Blade exchange

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JeffP93

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So to try and make a long story short, a cousin who used to live with me and my family moved out of state about a year ago and we haven't kept in touch much since. We are both into blades and modifying/making them (he forges, I do modding and scales) so at the beginning of summer I proposed we do a blade exchange. He told me he wanted something like a double edged boot knife, and I had the perfect thing in mind :D

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The wood is Purpleheart which takes a very nice deep purple over a couple weeks of oxidizing and oiling. Hopefully when I'm done with the sheath and she's ready to be shipped off it will be the color I want. Can't wait to see the knife he's making me, a broken back seax!
 
Blues Bender said:
Was the blade forged, or did you buy a blank?

Either way, nice job:thumbup:
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I'm hoping to someday have the experience to forge, but this one is a blank. It seemed appropriate because the cousin I'm sending it to did forge the first Damascus blade at the forge he uses so I think he'll dig it.
 
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Bill DeShivs said:
Why did you mount the scales cross-grained?
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I suppose a couples reasons: number 1 probably being my inexperience and not knowing that was the proper way, however at 21 I hope I'll keep getting better! 2nd the board I have to cut the scales from seemed to leave less scrap that way (again probably newbie mistake) 3rd I find it really easy to sand with the grain this way up to high grits using long thin strips worked like polishing a shoe, and the patterns the grain creates when shaped cross grain can be rather beautiful.

Sorry if I sound defensive as that is not my intention at all, I'm still learning from every project and just got another lesson :thumbup:
 
Here's an example of the kind of grain pattern I mentioned (and the dark color the Purple Heart takes on) on a modded cold steel gi tanto I did. Almost looks like some kind of reptile skin or something
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It's different and well-done. The cross grain mounting does not provide the strength that proper orientation does- and it looks strange. I'll bet the next one is a doozy!
 
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