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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: tippit on July 23, 2023, 09:49:27 AM
This plain/simple 7" neck knife is going to a young boy scout as a gift. It was forged from a 3" piece of an old file. It has a safe Kydex sheath with a pop bead lanyard that will open easily if it gets caught/hung up for any reason...tippit
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Nice :thumbsup:
Very nice, Jeff! Glad to see you are still making knives. I've always loved your style. That knife of yours I bought in the St Jude auction several years ago inspired me to try my hand at bladesmithing. It's been a fun journey thus far!
Brandon,
Glad to hear you are starting to forge. Show me some of your work.
I'll post a couple, Jeff. Y'all don't be too hard on me. But be honest...that's how we learn. Well...I learn from mistakes most of the time 😂.
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First attempt at cloning one for yours from an old file. I didn't get the shape just right. But the heat treat was good.
Coffin handle Bowie. First attempt at a big knife with a full tang and a guard. [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ]
Western style Bowie. Hidden tang, elk antler handle. All the brass was salvaged left over plumbing fittings. I gave this one to my great uncle who was a plumber and electrician for 50 years. [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ]
First successful attempt at cable Damascus. That is a BUNCH of work to hammer by hand! By the time I ground to solid steel, there was just enough left for a little wharncliff blade. Curly sassafras scales and cable mosaic pins. [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ]
The blade tried to hawk bill on me a little upon the final sharpening. I didn't bother to fix it. It was just for me and I don't mind it...I know I CAN fix it if I choose to.
Forged this one from an old buggy spring I found at work where we were loading logs. From the age of the old house and barn yard, I'm guessing the spring to be pre 1900. I guessed it as 1095 and treated it as such. The steel hardened perfect, couldn't ask for better. So I think I guessed right. Pictured with all the salvaged materials used to make it. [ This attachment cannot be displayed inline in 'Print Page' view ]
One more. I fell in love with the shape of this little knife when I saw it. So I had to try to make one myself. Ended up making 3. Gave one to my neighbor, one to my brother and did an open give away on a deer hunting site I frequent.
Very nice indeed!! Did you have help from any other bladesmiths? I wouldn't even show you my first couple of forged knives...Jeff
No help from anybody. Read a lot online and watched some videos. Then it was just trial and error. Started with some lump charcoal, a hair dryer, an ammo can full of canola oil and a little Harbor Freight belt sander. My first few were REALLY bad/ugly. And I broke several along the way too. I've still got a LONG ways to go!