JPH Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Hello all.... Just finished this little wedled cable Seax. 8 1/4" fullered blade, bronze file worked bolster/pommel plates, black horn spacers and a piece of my now infamous fossil bovine ivory for a grip. OAL 13 1/2". I tell ya..after all that my family and I have been through it is absolutely GREAT to finally be able to get back to work in the studio. I wish to thank everyone on IForge that have written in, loending support and encouragement. I do appreciate it all.. Thank you all again... JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachingclay Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 That is one mean looking seax.:o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civilwarblacksmith Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Very Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnr Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Very nice Jim! Looks great! Finnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan B Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 That is a very beautiful knife JPH. Also enjoy the humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Thomas Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Very nice, but can you shave with it? Ha Ha!!! just kiddin!!! I hope to do that well some day!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Glad to see you're havin' some fun. That's serious work for the rest of us.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecart Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Beautiful seax there. Looking at it, I just had one of my stupid "duh" moments. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to have the circular cut out (for lack of a better term) at the ricasso, then have it taper down into a hidden tang. (grumbling under my breath) don't know why that was so hard. This is important to me because I have been trying to picture it for a project that I am about to start. Thanks for the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin (the professor) Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 It's a beaut! I am about to finish my first seax, and yours gives me hope. Sorry to say, but your fuller is bigger than mine. What's a guy to do? Seriously, glad you are back. Please keep posting when you can/want. You helped a lot of us move from thinking about forging to actually trying it. take care, kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911a1forlife Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 very nice! love the blade design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPH Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Ecart: On the raduis ricasso...there are two ways at least to do that..what I do is I have a whole bunch of 1/2 round hot chisels I made,(looks alot like a wood gouge) with different radii that I just cut it out with...or...if you are lazy and have a small wheel grinder...You can just grind it in..... Other than that..it's pretty uch the same as any other full hidden tang knife. On the fuller envy...Ever since I got my fly press fullering is no long the nerve wracking opperation it was using a hand hammer. If you want to do alot of really nifty stuff that is difficult (at best) working alone using a hand hammer..a fly press is the way to go...You have so much control and you can FEEL the metal move under the press...no impact, no noise and you can actually weld under one too!! Couple that with a good treadle hammer and you can pretty much do anything.... JPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maple Forge Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 That is a beautiful peice of work! Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messerist Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Excellent knife! Question, Is a fuller common on seax knives? Again, Capital work!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Very nice looking knife Jim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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