HIMIMP Bare Villager Blade and Pants

Andrew Colglazier

Andrew Colglazier

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I got this bare blade on a deal of the day from HIMIMP. 17 5/8'' villager Knife by new Kami Thirta. Weekend project Knife.
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I sure would like a chance at some more bare blades! Thank you, Yangdu!

Andy
 
Nice work! Looks good. Does your hand slide back on the handle when you swing it? I would think you'd need a swell or other shaping/checkering to keep your hand in place.
 
Great work Andrew. Not as conventional, but still quite nice. What kind of wood is it?
 
Nicely done!
Oblong shape:thumbup:
I'm sure you had your reasons but...
why didn't you do the back of the hadle swell as the front?
 
7rip13a, I'll take a guess. Maple handle with black or maybe denim or black micarta on the large spacer, leather on the smaller spacers?
AF, depending on how its constructed Andrew has an awful lot of wood to work with if he decides he needs closer to a traditional pommel.
 
AF said:
Nice work! Looks good. Does your hand slide back on the handle when you swing it? I would think you'd need a swell or other shaping/checkering to keep your hand in place.
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The handle is long enough for a hand and a half hold. I nearly always use two hands when chopping. The handle has a finger groove all the way around the handle just at the guard, so the strong hand has a good purchase.

Andy
 
7rip13a said:
Great work Andrew. Not as conventional, but still quite nice. What kind of wood is it?
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The main part of the handle is a piece of axe handle, so I assume hickory. The spacers are leather and black carbon fiber micarta. The buttplate and guard are mild steel.

Andy
 
DanSmithy said:
Nicely done!
Oblong shape:thumbup:
I'm sure you had your reasons but...
why didn't you do the back of the hadle swell as the front?
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If you can imagine using both hands to swing a large hatchet, that is what the handle feels like when in use. As I said, I almost never use a larger/heavier khuk one handed, not because I couldn't, but because it is safer and I have more control over the blade.

Also, I almost always wear gloves when working with a khuk.

Andy
 
interesting cho there :)

nice work on the peening!!!


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