Cutting Tools
If you are wanting to build your own tools one of the best ways to learn and become intimately aware of the process is to create the majority of your tool by hand without the use of a grinder or powered belt sander. Hacksaw, file, drill
Making and using your own cutting tools can be an extremely rewarding process
Before can may even think about doing this in my class it starts with a conversation with the teacher. There are specific expectations of students wanting to take on a project like this. You have a few questions to answer on the proposal package you will create before I consider signing off on it and allowing you to begin
If you are a student in poor standing within the school and community you will most likely be denied the privilege of making camping or cutting tools
Making and using your own cutting tools can be an extremely rewarding process
Before can may even think about doing this in my class it starts with a conversation with the teacher. There are specific expectations of students wanting to take on a project like this. You have a few questions to answer on the proposal package you will create before I consider signing off on it and allowing you to begin
- Why do you want to make this?
- What will be it's specific purpose?
- What type will it be and who was your inspiration?
- What type(s) of material will you be using?
- Have you researched a procedure to follow?
- Does the teacher trust me to make smart decisions and represent the school and community during and after this project?
- Have your parents approved and signed your full-size blueprints and proposal package?
If you are a student in poor standing within the school and community you will most likely be denied the privilege of making camping or cutting tools
https://www.canucksurvival.com/canadian-knife-laws-what-you-can-and-cant-carry/
https://thenaturalsouth.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-kind-of-men-who-carry-pocket-knives_4.html
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dcknives.blogspot.com/p/knife-profiles.html Info from DCKNIVES Fixed Blade Anatomy Point - the very tip of the blade. Tip - the portion about 1/4 of the end of the blade. Blade Belly - the curved underside of the blade (sharpened side). Clip - the line from the spine to the point when it is straight. Swedge - a false (unsharpened) edge. Grind Line - junction of the flat of the blade begins primary bevel. Plunge Line - junction of ricasso and primary bevel. Ricasso - unsharpened area between cutting edge and handle. Bolster - handle pieces added for reinforcement. Can be front /rear. Finger Choil - any curved indentation designed to accommodate fingers. Pin (Rivet) - device to attach scales or handles. Not removable. Handle Belly - curved underside of handle. Butt - rear of the knife. Spine - the thick part above the cutting area, not in the handle area. Tang - the blade that extends into the handle. Scale - material attached to the tang to form a handle |