metal99
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No way! I found an almost identical twin to that firge and I can buy it for $50 dollars! I thought somebody made it.
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Oh and another note. I saw some pics of what were thought to be buffalo skinners and the cutting edge was on the outside of the curve this blades edge is on the inside. It's gotta be a chopper of some kind. There are a lot of old farms in the area and a few small towns so it also could have been made by a local smith way back.
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Thats a great find! I'm waiting for the day that i can beat the collectors to an anvil like that :)
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Thanks for the info! I have seen similar blades like this but just like Bentiron said, they had rivited on handles. Its really bothering me that I can't quite get to the bottom of this tho. I have shown it to a few people and they all gave me a puzzled look and took a guess as to how old it could be.
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Those adds are pretty neat!!! Thanks for sharing them :)
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Check the settings on your camera to see if you have a "macro" mode, thats for taking close up detailed pictures.
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Cool man, It could very well be a bolo but where I found it makes me think it might be way before them times. We found about 100 stone arrow heads in the same spot that I found this blade so that makes me think it may be from the fur trade days.
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Me asking what steel it was was kinda stupid . . . apparently I didnt read the file part on the title of the thread lol.
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Awsome man :) makes me wish I had my forge set up already . . . .
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Looks dont make a knife work any better, I like it man :) what steel did you use?
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Hey everyone, I hope your all doing well. I was digging through some of my stuff in storage when we moved it home and found something that I forgot I had. Its a forged "chopping" style blade. I found it when my Dad and I were looking for native arrow heads and stuff like that. Do any of you have an idea on the age of something like this? sorry the pictures are so big.
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I read about using acid on maple before, I might have to try that out sometime :) I cant wait to have my forge and everything all setup this summer.
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really nice man whas the maple dyed and stabilized? Whats the blade length?
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That handle goes well with the bricks haha lol. really like that sheath man.
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Yean if you buy it by the galon its 100 I really want to try that stuff out
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I like it man great first knife :) just rub some boiled linseed oil or other oil finish on that handle and it will be a good hard worker.
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Same here my machete is 3/32. If you made that blade 1/3" thick and it was 30 inches long . . . Yikes so to answer your question. I would not use it because I could probably only swing it a couple times lol
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Thats a dam nice knife Rich I like the shade of the Mable burl sure makes it look alot more exotic and the grind reminds me alot of a couple old german hunters I have wich are my favorite :) gearhartironwerks, have you heard of "cactus juice"?
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I really like that style of pin on an antique looking knife. I restored an old puma for a friend of mine that had the same type of pins thats when I fell in love with them.
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OH NOOOO!!!! That sucks man :( R.I.P. Machete
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