Thursday, May 28, 2020

How to make wooden training knives














Tools and materials:


A friend of mine who practices Philippines martial arts asked me to make him two training knives. I made him a karambit and a curved knife out of beech wood.

First of all I used my electric planer to plane my wood flat. I then glued the knife templates I designed on my wood, using spray adhesive ant tape. 

Then I used the bandsaw to cut my basic shapes. To cut the other sides I glued the pieces back together with my hot glue gun and I made the cuts. 

I used a forstner bit to drill the hole on the karambit’s handle.

I removed some more material on the bandsaw. Then I carved the handle ends.I first used the the V chisel to create a relief cut. Then I used gouges to remove the rest of the material needed. 

At this point I cleaned the saw marks and flattened the basic surfaces of my knives. I then used flat and round files to create the roundovers on all edges. When I could I used the spokeshave as well. In a few tight spots I used the carving gouges to remove the material I wanted. 

To create the bevels on the blades, I used files and gouges in the beginning. But then I decided that cabinet scrapers worked much better. I used a flat one and a goose neck. 

I sanded my knives with 100, 200 and 320grit sandpaper. 

I finished the pieces with 4 coats of clear water based satin varnish. I sanded between coats with 400 grit.

My knives came out nice. It was a really interesting project because it involved many different techniques. Especially the karambit was quite challenging. But, that was it, see you soon with a new project video!



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