Hi Mates,
I just finished my Hmong knife mid night yesterday. Im really happy with it and would like to share with you guys. My purpose for this project is just to copy the original one, as it is beautiful already, not much modification has been made except the butt cap.
This time was fun as I had chance to experience on brass soldering, binding brass ring and peening butt cap. More learnings day by day
I still need sometime to work on the scabbard. And here are the pix
This is what the master blacksmith has done - a rough black raw blade. It took him the whole evening to forge this blade. The construction of flat V bevel was really hard to hammer.
The next day, I bring it back for some adjustment in angulation of the rat tail. His son was at work.
Filling work took me 3 hours. Both sides are smooth. This time, the blacksmith did a oil quench as the edge is rather thin. The blade was perfectly hardened with a file-skid hardness at the sweet spot, softening towards tip and bolster.
I luckily found a piece of buffalo horn. I want to make a bigger and longer handle vs the original. The horn we have here is different from Nepals which is smaller and hollow, it might be from different kind of buffalo. The bolster took me 2 hours to make.
Been successful with the brass solder job, I gained more confidence to work on the handle rings. I soldered the brass ring with a gaz torch, then hammer it into shape with a small hammer and steel rod (as the anvil). After tighly fitted, I filled the gaps with super glue.
Last night, I got in the mood then work on the butt cap. I chose the peened solution than the original "half-way" contruction. The handle was filled with expoxy. Then I arrived at a satin finish. This is how it looks. 16inches OAL, not yet weigh.
Enjoy the pix.
Hung
I just finished my Hmong knife mid night yesterday. Im really happy with it and would like to share with you guys. My purpose for this project is just to copy the original one, as it is beautiful already, not much modification has been made except the butt cap.
This time was fun as I had chance to experience on brass soldering, binding brass ring and peening butt cap. More learnings day by day
I still need sometime to work on the scabbard. And here are the pix
This is what the master blacksmith has done - a rough black raw blade. It took him the whole evening to forge this blade. The construction of flat V bevel was really hard to hammer.
The next day, I bring it back for some adjustment in angulation of the rat tail. His son was at work.
Filling work took me 3 hours. Both sides are smooth. This time, the blacksmith did a oil quench as the edge is rather thin. The blade was perfectly hardened with a file-skid hardness at the sweet spot, softening towards tip and bolster.
I luckily found a piece of buffalo horn. I want to make a bigger and longer handle vs the original. The horn we have here is different from Nepals which is smaller and hollow, it might be from different kind of buffalo. The bolster took me 2 hours to make.
Been successful with the brass solder job, I gained more confidence to work on the handle rings. I soldered the brass ring with a gaz torch, then hammer it into shape with a small hammer and steel rod (as the anvil). After tighly fitted, I filled the gaps with super glue.
Last night, I got in the mood then work on the butt cap. I chose the peened solution than the original "half-way" contruction. The handle was filled with expoxy. Then I arrived at a satin finish. This is how it looks. 16inches OAL, not yet weigh.
Enjoy the pix.
Hung
As yours is tougher, with the peened buttcap.
