Today I am doing a batch of 4 W2 hunting knives. These were water jet cut by New Jersey Steel Baron which is a fantastic service! The blanks cost marginally more than what it would cost me to cut them from bar stock....

As you may notice, I pick up a 5th knife along the way lol this is just an old one that I had laying around that needed to be finished.

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00:00 Intro and jimping
00:49 Scribing centerline
01:41 Filework
03:26 Sharpening choil
04:23 Grinding bevels
05:32 Hardening
06:08 Surface grinding
07:27 Finish grinding
10:52 Etching makers mark
11:13 Drilling pin holes and
12:38 Glue-up
15:46 Handle shaping
19:36 Sharpening
20:19 Sheath making
21:29 Fin