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19th July 2021, 09:36 PM #1Senior Member
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Suppliers of Knife Blanks?
Does anyone have any experience of buying knife blanks from Aliexpress or Alibaba? Any recommendations of suppliers on there?
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20th July 2021, 02:45 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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What sort of a wood carving knife do you intend to make?
I have repurposed 2 dozen worn down farrier's hoof trimming knives as entirely satisfactory wood carvers.
Otherwise, I have found it most practical to buy a finished blade from a local and experienced blade smith.
To that, I'll add a handle of my own design and get back to carving.
Farriers have forges, dealing as they do with many sizes of horse shoes. Some dabble in blade smithing.
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20th July 2021, 03:15 AM #3Senior Member
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20th July 2021, 04:57 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Ha! No problem. Everybody does it.
Of my 5 cleavers, the oldest is about 1970/Melbourne ( Little Collins St?).
I use 3 which are just 15cm/6" that cost me $15.00 each.
The two big ones (1980's) hardly ever get much use anymore since I found the small ones.
A straight little prep knife with maybe a 10cm/4" blade, 4 or more of them, would be all that I make much use of.
Can you reveal what sorts of blade shape designs you are thinking of?
I'm really tempted to bash off a couple of factory handles and make up something that actually fits my hands.
Age and arthritis have changed my grip and some kitchen knives are not nice to hold for a fine dice.
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20th July 2021, 09:29 AM #5
Woodcraft.com has a large selection of knife kits. You could also try searching on Amazon - probably more likely to find local ones that way...
Claude
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