Hatchet handle nessie

[Pipeman]

Great Job Brother Robin. I love remodeling old "Junk" knives and they can still be found at flea markets and yard sales,
I have a bucket full from an antiques fair. You nailed this one with the "Nessie" profile. It should be good at skinning those horses w/horns ya'll call Moose.
Is this the same as made by the "Coombes Livery Co" of London? They date back to mid 1600's and were strong in trade knives.

Broken hatchets make fantastic handles. I don't know why we have to have skinny little handles on knives. Why is the ground in your pics ALWAYS white? Here's one of mine with a hatchet handle. The butt was splintered up so I poured pewter on it.
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You da man Robin, I hope your ground turns green....

Hey Bro
Missin you around here. That is a great piece you posted, I truly admire your work. Like you it gives me great pleasure to recycle old steel to make a good working tool. I'm not sure if Coombes Livery was the forunner of Coombes the cutlery company, a good question for Bernard Levine ( he knows pretty much everything))) I had quite an arguement with myself about cutting the butcher knife up, it was very full for an early knife but in the end I just had to do it ;-))

Take care Bro, great to see you here again.

R

 

[Pipeman]

very very nice pipe:thumbup: i have an old ontario old hickory butcher blade with a couple big chips in the blade that desperately needs reshaping.also i have an old cut off axe handle with a really nice slim comfy shape/feel to it ive been looking to do something with.....looks like ive found the answer
thanks for the inspiration pipe:thumbup:
it brings me great joy taking tools/things that most people would consider garbage and turn it into something people can use and enjoy for years to come

Hey Thriller
Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. Old Hickory knives are great and get scary sharp, I'm pretty sure they use 1095 for their blades which is my favourite steel. I hope you and Howard will post pics of your finished nessies. IMO nessies are part of the axe and hawk families ;-))

Best regards

Robin

 

[Pipeman]

Nice work as usual Robin. The project turned out great. I like the copper. Regards

Hi Loosearrow
As happens fairly often the copper was the result of a screwup ;-)) I had punched a small hole for a Sam Brown closer on the sheath that didn't work the way I wanted it to so needed a "patch" for the hole. Instead of being finished I spent another hour making the snap cover, glad it's winter with lots of time to spare. ;-))

Best regards

Robin

 

[A Visitor]

It's great to see old tools have new life.

 

[thriller100]

so i cut my old hickory....TOOK ME FOREVER !!!!....(mostly my fault for refusing to use any power tools) but i got it cut using my trusty hacksaw and file now time to learn how to rehandle using this old axe handle i have.....did i mention ive never done this before? i really like your sheaths alot pipe ! i hope one day to be able to create awesome works of art like yours:thumbup:
pics coming.....

the idea.....

the blade.....

transfer idea to blade via tape(changes were made to the shape).....

the cut blade.....

now to put an edge on the cut end...any suggestions?

 

[thriller100]

what price range do you sell your "re-given life" knives?