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Logan-Pearce — Neck Knife Tutorial by Logan Pearce Knives.
Published: 2014-03-31 23:43:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 47834; Favourites: 277; Downloads: 385
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Step by step instructions on how to make a neck knife using every day house hold tools.
Video here: "www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RSWWa… "
Logan Pearce
www.pearceknives.com
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Love the simplicity of this design. It may be my first knife project.
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Could be something like this done in "home environment", without any proffessional tools?
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considering the only power tool used was a hand held drill motor, yeah i'd say so. however my advice is don't go from 36 grit clear to 120. that's just insanity! it's more efficient to start with 36, then progress to 60, 80, 100 THEN 120. from there go to 220. really, if you're doing the stonewashed finish, anything above 120 is a waste of effort since it's gonna get bashed up by the rocks anyway. but anyroad, skipping grit size as fast as he says just makes more work and you end up wearing out more paper since it takes longer for each progressive grit to polish out the scratches from the previous grit. in other words, it removes the metal slower than the last. don't just travel in a single direction with each grit either. a good hand rubbed finish needs to be done at an angle from the last grit so you can see when all the scratches from the previous grit have been polished out. another tip is to get wet/dry auto body paper. it lasts longer and the bonding matrix holds up better to the oil than standard dry use paper. also, for a knife of such small mass, two cycles of 30 min in the oven is MORE than sufficient soak for tempering. any more than that and you're just needlessly running up your utility bill. especially considering the bog standard american toaster oven pulls 1500 watts!
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Would the acid etch process work with stainless? Or would stainless steel's corrosion resistance make it impossible?
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depends on the alloy, but in general you'd be wasting your time.
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Great Tutorial, I am going to try the stone washing on an EDC that I am busy with at the moment. S
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this is amazing 
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Hey there, great job as always!
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Yeah, I know the guy that does it. I plan on doing some, but I will keep most of my work to my own designs.
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Awesome! can't wait to see more of your work!
Btw have you ever thought of doing a collab with him? Your skills combined would have an epic result!
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Thanks for the insights, it is a fine looking tool.
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Brilliant, thanks for this tutorial which must have taken almost as long to prepare as the knife.
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Longer! lol. I forgot how much longer it takes to stop and take a picture and video every other minute. The longest part it putting it all together and writing everything down. It's worth it in the end though!
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Thanks alot for the tutorial, it will helps me a lot to finish my first ever made knife.
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The filing/sanding looks like it takes a lot of time. Did you just use hand tools for the purpose of this tutorial, or do you not use power tools in general? How long do you think it would take with, say, a bench grinder?
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With a bench grinder it would cut the time down about 8 hours. This is a small blade. It still took around an hour to file down each side. Then a multitude hours to hand sand up to 320. With a bench grinder (depending on which one you have) grinding up to 320 grit shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to an hour. You would still need to do hand sanding once there, but the time it takes to clean up and everything else would be drastically decreased.
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awesome! thanks
i didn't know you can temper in a baking oven
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Yep! It is one of many ways that you can.
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Thank you! The next ones should be even more awesome.
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I'm glad you liked it!
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Very good tutorial. Hope you have loads more fun making these.
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Thanks for the tutorial Logan - beautifully done and I really appreciate the effort you have gone to get the knowledge out there!
Really looking fwd to the bladesmithing tutorial, it's got to be said!
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Thank you! I had forgotten how much time and effort it took to make them. My next ones will be on making a wooden forge, tongs, and anvil options before jumping into bladesmithing. That way everyone will have an idea of what they need to try it out.
I think it will be fun! My forge is almost completed, so hopefully I will have that posted in the next week.
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Superb! Thanks so much. Really looking fwd to the next installment! Gonna have to give this a go at some point in the future when things are a bit more settled for me... Keep up the good work!
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Never made a knife before. Made plenty of other, simple weapons. Most of them out of wood, or whatever was available. But I do love knives. Always thought it would be interesting to try making one.
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I'm glad you like it. I am more than happy to do so!
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Really awesome! I'd love to do this~ I have to do this~
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Yeah! its sort of a dream of mine~ I've been trying to get to it for a couple of years now but it never seems to happen., I may have to many hobbies lol., I'm really hoping to finally do it when I finish dry walling my workshop this summer., not sure I could even find my tools before then. they are kind of all over right now lol., I've also got to find out were I can get some good steel., Were do you find yours? if you don't mind my asking.
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I love this tutorial, Logan! I learned quite a bit from it.
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I'm glad, my friend! I really hope the next ones help out even more.
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