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Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread
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1066vik
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or a short arming sword. could also work pretty well for a small sword -- I can narrow it up a little to make the proportions better.
3rd option is remove one edge and make it a lang-seax
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7 small random pattern blades and the hilt of the replacement sword - ended up slightly wasp waisted, which wasn't what the guy had in mind, so it came back home with me.
Big boy came out just below 3#
Also made and delivered a 2-piece spear head:
Big boy came out just below 3#
Also made and delivered a 2-piece spear head:
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I could be wrong, but looks like oak grain to me.1066vik you're on fire!
Is that Osage Orange on the handles? I just played with some of that for the first time this weekend. The guys who consign for me took one down on their grandparents' property. It's not native, so it's unusual to get a stump.
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Yes, I made the 99 layer random pattern steel
Black oak with birch bark spacers for the handle - was a storm kill back in the early noughts, 28" diameter a foot up from the root ball and still 24" at the first major fork 33' later
I got 29 boards 2" thick and a pair at 4" out of the 3 trunk sections then cut the rest up for firewood.
Used the boards in building my house - live edge breakfast bar and kitchen island plus bullnose stair treads to the basement
OTOH, I love Osage orange as a handle material.
Black oak with birch bark spacers for the handle - was a storm kill back in the early noughts, 28" diameter a foot up from the root ball and still 24" at the first major fork 33' later
I got 29 boards 2" thick and a pair at 4" out of the 3 trunk sections then cut the rest up for firewood.
Used the boards in building my house - live edge breakfast bar and kitchen island plus bullnose stair treads to the basement
OTOH, I love Osage orange as a handle material.
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Just finished stripping and sanding this BK9…
A matching pair with the BK5 I finished just about 6 years ago…
Matching sheaths too…
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Man, these pop!Just finished stripping and sanding this BK9…
A matching pair with the BK5 I finished just about 6 years ago…
Matching sheaths too…
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Very nice selections!Got a new box of clownwood back from K&G, did some cleanup. Then made a wand-size dip-pen out of a bit of osage orange stump for practice... (combo of lathe and grinder):
Hans's quilted chunks:
dip pen:
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I bought a harbor freight 1x30 belt sander mainly for cleaning up and reprofiling axes and hatchets. With course belts it makes quick work of taking wood off a handle to fit to an axe head. Although I find myself using the sander for a lot of things. I recently found the last axe I was looking for and got it hung. Though I have more than in the picture these are my keepers/users my original goal was Michigan pattern double bits in full size and cruiser size and single bits in full size and boys size. Michigan pattern is the only pattern that comes in both single and double bit. Then a couple others are just too handy not to have. The axe to the left was bought new by my uncle just before WW2
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oh no, the axe rabbit hole! turn back before it's too late!
That little 1x30 is quite useful for sharpening, especially if you clamp/bolt the front feet down.
Is it this one?
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oh no, the axe rabbit hole! turn back before it's too late!
That little 1x30 is quite useful for sharpening, especially if you clamp/bolt the front feet down.
Is it this one?
The craftsman Michigan pattern single bit boys axe . Next to the Norlund hatchet was the last one on my want list.
And yes that is the same belt sander I have. I am surprised how often I knock a bur off something or smooth down something. It's one of my most used power tools
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Actually the 4 Michigan pattern axes were my goal. The Norlund hatchet and the true temper Dayton pattern on a 24 inch handle are just too handy not to be in the keepers pile