Hi to everybody,

This is an old project, the blade was hardened more than one year ago and i was waiting my bro to make hilt and butt cap with lost wax tecnique but my bro is really layback (if it's the right word, I don't know) so when I moved from Italy the knife had no hilt yet.
The blade is 580 layer more or less, fully fileworked, quenched and tempered already, it only needs a good polishing and a guard and butt cap along with the handle that you can already see. Can anyone suggest where I can find bronze, brass or stainless steel to make a hilt/collar, butt cap and a little pommel?

Thanks for taking a look

Francesco

"Laid back" is the phrase you're looking for.

What tools do you have.  I seem to recall that you didn't have much yet.   Are you needing premade or can you make them and just need the materials?  As far as "laid back" I think the term your looking for is lazy.  Being from the deep south there's a thin line between lazy and laid back. ;)   There's got to be somebody in Vagas that keeps brass.  Good luck, looking forward to the finished blade.

I have enough tools to make a hilt, butt and pommel. I do need a grinder yet but I can meke it without. I just need a piece of stock to cut and shape. But everytime I search the web for something, it end out with a lot of frustration after hours and hours. I probably just don't know how to use a pc

Try amazon they had a reasonable deal on brass bar and nickel silver that I recently ordered. Knifemakers.com also sells that stuff but they were sol out last I checked

Cool, thank you!!!

It may be worth checking the hardware stores in the plumbing sedtion.I don't know exactly what you have in mind,but I have seen guys use some of that stuff.

Here are some links too:

http://www.onlinemetals.com/

 

http://www.usaknifemaker.com/?gclid=CN2xh_Sfi7cCFQVV4AodNFIAcQ

 

http://www.knifemaking.com/

Thank you!!! I will try and ask at the plumber section then and If I won't find anything I will order. I'd rather shop in person but I can adapt myself...

So, today I started polishing the blade... The f.....g b.....d is soooooooo hard....

Nice clean transition betwen the blade and the ricasio. Continue to take yer time paying attention to these details like you have and this is going to be a first class blade

Thank you, Steve!!

Also in the knife ref section we have a listing of trusted suppliers for us.

Cool! I didn't have the time to properly navigate the forum! Thanks, i will go and find!!!

OOOk, these days I had to go slow and I just started to polish ome side. A lot to polish still but I wanted to start looking at the pattern. I have no ferric so I used lemon overnight, as soon as I can go to Radioshack I will buy the serious one...

anyways: there it is:

Hi everybody, I went ahead a little since last time... Those are my progresses so far... But I also forged a folder blade and built the frame of that folder, that's why I haven't finished it yet...

I hope you like it so far.

PS. I need to find some ferric acid to etch the blade...

looking real good

GLooks great, cant wait to see it finished.

I like that you aren't rushing into this project (reference to the year since it was heat treated) :D I have to joke as I was dragged over the coals myself (Pun intended) My first knife took me two and a half years to complete. And my friends here gave me (and still do at times) quite a razzing that it took so long. I'm not a goal oriented bladesmith; I do mostly ornamental smithing and restoring a car and grand kids are my other hobbies. Consequently, I would work on the blade for a day or two and then let it sit for a month or three. My interest wasn't so much in getting it done as quickly as possible, but to learn from the processes and yield as best a finished product I could. But I digress ;)

 

That is going to be one fine knife! Beautiful!!