Gundog48 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Saw this knife in the show and decided I should give it a go. It's my first time doing a replica, in fact, it's the first knife I've made with a wooden handle or any kind of fittings! It was a fun one to do as there wasn't a whole lot of grinding to do- it was practically forge finished. It was forged from 5160 and deferentially tempered to a light brown at the blade and blue at the back. It's very cleaver-like and is surprisingly good at slicing, I still need to work on my sharpening as I can never get my knives as sharp as I would like! I think it could have done with being a little thinner, but other than that, I'm pretty happy. Copyrighted material removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKrzysz Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I think it looks pretty close to the tv show knife. Just don't go lopping peoples hand's off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundog48 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 It's closer than I could have hoped, the tang transition is a bit off though! That depends entirely on how much they hide behind their father! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Considering that it's based off a prop, what you've made looks even more dangerous - and we've already seen it in use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Nice knife, that episode shocked me a bit haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar.esq Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Gundog, It's a cool profile, I can see why you'd want to make one. I also struggled with getting things sharp like they should be until I learned to feel for a wire edge. Once I can feel a wire along one entire side, I switch to light abrading on the opposite side to hone the wire off. I spent way too long with coarse abrasives. I'm still finding my way with it but practice makes perfect. One thing that's helped immensely is the razor sharp paper wheels they sell at Woodcraft. They're 8" laminated brown paper wheels. One of them has grit glued on it which you can replace with glue and spare grit. The other wheel is slotted and you put polishing rouge on it. It's really easy to get hair popping polished edges with it but they slide rather than grab if you polish it too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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