Gundog48 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 This is my second knife, forged from 5160, tempered brown. It's 12" long and is designed as a general purpose survival knife, it'll cut through bamboo and shrubs like a machete and splits small logs like a hatchet. I left the clip edge blunt so it could be used to split really long logs so the clip could be used as a target for a baton. I left all but the edge as a forge finish partly for aesthetics, but mostly because it takes ages to get a good polish by hand! I'll try to get some better pictures soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akad Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ooh I like that. Can't really see the handle well in this pic though. Looking forward to seeing some others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundog48 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 A couple more pics as promised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Actually to hand finish a blade is not a real lengthy thing at all..I covered it in the knife chat series posted in knife section of the forum..I think it is in 101 or 102. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundog48 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Thanks, I've been meaning to follow that properly but haven't got round to it, I'll be sure to check it out! I needed to do this in a couple of days for an event, but now it's done I may file out the marks and bring it all to a polish, then put a proper handle on it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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