Work-in-progress – BERSERKR BLADES

Tiny tanto

By ParkPosted on September 22, 2024Posted in Defensive, EDC, Photography, Tanto, Video, Work-in-progress

Small O1 tanto with paper Micarta scales, white G10 spacers, and stainless Trox fasteners. The razor sharp 1/8″ thick blade has been lightly etched with ferric chloride and the cutting edge brought to a high polish. Sheath is Kydex.

Corotid cutter [video]

By ParkPosted on September 21, 2024Posted in Defensive, Knifemaking, Video, Work-in-progress

I like to use Sharpie fine point markers to roughly plan how my scales are going to look in relation to the plunge cuts and maker’s mark. Again, it’s just a rough idea and I may change things up during the grinding process, such as bevel height or plunge angle, or I may decide to add a swedge. Below: The top knife has been heat treated and beveled. All that’s left is GunKote, scales, and sharpening. I brought the bevels to a near zero edge which will make for a very sharp blade.

Kiridashi EDC

By ParkPosted on September 20, 2024Posted in EDC, Knifemaking, Work-in-progress

Small work-in-progress O1 utility blade with a hollow chisel grind, swedge, and serrations. Spine has been jimped for added control. 5/32″ thickness, 1.75″ blade and 5″ OAL.

O1 knife [video]

By ParkPosted on September 16, 2024Posted in Combat knife, Defensive, EDC, Knifemaking, Video, Work-in-progress

Video of rough grind to finished knife (minus cutting edge).

Finishing up

By ParkPosted on September 13, 2024Posted in Knifemaking, Photography, Shop tools, Work-in-progress

Marked, heat treated, coated, roughly sharpened, and ready for G10 scales.

Chamfering

By ParkPosted on September 12, 2024Posted in Knifemaking, Photography, Shop tools, Work-in-progress

Small work-in-progress batch of hefty chisel grind utility knives.

Work-in-progress recurve machete

By ParkPosted on September 11, 2024Posted in Combat knife, Knifemaking, Work-in-progress

5160 spring steel, 1/4″ thick full flat grind recurve machete with an OAL of 20.75 inches.

Profile work

By ParkPosted on September 10, 2024Posted in Knifemaking, Work-in-progress

This O1 blank has been ground to shape and is now ready for my heat treat oven.

Back in the shop, designing new things

By ParkPosted on September 2, 2024Posted in EDC, Work-in-progress

These knives are made from 5/32″ thick O1 tool steel and have an 8.5″ OAL with a weight of about 5 oz. I have heat treated them to 61-62 HRC.

For the handle scales I used G10 and Micarta. Torx screws and stainless steel connectors are used to secure the scales to the tang. The blades are finished with a 120 grit aluminum oxide blast and then coated with matte gray 2400 series GunKote.

Needle filing

By ParkPosted on May 12, 2024Posted in Knifemaking, Shop tools, Work-in-progress

Working on thumb traction grooves. Probably not my favorite part of the process.

Work-in-progress tanto

By ParkPosted on June 12, 2021Posted in Knifemaking, Tanto, Work-in-progress

This is a work-in-progress 1095 tanto-style combat knife. The handle will be wrapped in 550 cord but I drilled additional holes in case I ever wanted to add scales.

O1 hunter work-in-progress [video]

By ParkPosted on June 1, 2021Posted in Knifemaking, Video, Work-in-progress

Rough O1 hunter with full flat grind and Micarta scales, secured with flared stainless tubing. Blade still needs additional hand sanding.

Normalization cycle

By ParkPosted on May 7, 2021Posted in Knifemaking, Photography, Shop tools, Work-in-progress

1084 high carbon steel hunting knife blank being put through a normalization cycle. I’ll do this a couple times to relieve the stresses of grinding and to refine grain structure. I also place a few pieces of scrap steel into the kiln which I’ll use to quickly heat up the quench tank.