If you need help in making a pattern, see the small post on the bottom of the original Knife Patterns page. For additional patterns, see the Knife Patterns II and Knife Patterns III, Knife Patterns V and Knife Patterns VI pages.
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KN37 Kitchen Utility
DH58 Camp/Hunter
KN36 - Kitchen Utility
CP21 Clip Point Camper
CP20 Clip Point Hunter
HT3 Hidden Tang Hunting Knife
KN34 Honesuki Western

KN33 Kiritsuke Styled Gyuto Wa
DH55 and DH55a (Bird & Trout)
DH54 Drop Point

GH1 Gut Hook Hunter
KN32 Kitchen Knife Set (3 pages) Page 1, Page 2 & Page 3
KN31 Kitchen Utility
CP19 Clip Point
KN30 Gyuto

KN29 Kiritsuke Styled Gyuto
KN27 Full Tang Chef's Knife
KN24 Artisan Kitchen Set
CP18 Clip Point
DH56 Hunter with Bolster
KN22 Chef's
KN21 (full tang nakiri)
CP17 Clip Point
DH53 "Fighter"
KN20 Honesuki wa
KN19 Nakiri wa
KN18 Gyuto Western Handle
KN12 Gyuto (wa)
28 comments:
Great site, lots and lots of information to read through, well done. Greetings from Waterford,Ireland.
Lovely templates.
Has anyone got a patron for a small hatchet/Axe?
I have a 12 saw blade I'd like to try make a hatchet from but can't decide on a design I like
A hatchet is more of a forged (vs. stock removal) project. I have seen some great hatchets made from ball pein hammers
Check bladeforums.com they have a bunch of really good info on making a tomahawk from a ball peen hammer. Isn't too difficult and you can adapt it to your design
Dan, this is a great website, someone recommended your site on blade forums and I've spent an entire night reading over it. So much great information.
Thanks for your kind words.
Cheers,
Dan
Any chance you can put up the Bark River Bushcrafter II pattern? Thanks.
AWESOME- very nice knife templates, awesome for knife makers, keep up the great work, hope to see more knife templates in future, maybe folding knife templates aren't many out there,..??
Do you have a kephart design. Thanks for the patterns.
How about a kobun style tanto? Thanks
i was wondering if perhaps you would make a template for a recurve knife? i keep drawing it out and i can never get it balanced correctly. either the handle looks weird or the belly looks weird or the size relationships are all off and i can never find a perfect balance. awesome site though! ive spent the last 3 days reading all of the articles.
Can the Kn38 be posted in the pattern section?
Hi, the KN38 can be found on the Knife Patterns V page. Thanks for stopping by!
Dan
I just want to say that it takes an amazing person with a servants heart to share so much personal time in doing this. Your hard work is greatly appreciated.nThank you
It's my pleasure. Thank you for your kind words.
Dan
My nakiri or nakiri wa, i don`t know...
Don`t have belt grinder only a diy disk an angle grinder.
The handle is brazilian oak.
https://imgur.com/wtuD5Jn
https://imgur.com/DAxiM8v
https://imgur.com/Ph6Ybby
You did very good with limited resources. I wish that your nakiri serves you well in the kitchen!
Dan
I would like to thank you for the generosity you have to share your knowledge and the real-size drawings of each type of knife. For those of us who are starting, it is a great help.
Greetings from Argentina
Great templates thank you! Look forward to posting pictures of my knives!
Thank you for making these designs available. Very often when I am stuck without ideas, I browse thru the designs and most of the time I come away with a blade form to suit my needs. Normally just tinker a bit of the handle and sizing.
Hi Dan
Quick question if you dont mind (and Merry Christmas). I have used your Guthook hunter template (Thanks) to make a blade for a mate (out of 4.1mm Nitro-V) but I cannot get a decent cutting edge in the hook itself. I have used (and basically destroyed) a 5.5mm Stihl chainsaw file and it looks great but it just doesn't get sharp, only the very centre even looks close. Could you please share any tips regarding getting a good cutting edge in the hook itself? Should I be trying to get a flat or V shaped cutting edge rather than curved? Should I go bigger with a dremel instead?
Thanks again,
Regards, Ben (Australia)
Hi Ben,
The shape works best as a single bevel with a zero or micro edge. I would use a file for shaping and setting the initial angle. Then a small drum in the Dremel to get the wire edge. Once you can feel a little burr, run the small diameter buffing bob with some rouge or green buffing compound.
Similar to what I do for looped hoof knives, you can use a small piece of 1500 - 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper rolled around a rod to make like a super fine file and stroke it to bring the cutting edge back into shape.
Merry (belated) Christmas to you too!
Dan
Thank Dan
My mistake, in hindsight, was to file a double sided bevel in the hook before heat treat, there is nothing left to take out to get it back to a single sided hook blade. I managed to machine it to a flat edge in the hook and get it sharp but the next time a single sided gut hook is definitely the way to go.
Regards, Ben
Is there any chance that you have a throwing knife template? I've been looking but can't find a good one anywhere.
Thank you so much for your time to help us with your templates and builds. Let me thank you with some pictures of knives I made using your templates
KN19 template nakiri 01 tool steel, ziricote and redheart handle with white g10 liner.
https://flic.kr/p/2j8Y5oA
https://flic.kr/p/2j934gS
Another KN19 nakiri made for my sister
1095 steel with hamon, handle g10 and juma with green g10 liner
https://flic.kr/p/2j93dB5
https://flic.kr/p/2j8YeGf
Small utility knife, KN34 template 1095 steel with hamon, handle Indian rosewood with green g10 liner and mosaic pin (made by me). The knife was a gift for my wife.
https://flic.kr/p/2j91Tf5
https://flic.kr/p/2j8YeEg
Hi,
You do some fine work there. Thanks for sharing.
Dan
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