First finished knife.

[3fifty7]

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Hello all, I did not see an introduction section so I'm going to place this here. I am a sugarcane and rice farmer in central Louisiana, as of a few months ago I have begun to delve into the practice of bladesmithing, on an amateur hobbyist level at best.
First I'm made a propane forge from a 20lb propane bottle, 2" of insawool and a coating of satanite. I put together a blown burner that seems to run well.

Here is my first knife, aside from a few railroad spike knives that I did a little learning with. It started out as a reclaimed chopper blade from our sugarcane harvester. I cut a rectangle blank with a plasma cutter and forged it down to shape. Quenched in motor oil and sweat, tempered in a camp oven. I have a 4"x36" belt grinder that kind works good enough for now. I took it to 220 grit on s belt then hand sanded it to 1500. The handle scales are Krinite Patriot with nickel silver pins.

Thanks for looking and thanks for the info available on this site.


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[hauntedchild]

Ya know not a design I would have ever imaqined but I really like it , kudos to you sir , well done .

 

[i4Marc]

Well done. Welcome to the addiction.

 

[Kalibr906]

The finished product looks pretty dang cool. Hopefully you have more time to mess around with making blades.

 

[Jack Henry]

well its a hell of a lot better than my first knife haha.

 

[combs6136]

good job.........Keep it up

 

[mozuf40]

that's a lot of hard work, looking forward to see more!

 

[Craig Daniel]

You did a very good job.

 

[Mecha]

Oh ya, you're screwed now. I look forward to seeing a machete designed/made/forged by a Louisiana rice and sugarcane farmer!

 

[wdtorque]

Well done 357. Louisiana has a number of distinguished makers, and you are off to a good start. Lafayette native here. Dozier (not Bob)


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