Stormcrow Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 So, some of y'all might remember the carcass splitter I made a while back. Well, I made a couple more. I wanted these to be wider blades, more like meat cleavers and less like a Chinese pole arm. The original was forged from 1/4" x 2" 5160; these were forged from 1/4" x 3" 5160. The new ones have hemp wraps and Turk's head knots over a foundation of neoprene, all impregnated with marine epoxy. They were on my table at the Blade Show. The lights of the wood display behind me made it hard to get decent photos of my side of the aisle, but this should give an idea of size in hand, and also what a year's worth of beard growing looks like on me. The longer of the two has a 17" blade and an overall length of 36". The smaller of the two has a 14 3/4" blade and 34 1/2" overall length. As before, the sheaths are a collaboration between myself and my buddy Tobin Nieto. In this case they are distressed rawhide over a Kydex core, with brick red India ink "blood splatters" added by me. We wanted something that looked like it would hang above Leatherface's bed. I think we got the look. The big one is on its way to South Africa with Trevor Burger, the fellow in the blue shirt standing behind me facing the other way. He makes awesome folders. He had us write a label stating "Sold to Trevor Burger" on the table next to it and would periodically check to make sure that the label was still there. The smaller one is on its way to California. I have several more carcass splitters and large cleavers coming along in the next little bit, too. These are kind of fun to do, though definitely a challenge working on this scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Very sinister! I like em. did you weigh them? just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdawg Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Like the look of those! Old fella I knew used to use one of those type of tools on the cattle we killed ourselves, I tried it once, nasty weapon, made a nasty mess of the carcass in my hands - went back to using the chainsaw pretty quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I like the "buy something or else!" pic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 With a beard like that you need a straight razor that size. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Thank y'all! Daswulf - I did not. The package for shipping the big one was a bit over 5 pounds. The original was 3 lbs 7 oz and balanced at the Turk's head. With the new ones, the big one balanced at the Turk's head and the smaller one balanced just back of the Turk's head. Jackdawg - These ought to cut meat pretty well. They'll shave hair. Not sure about heavy bone, but they will do just fine chopping hardwood all day. DSW - A fellow knifemaker took a pic of me acting like I was shaving with the big carcass splitter. But, it's on Instagram and I can't save pics from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Hi James, Pretty pictures! I mean the blades . Seriously wicked work! I'm always glad to see your knives. Bests Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I think that grin in the picture might explain why nobody was standing close to the table. I could be wrong of course but that's the feeling I get. Another market for blades like that would be pizza parlors it's a LOT easier cutting pizza with a long knife than one of those roller pizza cutter thingy jobbers. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikecopXXX Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Hi stormcrow. Very nice work. What would something like that go for? Have you tested these abusively? Do they ever bend right behind the blade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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