BIG d guarded fighter WIP

[Lon Humphrey]

here's the latest order im working on its going to be about a 10 inch blade and almost 2 inches wide with a mean D guard with spikes! This is going to be a fun build the steel is 5160 in this set im forging to shape and you can see that its just about 18 inches OAL

 

[Burton Harruff]

Sounds like a fun build. Keep the pics coming. Nice to see you again in Cambridge. -Burton

 

[xgoldy]

i'll be keeping a close eye on this one! can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[Lon Humphrey]

Sounds like a fun build. Keep the pics coming. Nice to see you again in Cambridge. -Burton

good seeing you too and congrats on best handforged! ill post more pics this weekend when im back in the shop

 

[Dusty One]

Sounds interesting.....keep pic's coming !

 

[Lon Humphrey]

profiled,ground and hardend but sadly it warped just a bit in the quench....so time for some old school bladesmithing tricks stay tuned and ill show you all how i make it true

 

[Lon Humphrey]

first get a container big enough for the blade to fit into then fill it with sand and water put the blade edge down in the sand then heat the spine with a torch...the sand and water will act as a heat sink and keep you from losing your hardend edge...you can also soft back draw your knives like this....

 

[Lon Humphrey]

ok here she is final hand sand and profiled to the final shape....im on vacation this week so im hoping i can get this one done in the next few days....next up the big forging of the D guard

 

[xgoldy]

The blade is looking real clean. I like how this one is shaping up!

eta - can't wait to see how the guard is going to turn out.

 

[JMJones]

Looking forward to more pics. This looks great.

 

[stabber]

Very nice Blade Design Lon! Beautiful finish. :thumbup:

 

[Kevin Jones]

Looking Good Lon.
Thanks for the effort in sharing this WIP with us.

 

[mike deibert]

I can't wait to see the rest of this. Thanks for posting this WIP. Where are you in Ohio Lon? I'm originally from Bellevue, Ohio and will be returning there for a while in December.
Mike

 

[Lon Humphrey]

I can't wait to see the rest of this. Thanks for posting this WIP. Where are you in Ohio Lon? I'm originally from Bellevue, Ohio and will be returning there for a while in December.
Mike

im about a hour east of columbus in Newark

ok ive got the other edge ground in and polished the D guard is forged and now for the real fun part of fitting the guard to the knife!

 

[Lon Humphrey]

the final result of todays work

 

[Lon Humphrey]

ok so i wasent happy with the first guard so i made another one....and that one didnt look right either so i made one today and this one i like!:thumbup:

i made a vid of me doing the forging part so check that out too

 

[Lon Humphrey]

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[Dusty One]

Really starting to take shape....Its going to be a Beauty...

 

[Lon Humphrey]

thanks guys im really liking this knife! its still blade heavy at this point but i still have to put the spikes on it and a skull crusher so im guessing it will be just about perfect when im done here is the handle and guard dry fit togather and of course i need to go back and freshin up the hand sand

 

[xgoldy]

its coming along quite nicely! thx for the updated pics.