Knife porn thread

Where do you dispose of abused (used by da stoopid) knives?

A police station?

Really?

Blunt and the points have been damaged as the have beed used as screwdrivers/wedges
to open jars/etc

Actually think you are right. Especially where I am at the mo.

What kind of knives? Someone might take them on as a project to regrind etc.; otherwise your local tip will probably take them in the metal recycling.

Especially if you say you found them by a bin and thought it was sensible to get them off the street.

my mate's a chef. he has some nice knives.

Is it porn if they are used?

It is if they are under a hedge in a plastic bag.

Ah hedge porn, the internet is killing hedge porn.

Would fit in better if there was a fknpna thread. Couldn't find my nice woodworking knife so sharpened up an old rusty mora I found in a box. Probably cost £2 or so. Worked really well!

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Update: I went for a symmetrical grind, and my colleague convinced me to try and get a hamon. Wrapped the blade in stainless wire, then 3 layers of refractory cement and ash in increasing concentration. Heated to cherry red with a propane torch (although I was outside, so it was hard to judge) then quenched in peanut oil. A bit of the cement flaked off during the heating, so we'll see how that affects the hamon, but a quick file test shows it has hardened well. It'll go in the oven tonight and tomorrow for 3x 1hr at 180C for tempering, then comes the big reveal!

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Not ‘porn’ per se, but a nice little nr. 7 that I added a countersunk hole to and knotted a reflective lanyard on. Gave the edge a once over and it is proper sharp now. A gift to a lovely lady who’ll be working and living on a campsite for the next couple of months. I say gift but she’ll have to fork over some coins because of superstition...

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hamon cool !

Are you going to etch it at all?
What steel are you using?

I did give it an etch with lemon juice, and it brought out some subtle colour difference, but now having sanded and polished it again, the etch has almost completely disappeared. I might give it another go with the lemon juice later, but worried about staining the handle now.

The steel is: https://www.schmiedeglut.de/carbonstahl-kohlenstoffstahl-cederstahl_1
Just what my colleague had lying around, and didn't want anything too fancy seeing as it was harden with a torch and I am very inexperienced.

Used some wood from an old shoulder plane for the handle, not sure exactly what it is but obviously something pretty hard and durable! Messed up the pins a bit (again) so they're not perfectly flush and there's a bit of glue visible, but overall super happy with how it's turned out!

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Good job, really nice shape

That is really nice.

Thanks! As always, learned a lot, and the next one will be better I'm sure!

This steel oxidises really easily, so it's definitely going to take on some patina super quickly. Hopefully I can keep it well enough that it doesn't just completely go to shit.

Knife knoob/lurker here in need of some opinions/reccomendations

Looking for a UK legal carry knife for a mate for his Bday, nothing fancy but was hoping to get the handle engraved so I suppose that has to be metal.
Have been looking at some SpyderCo ones but none of the metal handle ones seem to have a clip which would be a nice feature to have, any thoughts? Looking to spend like £30

I found it hard to get a metal handle knive for this. I think your best bet is the “British army” type knife. There are various types, with or without the spike.

However, I got the SpyderCo edc knife and had the blade engraved as a pressie for a mate.

Anything with a blade more than 7.62cm (3") or that locks the blade, however long, is not UK legal so a lot of the SpyderCo knives are out and they're a bit pricey. You might have more luck with a "boring old" Swiss Army Knife. They can be personalised and you or your mate can buy a belt pouch for it. Everyone loves a SAK.
Have a gander at this
http://www.swisstool.co.uk/st/Swiss-Army-Knife-Range/

Yeah done a bit of research on the legality of things, there seems to be a few that meet the legal requirements on heinnie haynes, but the lack of a clip isn't ideal.
Thanks for the suggestion, but not really after a swiss/multi tool type thing as he has a decent leatherman, wanted something that looked nice as much as its functional :)

@stevep your suggestion of engraving the blade might be my best bet actually, I had assumed it was a bit of a no no but opens up my options! Thanks.

Get the Heinnine Hayes CRKT Liong Mah then. Very good knife for that price. I do like mine.

https://www.heinnie.com/crkt-liong-mah-limited-edition-red

How did you/your friend find the quality of the spyderco

Do like the look of that but no space to engrave the blade :(