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Learn to make knives… the MTK way!

My first time teaching people to learn to make knives went really well!

During The 2017 Survival Podcast’s Spring Workshop this past month I helped eight people to make their very first handmade knife! It was an amazing experience! When Jack asked me to help people learn to make knives with this class I really wanted them to come away knowing something about knifemaking and I think they did! It was my first time teaching a class like this and I was a little concerned that I wouldn’t have enough time to teach everyone to make their knives in the short time that I had available to me. Especially since I was just one instructor among 15 different breakout workshops!

Thankfully, […]

By MT Knives|2017-04-06T08:10:08-05:00April 6th, 2017|Knife Making|Comments Off

2015 Ranger in the making

Hello again friends.

With the year slipping away fast there are a lot of exciting things in the work here at MT Knives. Here are the first 3 short videos covering the 2015 Ranger in the works.

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Thank You

By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:23-06:00December 30th, 2014|Entertainment, Knife Making, MT Knife News|6 Comments

Knife Making – A Little Closer Everyday

So another week has flown by and a few more custom knives got mailed to their new owners. Here is a little recap of the week’s knife making.

I should be finished up next week on all of The Alphas, getting ready to start some really unique Custom Knives, and also get started on 2014 “The Generals” style knives for our Stakeholders.
A new shipment of Supplies! It is almost like Christmas! I am really excited to create some Stellar new Knives with these new materials!

Pink G10

Jade Ghost […]

By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:33-06:00February 1st, 2014|Knife Making|Comments Off

Vision, Passion and One Knife Makers Dream

Greetings MT Knives Fans!
I hope you will enjoy this latest video from your humble knife maker.

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By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:33-06:00January 16th, 2014|Knife Making|51 Comments

December Week 1

Thanksgiving Was great! I spend the time with family and a little time in the shop 😉

The beginning stage after heat treat is to surface grind the surface to remove all scratches and make perfectly flat.

Attaching the G10 scales.
next I ruff out the shape, and sand the front of the scales.

one knife to rule them all

It is hard to get a […]

By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:36-06:00December 7th, 2013|Knife Making|Comments Off

Knife Making Handles – Some Progress

The first week was spent heat treating and getting the shop in order and cleaned up. I had some help for the first week and that was nice.Here’s some photos to show you some of my progress in making the Limited edition Stakeholder’s Knives.

Knives Surfaced Ground Knife Handle Pins Cut Knife Handle Scales Roughed Out and Drilled Cutting Knife […]

By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:38-06:00September 20th, 2013|Knife Making|7 Comments

A Good Days work

So this is how my day started, I thought I had grabbed the right receptacle yesterday got it wired up just to find out I had the wrong one! So off to town I went to get the right one.

I got most of the kydex cut out and started!

Some Friends came over and helped get a new door and fan installed!

About ready to put these handles on some knives!

Woke up at 6 am and […]

By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:38-06:00September 11th, 2013|Knife Making|Comments Off

Good Steel

On a properly heat treated blade the steel should be flexible. You should be able to flex the edge of the blade and it should spring back to its original position. This is a sign of a good heat treatment. Here is a video where you can see just that.

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By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:41-06:00March 24th, 2012|Knife Making, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Turning a Ironwood handle on a lathe

Ironwood handle turned on a lathe by Patrick Roehrman of MT Knives

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By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:42-06:00March 13th, 2012|Knife Making, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Satinwood

This beautiful wood has striking curly or fiddlebacked grain pattern. This will make a pretty cool looking knife.

Didn’t get a chance to get out to the shop tonight, was really hoping to shot some video also, just one of those nights.
Thank You,
Patrick

By MT Knives|2017-01-09T22:31:44-06:00January 23rd, 2012|Knife Making, Uncategorized|Comments Off

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