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Hello,
After weeks of making kits and reading the boards about the proces of making a fixed blade, and a lot of grinding practice, I have completed my first fixed blade. The entire process was great. I planned well enough that everything went together smooth as glass.
This was my first grind over 2", first fixed blade, first extensive hand shaping for the bolsters, first peening job, HT, you name it....pretty excited about how it turned out. Feels like it was made to be held...fits a hand like a glove. 1/4" nickel silver that i left flared as a thumbrest along the spine....feels like quite a slicer!
So here it is:
O-1 toolsteel
Approx 5 3/4" OAL
Flat ground, then draw filed
Filework on spine
Triple dyed buckeye burl
Mosaic pins
1/4" nickel silver bolsters
Copper inlay
If only I could make sheaths...
After weeks of making kits and reading the boards about the proces of making a fixed blade, and a lot of grinding practice, I have completed my first fixed blade. The entire process was great. I planned well enough that everything went together smooth as glass.
This was my first grind over 2", first fixed blade, first extensive hand shaping for the bolsters, first peening job, HT, you name it....pretty excited about how it turned out. Feels like it was made to be held...fits a hand like a glove. 1/4" nickel silver that i left flared as a thumbrest along the spine....feels like quite a slicer!
So here it is:
O-1 toolsteel
Approx 5 3/4" OAL
Flat ground, then draw filed
Filework on spine
Triple dyed buckeye burl
Mosaic pins
1/4" nickel silver bolsters
Copper inlay
If only I could make sheaths...
