Stormcrow Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 More work to go to Atlanta: bush swords! These are all forged from 5160 spring steel and given the triple normalization, triple hardening, triple tempering heat treatment I use for that alloy. All have integral socket handles, hemp cord wraps, cotton cord two-strand Turk's head knots on each end of the handle, and shellac sealer, with either natural amber or black. All shave hair. :) The handles are oval in cross section and are aligned with with blade. Some are straight, some are curved to drop the chopping sweet spot below the level of the knuckles. The dha is based off of blades from Thailand and Burma. Its blade length is 15 1/4" and its overall length is 21 1/2". The willow leaf is more Chinese in design. Its blade is 15 1/8" long and its overall length is 21 1/2". The top bevel is unsharpened. The jungle chopper is based on blunt-ended choppers found across Southeast Asia. Its blade length is 14 3/8" and its overall length is 20 1/2" The cleaver is also based on Southeast Asian blades. As another knifemaker put it, "This thing wants to take off a leg!" :D It's particularly fun to shave off a swath of leg hair with it, knowing what that edge would do when chopping. It's a bit too short to really fall into the "bush sword" category with a blade length of 11" and an overall length of 17 3/8", but the construction is the same. I have about half of the inventory for the Blade Show fully completed and will put up pictures as the rest of them get sharpened and sheaths made. I'm going to be a very busy boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I just picked up a Leaf Spring to forge into something fun over the long weekend. I’m going to try and emulate the shape of your cleaver. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aden Cassidy Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 nice, I've been meaning to use up my old leaf springs my grandfather gave me, have about half a dozen to work with. Haven't gotten around to it yet though, just fiddling around with smaller blades first though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry W. Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 James, it is always nice to see your work. Great job. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundog48 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Roughly how thick are the finished blades at the spine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Thank y'all! Gundog48 - They have multiple distal tapers going on, but the spines tend to be between 1/8" and 1/4". In the 3/16"-ish range for a lot of it. It varies somewhat by use. The short cleaver has a thicker blade than the long jungle chopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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