Little scalper

Wulf

Wulf

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I haven't posted any of my work here in a bit so I thought I'd share a few shots of this little scalper I recently shipped out to a friend, warrior, and scholar currently enjoying some time in lovely Eastern Afghanistan. The blade is forged from a bar of 1084 carbon steel (seriously this stuff is awesome) and the handle is wrapped with some braided nylon cord. Simple, strong, and purposeful.

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I heat treated this blade by quenching just the edge in the oil so that the unquenched portion would remain soft and ductile. I gave the blade a light bath in some mild acid to etch the surface ever so slightly and reveal the transition zone between the martensite and pearlite. Pretty neat.

And of course it wouldn’t be complete without a cozy little carry rig, this one a hand-stitched leather sheath to be worn in the pocket, on the belt, or even around the neck.

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Anyway I hope you all like it, and please feel free to share any and all impressions, thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc.
 
Very nice my friend.....something I'd like to have myself. ;) :D
 
Thanks guys - and Dudley, I hear ya - I'm actually planning on making another one for myself, though I'm considering some minor modifications to the blade shape on the next one. With this blade I had tried to keep it as compact as possible for easy and discrete carry, so I made the blade fairly short, broad, and deep-bellied. This blade shape is capable of a variety of different types of cutting tasks, and can do quite a bit of work for such a small package, but I'm also thinking a slightly longer version with a little more point and a little less belly would be cool too. Maybe just another 3/8" blade length... We'll see. If I find the time I might just forge out a whole batch of these guys, each with a slightly different blade shape, and then we can compare and contrast them all and pick favorites :D
 
The pictures are way better here than when I looked at em on the phone. Sweetness, my brother! Love everything about it, including the intent of the delivery. You're a good egg, bud!
 
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