CUSTOM MACHETE Challenge!

I agree Ryan.... the first one. It has that "energy forward" design that appeals to me.

Rick
 
1st one it is... I am calling it a "Golo-chete" for now

I got the Blank cut out and have started grinding. Here is the blank and I messed around a little in Photoshop to get an idea of how it COULD look!

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RyanW said:
1st one it is... I am calling it a "Golo-chete" for now

I got the Blank cut out and have started grinding. Here is the blank and I messed around a little in Photoshop to get an idea of how it COULD look!

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that's might nice.

i'd get rid of the lower lanyard hole and cover it with scale material thouugh.

machetes are finicky with stuff like that IMHO.

vec
 
I picked an awful day to forge, misting and about 40ºF I was able to get my forge started with only 1 match though! ( thank you Lord for dry tree bark and some old petrol. :D ) but here is the starting to my submission, Forged from a 3/8" x 2" 5160 leaf spring from an old 70's chevy truck I parted out... I had already forged the handle prior to this, this past summer.

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One Match! here it is after it "caught" and preheating the blade.

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What I started with today... it was a curved leafspring this past summer ;)

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Nuthin like wet coal to make your forge look like a steam train :D

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making the point, pointier, and a lil recurve to the blade and we have the beginings of a huge persian.

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On my bench after a lil profiling. I'll really nail it down, and start hollow grinding the bevels, drilling the holes, over the next few days.
 
Well no pics of the build but I have a blade in the oven tonight. Too much fun to miss out on :D I will try to get a pic up soon. I was out in the shop finishing up a couple projects and found a scrap of paper I had doodled a few designs on. One of em is coming to life!
 
Bill Siegle said:
Well no pics of the build but I have a blade in the oven tonight. Too much fun to miss out on :D I will try to get a pic up soon. I was out in the shop finishing up a couple projects and found a scrap of paper I had doodled a few designs on. One of em is coming to life!
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Good to see you enter the fray Bill.
 
On the one hand, i'm all pissed at myself that I can't start my blade yet. On the other hand, watching this so far is certainly upping my own performance standards on this one :D
 
I'm Shakin' in my boots (No Sarcasm in that)! I got some grinding done on mine today... Fighting me every step of the way.
 
Nice WIP photos! Can't wait to see where all of these end up! :cool::thumbup:
 
Bill Siegle said:
Well no pics of the build but I have a blade in the oven tonight. Too much fun to miss out on :D I will try to get a pic up soon. I was out in the shop finishing up a couple projects and found a scrap of paper I had doodled a few designs on. One of em is coming to life!
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Can't wait to see your's
 
I will be importing some Orcs via DHL from middle earth in February for the video segment.
 
I got the bulk of the grinding done, I still need to clean it all up... This is my first time working with 5160 and I really like it, I normally use Precision Ground O1 which I miss the "Precision Ground" Part!

I don't know if someone has started a WIP Thread for this but I figured I would give an update here. It looks like this is going to be a lot of fun with all the Great Makers involved so far...

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Joezilla said:
I will be importing some Orcs via DHL from middle earth in February for the video segment.
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(Laughs the in wicked, abyssmal tone of the throne of Mordor. . .)

JasonSCarter said:
My submission does kinda look like the elves knives doesnt it :p
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While we're kinda on the subject, this one from Hellboy 2 always interested me. Sure its fantasy, but there's definitely potential from where I'm sitting -

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Of course it could do without the blade "hook/catcher" and maybe a wharnish point?
 
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