TheoRockNazz Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Okay, maybe not a knife.... Several years ago I forged a machete for a 3d computer artist teacher of mine - he is a collector of dangerous things. His daughter nicknamed it "The Indiana Jones' Knife". Whilst chopping heavy branches the pommel broke off. I thought that was inexcusable, and for the past two years have been trying to get the blade back to repair it because he deserves a working machete. Well, recently the stars aligned and got a second swing at the blade. Even though I only made two years ago, I was disgusted with my own work; the pommel had snapped off at the very tip of the tang because I had forged it much too thin. Thankfully I had gotten the heat treating right because the blade itself was still straight and sharp. It was an recycled, old, large file. I threw away the old handle, normalized and re-straightened, forged it a tad bit more aggressively curved, and tried my darndest to fix my old shape via filing and grinding after annealing. Typical heat treatment for large chopping blades. Forged a new guard, and fitted it with purpleheart, aluminum (salvaged from the original handle), brass and mosaic pin, then gave it several coatings of linseed oil. 19" oal, 14" blade, 3/16" thick, 5" handle. Swinging it around, it is comfortable, although I could have curved the handle a couple more degrees. I have not showed him pictures yet, I am just going to deliver it to him. I hope he likes it. As always, comments and critique are encouraged. Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccustomknives Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 If the zombe outbreak happened 150 years ago he'd be ready. You could of went ahead a made it a full "D" guard, it would have fit right in with the narley civil war soldier. ;) I know what you mean about a blade failing, it really miffs me too. :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Looks like a good re-work. Got pics of what it was like before for comparison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Sadly no, I was so eager to start the project it slipped my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.