Just wanted to show off latest bowie

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hodgescl

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http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss107/Nathan_the_Machinist/by_hodgescl_083010/knife2001.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss107/Nathan_the_Machinist/by_hodgescl_083010/knife2002.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss107/Nathan_the_Machinist/by_hodgescl_083010/knife2003.jpg

thanks again to nate the machinist for helping with the pics, i made this out of 2x18x .25 1095.

i just cut it out with a hacksaw and did the rest of the work with a little bench grinder and a 4x36 sander. it was almost all done with a linear grind (tang to tip) and the blade has no sharp angles or lines. it all just flows with a nice distal taper.

its hidden tang but the tang was left at full thickness and is about an inch wide at the guard. i made the grip out of a cut down hiccory adz handle with slight shaping and sanding, and pinned it with finishing nails and black "construction epoxy". it fits my big hands well.

the bow in the blade was done with "controlled" warping, it took a lot of trys to get it streight. the heat treat was done with a pine campfire and olive oil.

i got it nice and sharp with 400 and 1200 grit sand paper, it is just slightly blade heavy and cuts and chops better than anything i have made yet. its rough but i didnt feel like it was necisary to make a working tool but so pretty.

now im just tryin to get a buddy from school to make a sheath for it.
 
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honestly i dont know. i just thought it would look cool. i might incorperate it into somthing to secure it into a sheath, or make up some crazy story.
 
Nice Knife! Clearly, the hole is there as a night sighting device, used to locate the North Star and get a man home. Ingenious!

Dave
 
hodgescl said:
knife2001.jpg


knife2002.jpg


knife2003.jpg


thanks again to nate the machinist, i made this out of 2x18x .25 1095.

i just cut it out with a hacksaw and did the rest of the work with a little bench grinder and a 4x36 sander. it was almost all done with a linear grind (tang to tip) and the blade has no sharp angles or lines. it all just flows with a nice distal taper.

its hidden tang but the tang was left at full thickness and is about an inch wide at the guard. i made the grip out of a cut down hiccory adz handle with slight shaping and sanding, and pinned it with finishing nails and black "construction epoxy". it fits my big hands well.

the bow in the blade was done with "controlled" warping, it took a lot of trys to get it streight. the heat treat was done with a pine campfire and olive oil.

i got it nice and sharp with 400 and 1200 grit sand paper, it is just slightly blade heavy and cuts and chops better than anything i have made yet. its rough but i didnt feel like it was necisary to make a working tool but so pretty.

now im just tryin to get a buddy from school to make a sheath for it.
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lets get them pictures in there




The blade section geometry looks really good in the pictures. No waves and a nice even taper to the edge and tip. Looks well done.
 
thanks for all the kind words,

it took a while to get it right. the rough spots on the blade are from using pliers to streighten it out after a lot of re streightening. and they were too much to grind out so i left them. the edge ended up having a slight wave from the ht, but i was able to cold grind it out. This is about my seventh knife but only my second of this size. this being the biggest at about 18 inches overall.

and bonus points if somone can tell where i go to school from the desk :)
 
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