The most old-school way to sharpen a knife, a whetstone is a flat, rough stone that works like sandpaper as you slide the blade across it. You can get absolute precision and customize your blades to the exact shape you like, but it takes practice to hold the knife at the correct angle...
Holding the knife in your dominant hand, place the edge, facing away from you, on the honing steel at a 15º to 20º angle. Start with the blade at the base of the handle.Gently push your knife along the honing steel while maintaining the same angle you started with making sure to...
1. Lay cord in a backward "S" shape and attach the Lanyard Pin. 2. Bring top left corner under the bottom loop to begin the coil. 3. Continu... Read more How to Choose a Knife Size Use this comparison chart to make the best knife choice for your hand size. See images to scale...
If you have ever seen a cool knife with an ornate handle, then you could use that as an example for your drawing. You could even use some stickers or beads to make it look like there are jewels embedded in the handle. The handle shape could also be changed, or you could add some e...
(Like leaf springs) In order to forge out the handle, I used the horn of the anvil because it made a nice and even dips in the steel for the handle. also, since the tip of the knife is angled, I used the angle grinder and just cut the tip shape while cutting the piece of ...
Pro Tip:Use a craft knife or scissors with a steady hand for clean, precise edges. Printing your own stickers at home is a fun, budget-friendly way to create something uniquely yours. Whether it’s a custom logo or a playful design, you’re just a few steps away from amazing stickers...
Air enters, or rams, into the front of the canopy to inflate the cells and give the parachute an airfoil shape. This shape makes the parachute act like a wing (see How Airplanes Work for a description of wings). Instead of coming straight down like you would with a round parachute, ...
BUCK KNIFE SAFETY TIPS: Always handle your knife with care! Cut away from your body, not toward it. If you drop your knife, let it fall. Don’t attempt to catch it. Never run with a knife. Don’t throw a knife to anyone. Hand it to them, handle first. ...
knife is finished. I placed mine in the middle of the handle and about the same distance in from each end. As with the bolster, the holes that are being drilled for the Corby Rivets need to be the exact same size as the thin middle part of the rivet. You can measure the rivets ...
Shaping the handle Remove the knife from the vise and begin to shape the handle with the bench grinder. Use particular care to grind off the the epoxy, leaving a smoothly rounded mound of epoxy where the blade emerges from the handle. Shape the handle into an elongated figure-eight, narrowe...