Dogsoldat Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 It took three weekends of puttering away but I finally finished it. Sheath and all. Steel is a bit of 5160 from an old Ford leaf spring. The handle is a piece of yew I had collected some time ago and the brass bits are from the thrust washers off a 527 skid cat trunion. reasonably happy with how it turned out. The grind and polish went really well. the handle went on nice but the pommel cap has tried working loose once or twice. The tang hardened up making it rather difficult to peen over nicely. should have taken a pic or two when it was fresh forged. My new flatter made for a nice quick job of dressing the blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Good work! I'm just sorry I'm not that buddy of yours. :) Gretings Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swords9023 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petere76 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks for reminding us that the spirit of giving is alive and well. Merry Christmas, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Nice clean work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benton Frisse Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I do like that yew handle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 I have a fair bit of it that I have collected from when I was running feller buncher. For awhile there it seemed every time I turned around I found another clump that was going to be levelled anyways so I brought a bunch home. Have several nice billets I have to try and turn into bows one day. But that's another hobby :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revtor Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Nice honest knife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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