How to Make a Drawknife
by Divisible_By_0 in Workshop > Metalworking
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How to Make a Drawknife

here are the tools you will need to make this plus a grinder, blow torch, pliers and safety goggles
this is my first inscrutable so anyway to make it better would be appreciated
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Find Metal and Cut to Size

find a strip of metal you have and cut to size then mark out the blade area and handle tangs then using the saw cut out the tangs and file down the edges
Heat the Tangs


Heat and bend the tangs to you're desired angle
Find and Cut Wood for Handles

Find and Cut wood to length of you're tangs and then drill a hole slightly bigger than the tangs in the top 1/8th inch
of the handle then drill the rest with a slightly smaller bit then hammer the handles onto the tang
Sharpen Then Polish the Blade


using you're grinder (mine is a precision grinder for sewing scissors and knives) at 45 degrees grind the edge on the blade the end facing the same way as the handles so it cuts when pulled towards you