Stormcrow Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I've been busy lately but haven't put up many pics of what I've been doing. I feel like I'm falling behind! This was one I made a while back. It's what I term a "scavenger blade", a stock removal blade that is made from a plow disk from my family's farm. The blade was cut from the disk, flattened out, the profile cleaned up, and then it was normalized multiple times to make sure it didn't try to return to its previous curved cross section. Then the bevels were ground in and it was heat treated. The blade is 8" long and the overall length is 13 1/8", with a spine thickness of approximately 1/8". The handle has full-length leather slabs underneath a hemp cord wrap and a triple strand Turk's head knot in black cotton, all sealed with amber shellac. I think of this as a "bush tanto", though a couple of people have commented that they think it would make a good barbecue slicer. The texture on the blade comes from rust pitting on the plow disk from years of sitting under live oak leaves. I tried to figure out how to get a stock removal wakizashi out of a plow disk but wasn't able to. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Fine looking blade; looks "usable" "functional" well made. Watch out or you may get calls from Hollywood next time they want to do a post-apocalypse film! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Cut the wakizashi from the periphery of the disc (sorry, can't help myself...must shut up now... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Thomas - It would have been cool to do the Filipinno blade for The Book of Eli. HWoolridge - I actually tried. Couldn't get it to straighten out. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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