Monkey see, monkey do

aproy1101 said:
This thread is awesome. I just love seeing pics of your knives bro.
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Thanks Andy, the slab scaled, full tang, knives are actually pretty quick and easy to make. Solid too, between the epoxy and the rivets, them handles ain't going nowhere. I know ball peen hammers are really for killing zombies and such, but dadgum have I gotten good at peening rivets with 'em. :D

Morgane, funny you should mention nail files, I saw one I've got to make. Yes, you read that right, going to make a durn nail file, saw it in a magazine the other day. It was one of those WWII OSS hideout knives disguised as a nail file. We've all seen, at one time or another, the leather pocket cases that house a comb and a nail file. Well, when you pull this innocent looking nail file from it's case, you find that three inches of it have been ground into a wickedly sharp blade. Groovy. I'll cut in my "nail file" teeth with a sharp chisel and the steel annealed down dead soft, grind the blade, then re-harden and temper the thing. Should be a hoot.

Uh Danny? Rubber workers? Looks very much like a knife used by whalers for processing blubber. Also looks like a handy backup knife for zombie hunters. :D

Sarge
 
Yea DIJ, that thing is sweet.
 
Sarge: "I am not a professional knifemaker."

OK, whatever you say, but you do a damned good imitation of one! :D

Norm
 
The little 4" blade Seaman's Knife is proving so entirely useful I may just have to make up a whole batch of 'em for Christmas presents. So far mine's been used to whittle, cut rope, cut leather, and last night in the kitchen it sliced, diced, cubed, minced, and yes julienned a big black iron stew pot worth of meat, veggies, and fruit. Yup, I said fruit, mangoes and lime juice went into this last pot of stew, along with other "interesting" (rip yer lips off hot) stuff. Holy cow that stew is tasty.:eek:
Anyhow, the little knife is strongly reinforcing my long held understanding that sturdy, simple, fixed blade knives, with blades in the 4" to 5" range, are far and away some of the handiest knives to tote. This one's already starting to acquire the deeply tarnished patina of a carbon steel knife that's "well loved". Reckon them seafaring gents know a good knife when they see one. :D

Uh, Andy, reckon what your first chiruwa style knife project ought to be? Get you an eight inch Nicholson or Simonds mill bastard file and let them sparks fly. For rivets all you need is 1/8" dia. brass brazing rod, just one of them will make a boatload of rivets. If you need handle slabs, holler, a certain somebody done hooked me up with a goodly supply of tropical hardwoods, so I might can spare a couple of pieces. The relatively small size, and straightforward simplicity of the design on this one, make for a quick, easy, and fun project, and a dayumed good little EDC knife. Convinced yet? ;)

Sarge
 
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