Rough Ryder Blade Blanks Set 18

I got these because I am new to knifemaking as a potential hobby for when I retire next year. i've seen them criticised for poor steel, edge quality & finish but at £11 for 3 I don't think you can go wrong if you want to practise without wasting cash. I'm making my own Micarta for scales & have also found that a piece of microbore flexible copper pipe is a perfect fit for the smallest blade, being 8mm diameter & 6mm bore. Using this I've made a lanyard pin, a mosaic pin with various sizes of electric cable & another mosaic pin with 6mm brass through the center. I've altered the shape of the handle with a bit of subtle grinding & am so far very pleased with my progress. I look forward to moving onto the bigger blades soon. These blanks are perfect to learn with. Thanks HH for good service & value!

Great deal if you want to practice making a knife or just want to make a set for occasional use. The steel isn't great and the pin holes are way too large, but for what you are paying it's great value. Pictures of completed knives here http://lumberjocks.com/projects/338753

Excellent value for money. This will make a very good small collection set particularly for newbies

These blades are horrid. The steel is a pain to sharpen and the ergonomics are terrible. On the good side. For a tenner you get three blades to work on. If you want to learn how to assemble a knife these are perfect for practice. The handle shape will test your skill at shaping and the recurve blades will test your sharpening skills. Don't buy if you want a good user knife....buy a condor blade for instance. But if you are starting out these are a cheap way to build up your skills. If you ruin the blades working on them, all they have cost is the price of a pint and a chicken kebab. Ruukuu

£10 3 blanks yes please, I have made something really quite special with the large one and planing to replicate on the little ones, convexed my one and personally choice, these are quite hard to be honest, for a tenner you cant really go wrong tbh, Cheers HH

DO NOT BUY these blank under absolutely any circumstances you will regret it. I bought these blanks myself and I can honestly say they are junk. But allow me to elaborate. The first and most obvious problem is the size of the tang holes, which are 8mm 9mm and 10mm from smallest blade to largest. There is absolutely no reason for the tang holes to be so large and the fact that they are weakens the tang considerably, in fact I snapped the smallest blade at the center tang hole while dry fitting a mocked up handle. The second and not so problem is the steel type. These blanks are listed only as stainless steel, no type is given at all so it could be anything. That said looking at the grain structure after the tang snapped it is extremely course to the point of looking like sanding paper. As I said before DO NOT BUY these blanks I did and I wholeheartedly regret it. Heinnie to their credit offered to send me a replacement set but I hope they do not waste their time or mine in doing so because i would just throw them in the trash where they belong as I do not deem them worth even the postage it would cost me to send the replacement set back to Hiennie. Take my advice and spend the extra on the Condor or K&G blanks instead. Not even worth one star but that's the lowest I can rate.