Frosty Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Mine is a sheath knife, a hunting knife by Dad's reckoning. I had a Buck cattleman's pocket knife until I ruined it by letting a friend use it for a few seconds. I didn't know he wanted to pry out a burnt fuse under his dash. A dead short of the circuit burned two bites from the main blade and because he wasn't a quitter another from the utility blade. That was a painful lesson learned and I kept a cheap close out special in my tool box from then on. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aframe Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I just finished this one up a week or so ago. This was my first time using antler. It was an old Nicholson file. I hammered to shape and hammered the bevels in. All the finishing was hand filed and sanded as I don’t have a grinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Nice stacked handle. How is the ponmmel secured? Riveted over tang? Once you get forging you'll be able to get a taper from the spine to the edge. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 7:46 AM, SHC said: I’ve got a folding sharpener from DMT, it’s great. Folds up and opens like a balisong, with the diamond sharpening “stone” concealed within the handles. It seems they’ve started making them with pointy rods now! Not sure when that happened but it wasn’t available when I got mine. I usually keep mine in my work truck for touching up tools on the job. i EDC a course/fine one of these haven't seen the rod type before Aframe, nice knife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Steak knife. File sandwiched between wrought iron. Lost most of the wrought iron. Blade sharpens and will cut. Scales are from a dead bush from my yard I cut up and stored in my garage for about three years. Slight crack to one scale when setting the rivets. Hit it just one time too many. Maybe not bad for a first knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aframe Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Pretty nice for a first. Oh okay really nice for a first. Did you save more of the bush? Steak knives come in sets you know. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I have about a 4 foot section of one of the thicker branches in the garage, plus a 6 inch piece I plan to use on a camp knife sometime, and the root balls from 3. I didn’t store them inside though, so much of each ball is riddled with fungus. I had them on a tarp behind the guest house. I thought that would be enough to keep them from rotting, but that was obviously wrong. I suppose I could cut them up and stabilize them. I’ve never cared much for spalted wood scales though. Guitars, yes. Knives, not so much. A set would be a problem. Catching lightning in a bottle once isn’t much of a feat. 4 - 6 times. Not so easy I expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 11 hours ago, DHarris said: Catching lightning in a bottle once isn’t much of a feat. 4 - 6 times. It'll become more skill than luck somewhere between 40 and 60 you know. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 True, but would it be a representative sample? It is possible for a noob like me to spit out 60 knives in a row of the same quality as the best Loveless ever produced. The odds of such happening are probably greater than they would be of me winning at Powerball, which Google says is about 1 in 293 million. Even greater when you factor in my never buying a ticket, but the chance of me producing 60 knives in a row of quality rivaling his is still a non zero number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Read what I said again. I said after 40-60 your results will be MORE about skill than luck. I didn't say you'd be turning out top notch blades one after another, that's not our lot. We get better with practice not perfect. Well . . . . MAYBE if we practice until the day we die we may be granted one perfect example of our life's devotion. So what would the odds be if we bought, 293,000,000 tickets? 293,000,000 in 586,000,000? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Hmm, if I had enough money settin around to buy that many tickets I think I’d just keep the money an let someone else win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywood71 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 72 layer 15n20&1095 with canvas micarta handle I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Do you make your own micarta, Haywood? Oh, I knew what you meant, Frosty. I was just kidding. Although what I said about a novice being able to put out work way beyond their skill level for short periods is true to a degree. I remember when I was just barely breaking 100 for a round of golf, I shot a 2 under par 70 one magical day. It was the most amazing round. Every shot was flush and exactly as they were in my head. The very next day I failed to break 100. One of my worries about blacksmithing and bladesmithing is it may turn out for me to be the same as golf and guitars. With those I have quite a bit of knowledge about how to do it, but no real natural aptitude for either. I leveled out at a 10 to 12 handicap with golf. With guitar, if equated to golf, maybe a 30 handicap (bloody awful). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Haywood71 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 DHarris, no I ordered it from Texas knife supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Two more. I forgot to mention that I put coins on my knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Very nice. If you can find an Italian 50 lira coin (pre-Euro) there is a nice portrait of Vulcan at his anvil on it. They were struck in stainless steel. You can find them on ebay for no more than US$1 each. Probably less in some Croatian coin shop. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I think I have some. I have put one on a knife, but the problem is that it is centered and it doesn't look good, because you have to make a hole in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas_Killmeier Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Cool thread! This was a Christmas order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Very nice; clean lines and finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranstang94 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Absolutely gorgeous! What's the handle material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I finally finished the knife made partially from the metal that came out of my ankle. This will be my EDC. I don't know what to call it other than a dagger. It was made from two pieces of cable - one left hand twist and the other right hand twist. I consolidated them in a cannister with 1084 powder. I cleaned out the grease but neglected to super-twist the cable before consolidating. By the time I finished consolidating the cannisters in my coal forge and forge welded the two billets together, the striations that appear when etched are nearly parallel to the edge of the blade so I'm going to leave it unetched. The long edge was done "slack belt" to a medium sharp edge and the shorter edge is razor sharp hollow grind. The long ricasso on the short edge is to get some thumb leverage when using the medium edge. The guards are forged from the stainless steel plate that held my tibia together for a while. It was flat on one side and had scallops on the other. I had to draw it out anyway to get the length I needed to make the three pieces so now both sides are flat. The handle is embroidery thread soaked in UV resistant casting epoxy. The pinky ring is another piece of cable damascus that was mig welded on after getting the guards where I wanted and silver-soldered in place. The sheath is Kydex and locks the blade in very securely. It fits well at the small of my back. The last time I tried this was with a leather sheath and it didn't work too well. It was hard to snap and the flexible leather sagged and the handle caught on everything. This feels comfortable, even when driving or sitting in a chair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranstang94 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Just finished this one as a graduation present for my little sister. 80CRV2 for the steel. Wenge and bloodwood for the handle with copper fittings. I think I turned a corner on sheathes as well, at least this one looks a little better than the rest I have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 She's gonna love it I bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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