How To Make A Hook Carving Knife

The hook on this bowl and spoon carving crooked knife has the double bevel on the bottom side.
How to make a hook carving knife. It needs to be sharp and hold a good edge all the knives I mention below will do that and all except the Frost come ready to use. Carve at the hilt of the knife and hook the thumb of the knife hand over the back of the blank. In this build I make a hook knife to add to growing collection of carving knives.
Place the tip of the blade on the dowel parallel to the floor. First what makes a good spoon carving hook knife. Drake Chip Carving Knife 78-DK9.
Polish the blade and remove the finger-hook. The process of making a functional hook knife is actually pretty simple. Using a small wooden mallet begin to shape the hook with even rapid taps bending it evenly around the dowel.
Although going through a more complex process usually turns out a better quality kni. The handle is 10 long for two hands. The one that comes in the kit the Mora 164 is set up for pull cuts with the right hand and push cuts with the left.
To make a hook blade of medium size with a 3 blade using sawblade cut a piece of steel 34 x 18 x 6 with a grinder fit with a cutting wheel zip cut. When the edge becomes too dull for stropping alone run a. Pull the knife with a small arced wrist motion.
Once the blade is mounted in the handle. Refine the blade to desired shape bevel and fit into handle. To maintain the edge strop both sides of a flat blade at the first sign of becoming dull.