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A while back i had asked a question about drilling thru copper, this is what it was for. I decided a while back to make myself a knife. This is it:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/terry_dodson/album?.dir=f267&.src
The blade is 1080 steel, that was clay coated (porcelin slip and ashes), the hamon was brought out white with lemon juice, the guard and butt cap are copper (from a computer processor heat sink), The butt cap has the blade steel go all the way thru and there is a pin that goes thru it and several pins soldered on the inside of the guard and butt cap and stuck into and epoxied into the wood,the wood is curly maple with linseed oil and super glue finish. Since my stencils are messed up i had my name engraved into it at a mall. The sheath is pretty thick, i like them stiff, and wet formed around the guard to keep the blade in the sheath. It also has 2 holes at the bottom for a tying strap, and a belt loop cut out of the back of the strap so it can be worn vertically or horziontally.
Hope yall like it.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/terry_dodson/album?.dir=f267&.src
The blade is 1080 steel, that was clay coated (porcelin slip and ashes), the hamon was brought out white with lemon juice, the guard and butt cap are copper (from a computer processor heat sink), The butt cap has the blade steel go all the way thru and there is a pin that goes thru it and several pins soldered on the inside of the guard and butt cap and stuck into and epoxied into the wood,the wood is curly maple with linseed oil and super glue finish. Since my stencils are messed up i had my name engraved into it at a mall. The sheath is pretty thick, i like them stiff, and wet formed around the guard to keep the blade in the sheath. It also has 2 holes at the bottom for a tying strap, and a belt loop cut out of the back of the strap so it can be worn vertically or horziontally.
Hope yall like it.
I may try to patina the next copper one using the ammonia fumes method to try to get a really dark blue/black color, do you think that would hold up good for a coper finish?