Beckerhead Knife Making and Modification Thread

[knoefz]

Awesome!
That 2nd pic is brilliant, look like a full scale axe for sure.

 

[1066vik]

Hammered out another socketed spear head this afternoon

Started with a random piece of 1/4" x 2" bar.
Sharp part is a shade over 9" long and about 2 1/8" wide

 

[1066vik]

So there I was, making a set of hinges and handles for a small bench box, when I thought to myself: "self, you have a hot forge and 6" scrap of 3/8" 4140. " So I made a small blacksmith knife.

 

[daizee]

So there I was, making a set of hinges and handles for a small bench box, when I thought to myself: "self, you have a hot forge and 6" scrap of 3/8" 4140. " So I made a small blacksmith knife.

I love it all!!

 

[daizee]

FINALLY:

Thread 'Nessmuk in Magnacut and Ironwood'

Mar 1, 2026

My 3-muk model commissioned in Magnacut and Ironwood:

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[1066vik]

Mangled a couple of good rasps to practice hammer welding

The larger one had the ends folded in before folding it in half
The smaller one is a single fold using a 9" section of rasp - I'm also forging a blacksmith knife out of the tang and last 5" I cut off.

 

[Tortuga Bladeworks]

Finished this up today. 80crv2 core with 416 stainless cladding. Wearing stabilized thuya burl scales and tuxedo liners. Just needs and edge and sheath, and ready for some work.

 

[1066vik]

Knife in progress
7" blade, just under 12" oal, 7oz
Roughed in and ready for heat treatment, hopefully tomorrow

 

[Mk-211]

Mangled a couple of good rasps to practice hammer welding
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The larger one had the ends folded in before folding it in half
The smaller one is a single fold using a 9" section of rasp - I'm also forging a blacksmith knife out of the tang and last 5" I cut off.
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Do you ever watch clips from anvil Anna? She does a lot of work with rasp files, mostly making spurs.

She does other stuff, I thought she did a hatchet, hammer welding it. She has a ton of videos.

 

[1066vik]

1084, hickory, and beeswax

 

[daizee]

The thread is LIT this week!!
You guys are killing it!

BTW, if anyone is in the CT/RI area, the NCCA.info annual knife show comes back to the Mystic Hilton this weekend. I'll be there with just a handful of knives, surrounded by fantastic makers.

 

[1066vik]

Battle axe #2 for the week
No idea what the wood is
5' tall, 3.5 pounds total. Head weight 1 pound 10oz

 

[daizee]

It was a light table this past weekend, but here's a quick shot of most of it. Only about half was available, so the rest was for show & tell from the stash. Lighting was terrible!:

 

[1066vik]

Mangled a roller bearing last Saturday, leather cord wrapped the handle and added a back sewn sheath

 

[daizee]

Mangled a roller bearing last Saturday, leather cord wrapped the handle and added a back sewn sheath

that's wicked!

 

[1066vik]

Smaller axe: 6x6 head weighing about 21 oz hung on a slimmed down sledge hammer handle I just finished 1/2 hour ago

 

[1066vik]

Better view of the boarding axe

 

[The Warrior]

Sick!

 

[daizee]

Smaller axe: 6x6 head weighing about 21 oz hung on a slimmed down sledge hammer handle I just finished 1/2 hour ago

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oh hells yeah!!

That's probably my favorite axe shape - to look at. Never swung one.

 

[1066vik]

Same head shape, longer handle and larger eye - just need a bit of cord wrap at the bottom.
Wood may be Osage orange sapling. It's been drying bark on for a couple years, but developed a few long cracks while shaping - still doesn't bend when I lean hard on it, so not actually worried, especially since I doubt it'll ever get used much