Look what I made...

[stabman]

Meat cleaver, 1070 steel, August 14th, 2010.
Pictures taken today with borrowed camera.

 

[arjung]

That is very cool!

Love to see some in use pics.

 

[GRIM 62]

That is way!

 

[Kid Couteau]

Nice, I like it
Kid

 

[Charlie Mike]

F888ing savage! Did you forge that? Great job!

 

[PayetteRucker]

Dude, that's a wicked jungle survival piece. I like it!

 

[stabman]

F888ing savage! Did you forge that? Great job!

Forged in a campfire, using a steel pipe with holes drilled sideways at the end and a hair dryer as a bellows. Used a 6 pound ball-peen hammer and an old, huge anvil in a barn.:thumbup: Had about 6 inches deep of coals.
My friend took a detailed series of pictures of the entire operation, from bar of steel, to making fire, to forging, everything.

Too bad he didn't have a memory card in the digital camera.

The finish is gun blue, with slight additional patina from slicing vegetables and fruit, for which it works surprisingly well.

 

[KennyB]

What's the handle made out of it? Looks very interesting, like some kind of epoxy with cord wrapped around it.

 

[stabman]

What's the handle made out of it? Looks very interesting, like some kind of epoxy with cord wrapped around it.

Epoxy soaked jute, sanded down, with green paint accents and three coats of polyurethane.

 

[CarterAZ]

looks awsome

 

[theevilmike]

thats great work

mike

 

[Brad Greulich]

SO awsome! great job :thumbup:

 

[nevermind35]

Nice man thats pretty sweet. Thats something I've always wanted to do, to bad you didn't get the pictures you took.

 

[MoreToasties]

I love it!! Great work!

 

[Gunny Bob]

Congrats; nice piece. Good to see some genuine handmade blades still being made by regular fellows.