Blacksmith friction folder

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I recently finished a folder that I thought I would post here. It may be a little early for some here to be in the traditional genre. Also tradition calls for antler to be the handle. I'm using iron plate for the handle. The blade is 5160 steel and the rest is iron. The cutting edge is 3-1/4 inches.







 
Thanks for sharing this with us. Sheer beauty to my eyes :thumbup: The finishing touches with the decorative washers fits perfectly with the overall aesthetics, I really like your grinds and the blade shape looks quite useful. Does the through pin act as a stop for the protection of the edge? Looks that way to me, great design!
 
Very nice, Lin! Thanks for taking the time to post it here.
 
Beautiful pivot work. The delicate grind and fine finishing are a great contrast with the rough textures and simple materials. This fits perfectly in this forum, thanks!
 
Thank you guys.

Yes the one pin that the ricasso sits on is a stop to save the edge.

It weighs 4 oz.

I've been wanting to make something similar for a while. I saw the New England smiths making these and had to try it. (Thanks Nick Rossi)
 
Sonnemann said:
Beautiful pivot work. The delicate grind and fine finishing are a great contrast with the rough textures and simple materials. This fits perfectly in this forum, thanks!
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Well said and I agree. I really appreciate the details mentioned.

Thanks for posting this here Lin.

Chris
 
Wow! I love that kind of work man! Great job! You know I found something the other day that was really a neat brochure showing some neat stuff that I fear I'd be violating some copyright law to share but it had many things like that in it that this blacksmith made/makes and I thought those were really awesome until I saw yours! I do note however, the flower pivot and he had some nearly that same thing on his!? Gene Chapman is his name and he put a brochure out some years back titled "Little Uglies" as these knives. Is that some thing you guys like learn and take to give your own flare to? I ask because its interesting to me that he put that same style flowers almost on his work in places for the final touches to some of it. Anyway, I love it. I think its true art in the highest sense of the word!
 
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