It's been a while!

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I didn't do any knife making for the first 4 mos this year. The old ticker was cutting up. Doing better and slowly getting back to the knives.
I found a piece of RR track at an old cotton gin a while back.(cost me a $5 tip to get a kid to hump to the truck) It's 30" long and is dated Aug, 1947. The stand is made of 4"x8" red oak saw mill cut-offs laminated with 4 all-thread rods. I don't know how much the whole thing weighs, but the only way to move it is with hand trucks and help.:D

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My first "forged" knife is a brush chopper made from a snakehead push cultivator flat spring. All I did forge wise was to straighten and thin it to about 3/16".
The sheath was inspired by "Tai Goo" wooden sheaths. The wood came from a shipping flat. I have no idea what type it is.

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Thanks for looking and comments are welcome.
 
I'll be moving to Boiling springs at the end of the month Mike - you ever in town stop by!
 
Awsome! I love the shape, looks like something out of an adventure epic. Glad to hear your feeling better. One suggestion on your anvil is that the bottom of the stand needs some oil or something to help keep it from rotting or you might find your self replacing it in a year or two, don't know how wet it gets where it's at.

I like the sheath, but would like to see anouther strap near the bottom just to make sure the point can't come out if you don't fully seat the blade. Just my opinion, no experiance with that type of sheath. Least it won't hold water if it gets wet!
 
Will, the blade shape was inspired by an Old Hickory butcher knife that I shapened for a friend. I wanted the blade to be weight foward.
The leather at the top of the sheath tends to push the blade flat to the wood as the handle is inserted. So far no problem with the blade point seating.
The RR anvil will be under a shed roof soon. The oak is is still a bit green and as it dries more I plan to seal the end grain.
 
Welcome back NC! I've wondered what happened to you. Sorry about the ticker, hope it's all under control now. Good idea for the anvil, and I like the heigth. You may want to consider some sort of cross support at the bottom of the base, since it's so top heavy. I doubt that it would take much to go over. The sealing idea is good. Great knife and sheath!
 
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