digger9523 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Had a few hours in the forge hammering out a Khukri from a piece of old Land Rover leaf spring. This is what i have so far: Filed out the notch: This was at close of play last night, think I'd earned a drink at that stage! Today, after a heat treat, brief tidy up and a sharpen we're here: Hung some rope from a beam and cut through it, then chopped through a 4x2 with no problems, so I'm pleased so far! Giving it a better tidy up at work tomorrow. Thanks for looking, please feel free to comment good or bad. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJAX Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 looks good, post some pictures when you get the handle done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Definitely. Planning cow or buffalo horn like on the current issue originals. Need to source a nice piece if i do that. Or, i may do it in some nice wood more along the lines of the WW 1-2 period knives... Decisions decisions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spots Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I really like that. Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 I really like that. Great job Thanks mate! Here's where I'm at after an hour or so on it at work today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Yates Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Very nice thought for a sec it was a middle finger in the cutout :lol: look forward to seeing it finished . Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantrum86 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Looks great cant wait to see some handles on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Well, after a good long while, i finally got around to putting a handle on this thing! All over winter i used the blade for splitting kindling, so I'm happy it can take some use, but it Really needed a handle. I've been puzzling for months about how to do it, and i eventually decided i wanted to use antler. Wanted to do the handle in as near as xxxx the shape of an original, but in use the back of the handle on an original can dig in, especially as the handles are usually so small, so i decided the handle would be bigger, and slightly modified! And there it is, all over now bar the sheath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJAX Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 that turned out really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Is that notch for The Rebels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Is that notch for The Rebels? When you say "Rebels", do you mean Star Wars??? My 5 year old son said to me just 3 days ago, "Is that for the Star Wars good guys?" :-) It wasn't done intentionally I can assure you, it was just meant to be a Fleur de lis! But it does bear a striking resemblance to the mark of the Rebel Alliance! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 George Lucas may be sending you a letter, be sure to have “plausible deniability”! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantofolder Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 That blade turned out great....thanks for the photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 George Lucas may be sending you a letter, be sure to have “plausible deniability”! I've got broad shoulders, but they can slope Rapidly when required! :D Glad you all like it folks and thanks for your comments. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_ Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Very Nice Knife. Thank For The Photos :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Smith Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 How did you polish out the handle ...it looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rberry1911 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Nice looking blade that handle set it off...greatly done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Thanks folks! I used some very dense antler on the handle, did all of the roughing out and then sanded by hand through several different grits. Finished on 400 grit and then ran the handle over a polishing mop. The denser the antler the better in my experience. For you guys in the US of A, try and source some Caribou. Reindeer over this way have very dense antler, don't see why Caribou wouldn't be the same. My antler is Barasingha, an Indian/Asian swamp deer. I used it because it's dense, but also because it's likely to have been a material that was once available to the original Ghurka knife smiths. It's CITES listed now, but we have them in deer parks here in the UK, so mine was sourced legally, as in not poached from the wild. Polishes up a treat as you can see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Thinking about a sheath for this, anybody ever done a wooden sheath before? :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Yates Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Awesome Job Digger that turned out supper. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criminalhate Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Here's a site about making wood core scabbards for swords but the process should be similar.http://www.yeoldegaffers.com/project_scabbard.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger9523 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Good stuff, thanks for that. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayrocko Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Great work. Not sure on how far up you want the sheath to go. I assume all the way to the handle. In that case I have seen wooden curved sheaths that have a simple design to them: Make your sheath out of 2 pieces of wood attached like that site that criminalhate had linked with one exception, cut in from the side (or top pending how you view it) so the knife doesn't have to slide out from the end but rather from the spine of the blade out..... this is hard to explain with out a picture. Cutting edge of the blade all slides in at once like you are cutting into the wood. Then that is held in with either leather straps or buckles or even cheaper setup is buttons. If this doesn't make sense let me know and I will see if I cant find an example of what I mean. I know I have something near that still packed up from my last move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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