American Picker Knife

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S R Floyd

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This knife was made for a buddy how is like the guys on tv. He buys and sells antiques. I think he buys more than he sells lol. He hooked me up with a bunch of items for my farm business. A fridge, a walkin cooler, 8' stainless steel table, and a gas stove. Those are just the large items. I called his wife and told her I wanted to make him a couple knives. This is the first one. All the materials I salvaged from his shop. The blade is a file I snagged from a rusty pile he had. The guard is aluminum from a bucket full of brackets he had. The spacer is green burlap micarta I made from some old coffee bean sack he was storing antique door knobs in and the handle is from a busted table leg, which after scraping 6 layers of paint off of was tiger maple.

Tell me what you think

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Thanks for lookin

Scott
 
Very nice craftsmanship! I especially like that it was lived together out of found items. Brilliant!
 
Good looking piece. That's some pretty maple and the texture from the file lends some character. Nice blade shape, too.

Roger
 
Recycling at it's finest!!A true example of the old saying,"one man's trash is another man's treasure!Really nice work, and I'm sure your buddy will love it, along with the story behind the materials:thumbup::thumbup:!
 
Love the style and the craftsmanship, and the story makes it that much better. It's at least part of the reason that I tend to use scavenged materials in my blades.

Has your buddy seen this yet?
 
Storm Crow said:
Love the style and the craftsmanship, and the story makes it that much better. It's at least part of the reason that I tend to use scavenged materials in my blades.

Has your buddy seen this yet?
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No he has not seen it yet. I want to make the sheath first. I try and use recycled or reclaimed materials in all my knives. I have a huge box of leather scraps that were my Grandfathers, I try and use a peice in every sheath.

Thanks everyone

Scott
 
That is really cool. I like how you used what was essentially "junk" to make such a nice knife. I'm sure that he will like it.
 
Very cool! Scott, I love recycled old tools into new things.
How did you heat treat the file to make it a knife blade?
 
pbmonkey said:
Very cool! Scott, I love recycled old tools into new things.
How did you heat treat the file to make it a knife blade?
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My normal process with a file is heat it up slow, forge it, anneal it, grind it, normalize it x3, harden it (edge quench), temper it x2. My knife I use to work around here I forged from a file and it has been an awesome tool.
 
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