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Hi,
What do you think of this small skinner that I forged as a 12/13 year old boy out of a ships nail (used to hold together the wooden boards).
Some shrimpfishermen caught a piece of an old wreckage in their nets and this ruined their day, they were friends of us and I got hold of some of the long nails that held the wooden boards (rotten) together.
I forged a skinner type blade 30 years ago from one of the nails and left it for 30 years. On cleaning my parents house after my father died I found it and since then I kept it "close". Some time ago on a rainy Sunday I fitted an Antler handle and made a simple thick leather sheath in which I burned an Oakleaf.
It was my second completely handmade knife that I started 30 odd years ago.
It has no space age blade material and the "heat treatement" consisted of getting it cherry colored hot and dropping it in motoroil afterwards dipping it in motoroil twice and setting it on fire and leaving it "burning" until the oil sticking to it was gone.
It sharpened to a razors edge on my Lansky diamond hones but the Sharpemaker didn't get it as sharp. Probably because of the short skinner rounded blade form.
Well I 've given it to an American friend that I have never ever seen or given a "live" hand but come to know through the internet, his name is Oak, hence the Oak leaf on the leather sheath.
I like to make more knives but I'm lacking the sources for materials in Holland.
In July I will be traveling through California, Arizona, up to Yellowstone Park then back to the coast (Larsen Volcanic park, Redwood forest etc.) and to LA again.
Any sources that I could visit while traveling there would be welcome.
You can see the small piece of 12/13 year old handywork at:
<a href="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=130364&a=4891783">
See my photos of Selfmade knives at PhotoPoint</a>
Best regards from Holland,
Bagheera
At least I managed to get some writing errors out on reading it
[This message has been edited by Bagheera (edited 04-25-2000).]
What do you think of this small skinner that I forged as a 12/13 year old boy out of a ships nail (used to hold together the wooden boards).
Some shrimpfishermen caught a piece of an old wreckage in their nets and this ruined their day, they were friends of us and I got hold of some of the long nails that held the wooden boards (rotten) together.
I forged a skinner type blade 30 years ago from one of the nails and left it for 30 years. On cleaning my parents house after my father died I found it and since then I kept it "close". Some time ago on a rainy Sunday I fitted an Antler handle and made a simple thick leather sheath in which I burned an Oakleaf.
It was my second completely handmade knife that I started 30 odd years ago.
It has no space age blade material and the "heat treatement" consisted of getting it cherry colored hot and dropping it in motoroil afterwards dipping it in motoroil twice and setting it on fire and leaving it "burning" until the oil sticking to it was gone.
It sharpened to a razors edge on my Lansky diamond hones but the Sharpemaker didn't get it as sharp. Probably because of the short skinner rounded blade form.
Well I 've given it to an American friend that I have never ever seen or given a "live" hand but come to know through the internet, his name is Oak, hence the Oak leaf on the leather sheath.
I like to make more knives but I'm lacking the sources for materials in Holland.
In July I will be traveling through California, Arizona, up to Yellowstone Park then back to the coast (Larsen Volcanic park, Redwood forest etc.) and to LA again.
Any sources that I could visit while traveling there would be welcome.
You can see the small piece of 12/13 year old handywork at:
<a href="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=130364&a=4891783">
See my photos of Selfmade knives at PhotoPoint</a>
Best regards from Holland,
Bagheera
At least I managed to get some writing errors out on reading it
[This message has been edited by Bagheera (edited 04-25-2000).]
