panzertank27 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 18 inch oal. 12 inch blade oak handle leafspring hand forged,filed and sanded to 400grit motor oil quench, tempered, spine drawn. unfortunately i lost patience with this knife and just wanted to finish it so the blade is still a little potched here and there. sorry for the bad pic as my camera is on vacation so i used my video cam..... cant w8 to start the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
element Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 well thats an awesome chopper, very good for a first,actually exellent for a first. how did you make the nice bend in the blade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_cooter Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 That beast ought to do some serious cutting. Ya did good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messerist Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Nice job. That'll cut for a month of sundays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecart Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 That would have the Mimosas that are taking over my yard shaking with fear! If your first knife looks this good, I really want to see you subsequent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 wicked job! that is one nasty cleaver, i like the the jagged edge on the top, extra nasty. what is its purpose?(if any) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzertank27 Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 well the teeth on top have no reason other than to make it look nasty (this knife is a present for my 18 year old nephew, he likes that kind of stuff) the bend was just the natural bend from hammering the profile of the cutting edge without straightening the knife. this knife is my 6 or 7 th i made at the forge but the first one i finished. my first couple didnt look like what i thought they would look like then i had a huge learning curve thanks to reading posts on this site.thanks for the comments. im so addicted to this........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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