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ok guys well i started on the other side and unfortunately i wasnt able to get the "curves" to match exactly im not quite sure how to fix it at this point so if you guys know anything any info is welcome! but look wise and edge wise it (at least to me) is coming along fairly well. a lot of these photos are fairly similar but let me know what you guys think

ill show in the next progress pic but i left the fore part of the blade thinner and of course the thickest part near the ricasso but with the blade shape i wanted to give it more chopping power on that first inside curve and then the better cutting edge on the fore part of the blade...im putting the brass in the handle (because of the hidden tang) so that it has enough weight that when you chop into something it wont spring back up at the person chopping....just my thoughts on it but im a new knife maker so if im wrong please correct me :)

ok heres my work for the day only had about 1 hour to work on it but im mostly done with the one side sorry for the bad pic...i still have some work to do on the back edge and cleaning up by the ricasso. new knife.bmp

yeah ill be rounding out the shoulders today and dressing up that cut out area pics will be coming soon

after i ran off to class today i remembered what i meant originally and i wasnt talking about the bolsters what i meant was the center section that will surround the tang (thats just brass) and then the wood handle on either side. thanks for all the comments and info guys maybe ill get to finish the drawfiling today :/

there we go! the bolster i can't believe i forgot but with this knife i will be using 1/8 inch thick brass and slightly thinner nickle silver sheet that will be stacked alternately to form the handguard/ bolster have you ever seen this done before?

started a new knife made from the tip of a jackhammer bit, overall length 9 inches and hidden tang the filler? is going to be brass (not sure what the name for the part that goes around the hidden tang for a riveted handle is :/ ) but as the title says this is my first attempt at drawfiling and man is it wonderful! i set up the filing angles with a little work on the the belt sander as you can see by that little divit more towards the tang but i only just started the one side...but anywho questions commentss and info are always welcome...thanks for looking!

thanks for looking! ive never made a handle this way before so im fairly pleased with how it turned out

i used stacked leather sanded to shape and sealed with a clear glue

this is terrific thanks so much for the help! im using it on the trunk of a "tree" with a hangin orb for a county fair

thats exactly it! thanks very much....how do you just cut into one side of the corner and twist?

anyone know what the type of twist is called where you cut halfway into a bar to make "squares" that form a kind of spiral staircase effect when you twist it...sorry if its not clear i cant find a picture. thanks for the help!

another pic

thanks for all the comments guys! i finally got to work on the handle today so let me know what you think! this is my first stacked leather handle

sorry it took a while...got bogged down with home repairs....here is the file work and i have decided to do one of those stacked leather handles (first time) so hopefully all will go well.... (crosses fingers)

very cool...the second to last one is my favorite you did a really nice job on all the angles

thanks guys and ill be starting the file work today so there should be new pictures tonight

really cool idea and beautiful work!

awesome work!

i was at a flea market a few years back and picked up a machete for about $5 and this past year one of my friends somehow mangled it...i dont know how... but i needed to (wanted to) reforge it so after drawing it out it was a bit to long so the part i cut off i decided to turn into a knife...so the first pic is what the machete looked like and then the knife after its polishing and edge placement so like 15% done...overall length in about 9 inches still deciding on what to do with the handle. let me know what you guys think Staff note: Copyrighted photo removed

thanks louie will do

no offense taken! i think it might be the pic because it took it on my cellphone but there are a couple parts of the edge that are a little wavy but that happened after heat treat....and yeah for this one (just a personal keeper) ill keep it in that rough look and then anything i do after will always look better thanks for the tip ill have to try that on my next one.

so finally had enough time to try a sword so i ended up with a single handed very light sword....this was a forging exercise and i wanted it to have a kind of right out of the ground look but i did want to practice some dremel work too so i etched in a celtic braid on one side and runes on the other (its name is demon slayer) ...i made it from a 1930s ford truck coil spring and i think it turned out very well for a first attempt so let me know what you think! all comments and questions are welcome!

as far as morning star maces are concerned i cant say any more then what everyone else has said but if your talking about a flail i once saw someone use "strips" with spikes attached to form a ball...so basically take your flat stock, fold it over (about 3 inches or so) forgeweld each end, open up the center and round it and shape welded ends into spikes...and repeat im not sure how he attached them but an easy way would be to rivet them together and it cuts down on weight by a ton!

Keeplokd thanks for commenting! as far as the historic period goes this is a type that was employed by the romans in a few cases...the more common type would be to simply have a flattened arrowhed that had two slits cut in the center and that center was "pulled" out to have the basket affect. but yes they probably would have used some type of pitch or tar. as to why not just "stick some pitch" near the end and light that could be a bit unclear as to the fact that both work effectively but what i have found is that with the basket design (if you have a large enough tip) then it helps to divert the air around the flame allowing it to shoot "farther and faster" it also gives the added "advantage" of not destroying the shaft as easily...but arrows are a kind of throw away weapon at this point so that not a big part of it but it does ensure that the flame hits where the tip does making it more effective. i hope this helps.