Little Richard 6 pack

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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Saturday morning I went out to the shop with forging on my mind. Did 4 of the little blades then and two others I already had. Sunday I went threw my antler collection and got 5 piece drilled and set with the blade I had intended it for. Monday I started putting them together and got two complete by 10 pm that night. Tuesday morning I was looking for something and spotted the little bowie blade so I ended up working on that the rest of the Tuesday and part of the night. That one wasn't in the plans so I ended up doing 6 little knives. The top 3 are out of the buggy spring and the bottom 3 are 1084. All the crowns are either white tail or mule deer. The one tapper is elk. Smallest knife is around 7" overall and the largest is around 10". All are through peened tangs with inset butt plates. All fittings are wrought iron and most of that from a buggy wheel.

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Look Great Ray

I like the dye color on these. The ones where you go into the orange and red are cool looking too.
 
Nice stuff, Ray! "Little Richard"...is that the missus' pet name for you? ;)

C'mon, someone was gonna ask.... :D
 
They all look great Raymond! I sure do envy you guys who have time to get into the shop ;)

-d
 
Stuart Willis said:
They all look great Ray. I especially like the hamon on the third one down.
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Stuart, I plan to more experimenting with the buggy spring. There's a lot going on that my photo skills aren't picking up.

Mike, Don't get Little Richard confused with Large Richard.

Deker, When you get old and good for nothing else except spending you time in the shop its nice to take a break from it. These little knives wore me out and I won't be doing anything like that again.
 
Raymond Richard said:
Deker, When you get old and good for nothing else except spending you time in the shop its nice to take a break from it. These little knives wore me out and I won't be doing anything like that again.
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Thanks for trying to make me feel better Ray... ;) I sure hope you won't slow down. I really like seeing the stuff you make...

-d
 
Those are really cool Ray....And to think I was proud of myself for finishing up 2 this week.
Bruce
 
Thats what I cal prolific. Very nice stuff. Do you do mostly convex grinds? I dont see any plunge lines. Also what do you use to color the antler?
Thanks a bunch William Crump
 
where'd that burst of energy come from?
 
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