolutely could not refuse. That offer was to essentially guide, mentor, and assist me in making a knife out of a known steel and heat treat it for me. Soon Todd and I began exchanging e-mails back and forth getting to know each other and setting parameters and guidelines for me to follow throughout this task.
Before I continue I would like to preface this thread by letting everything know I am not a knife maker, and I do not have delusions about it etc. I do not want to devalue the work of any of the amazing craftsman out there who create knives. I am just a guy with some files lol I am just a student wanting to learn more and who loves knives!
My very first task from Todd was to design and draw out a knife to size and spec so that he could know what size of stock we needed. I wanted to put a lot of thought into this so I first gathered up some of my favorite blades, looked to some of my favorite makers and designers, and even looked to historical pieces for inspiration and started drawing. As you can see in the pic below I began with a Becker BK15 type knife because it represented to me what I was kind of looking for. From there I added in the inspiration from other makers, blades, and even my 3 year old gave her valuable opinion. You can see the evolution below, warning I am not a technical type of artist or photographer at all LOL.
I finally settled on this certain design, (The one on the bottom) e-mailed it to Todd, received some valuable feedback and some lessons from him, and finally applied that feedback to my design. There are a lot of reasons why the knife ended up the way it did, but to make it short and concise I essentially designed it after my experience, and built it around me and my usages. If anyone has any questions about it I would be more than happy to answer.
Around November of last year I posted a picture of little ugly knife I made out of an old saw blade to the Becker Snark Thread. It was not anything special, but I was proud because miraculously it actually turned out to be a good cutter. Well during the course of the ensuing conversation I guess the picture caught a specific knife makers eye and it just happened to be a maker that I admire their work very much. That maker, as you can probably guess, was none other than Todd Hunt. As the conversation continued Todd made me an offer that I absolutely could not refuse. That offer was to essentially guide, mentor, and assist me in making a knife out of a known steel and heat treat it for me. Soon Todd and I began exchanging e-mails back and forth getting to know each other and setting parameters and guidelines for me to follow throughout this task.
Before I continue I would like to preface this thread by letting everything know I am not a knife maker, and I do not have delusions about it etc. I do not want to devalue the work of any of the amazing craftsman out there who create knives. I am just a guy with some files lol I am just a student wanting to learn more and who loves knives!
My very first task from Todd was to design and draw out a knife to size and spec so that he could know what size of stock we needed. I wanted to put a lot of thought into this so I first gathered up some of my favorite blades, looked to some of my favorite makers and designers, and even looked to historical pieces for inspiration and started drawing. As you can see in the pic below I began with a Becker BK15 type knife because it represented to me what I was kind of looking for. From there I added in the inspiration from other makers, blades, and even my 3 year old gave her valuable opinion. You can see the evolution below, warning I am not a technical type of artist or photographer at all LOL.
I finally settled on this certain design, (The one on the bottom) e-mailed it to Todd, received some valuable feedback and some lessons from him, and finally applied that feedback to my design. There are a lot of reasons why the knife ended up the way it did, but to make it short and concise I essentially designed it after my experience, and built it around me and my usages. If anyone has any questions about it I would be more than happy to answer.