garey Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 What to do with a RR spike on a Sunday afternoon? Try knife knapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Saaaweet Garey, tell me more....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loneforge Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Obsidian Spikes! Cool job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchjv Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Excellent job! I need to try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Entrance Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 That's brilliant. Love that style handle. What's it called, and is there something on the site here that explains how to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Gaz, I see you've done a gnarly looking pine-apple twist on the handle, which really suits the knife, but how have you done the blade? looks great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Nice knapped steel, did you use a dremel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheftjcook Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Very Cool looking nice work and detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeyladyfarms Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Love it did you get the flint pattern from real chert or do you knap also as I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therepairman1557 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Nice! Great job and great thinking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal99 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Google "blacksmith pineapple twist" the first result is a pretty good video. Great looking knife man! One of the neatest spike knives I've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Now that's a RR spike knife worth the trouble! Very nicely done Garey, I know another bladesmith who does knapped look steel blades I'll PM you if you'd like to get in contact with him. Before I go on and get a good ramble going: Welcome aboard Garey, glad to have you! I've done a little knapping, Davis Cr. mahogany obsidian, like you'd know the outcrop. I haven't had much luck with local chert, I think it's going to need to be tempered but if you hit it hard enough it has good concoidal fracture patterns, long and straight. Obsidian is hard to find here and I don't know of any flint outside of Prince of Wales Isle. and that's a real bear to get at IF you can get one of the locals to show you. <Sigh> All in all, well done. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielDunn Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I'd love to hear how you got the chipped blade effect. Makes me want to make a RR Spike Dune inspired Crysknife. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Entrance Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Google "blacksmith pineapple twist" the first result is a pretty good video. Great looking knife man! One of the neatest spike knives I've seen!Thanks! That is a pretty clear and concise explanation, and looks easy enough that I might be able to pull it off. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 anvilfire.com also has a good step-by-step. Go to the site and on the left you'll see iForge-How To. That'll bring up a long list of tutorials on how to make stuff. Number 11 "Twists" will show an easy to understand demo of how to make a Pineapple twist, among others..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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