Kwaiken-esque Recycled File

daizee

daizee

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While making knives from files is usually not the greatest idea, it can be fun. This Hyde Speedster Scraper was annealed before work began. I wanted to retain the original roll mark on the handle, so I added another forward hole to hold a one-side scale and ground the opposite side of the blade. The non-ground/beveled side was flat ground until only a bare hint of the original file teeth were visible. Blade is 3.75" long to the front of the maroon linen mahogany scale. The handle/tang has a slight kwaiken-esque narrowing toward the butt. Thanks to Ben R.T., Daniel Fairly, and others here for the inspiration on how to recycle this old file that had been waiting in the drawer for a couple years.

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That's pretty damn cool right there. :D
 
Thanks, Fellas.

I was hoping you'd like this one, Rolf. ;)
 
Holy shit is that creative, and MAN did you pull it off perfectly! Nice!!!
 
Dang, thanks, Matt! Another source of inspiration, you are. :D

I'm a little taken aback by how much people like this one. Perhaps I've been staring at it too long. I think the trick was to stay close to the original theme and play it simple.
 
Mecha said:
That's pretty damn cool right there. :D
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I swear I was looking at this knife still when I thought to myself those same exact words! I scrolled down and read :eek: Weird..... but yeah that's a :cool: knife nice work. :thumbup:
 
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