Month: January 2021

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Elmax Steel

I’ve heard about Elmax Steel, but never handled it. I found a small knife in Elmax from Bradford USA and thought I would try it. This is basically handle assembly and sharpening to see how it works.

I went back to the left over pen turning block, aluminum tube, sanded and shaped, finished with Boiled Linseed Oil.

I like this steel, it holds an edge extremely well and it’s fairly light. I just ordered a 12×2 inch flat stock to make my own.

we will see how easy it is to work with.

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I can’t do that

I’ve had friends tell me that they wish they could do the knives like I do.
I tell them it isn’t anything special, just patience. I grind flat stock into shape and file,grind, drill. And send them out for heat treatment. However, I’m not above buying a blade blank that I like and assemble the scales and finishing it. The rest is just putting it together.

You can start with flat stock
Cut it and shape it into what you want, plenty of patterns online
Or buy a blank online, this one came ready for scales. I picked up some deer antler cheap and designed the handles
g10 liners
Sand the back of the scales flat and glue up to the g10
Sand them to shape, drill the holes.
Epoxy them on, this blank came with screw attachments. Sand and shape to the steel.
There are all kinds of finish, or just polish them till you’re happy with it.
The sheath was $12 on Amazon.
There you are, a decent knife for your belt.

None of the things be shown here require power tools. But it will take more time by hand.