New Knife Guard

[knifemaking01]

its part of the flux capacitor from the back to the future car...... i mean come on, any fool can tell that

 

[silver_pilate]

Erin, I decided to go just a shade more incognito.

--nathan

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

My clue was much more subtle than Nathan's.

I will say that with enough heat and pressure it is amazing what things change into.

This has serious potential for a 52100 short sword.

 

[Patrice Lemée]

Aww, man. That was my guess.

Great minds!

 

[silver_pilate]

Haha...I had to go back and look at that one, Stacy. Nice.

--nathan

 

[Erin Burke]

Haha...I had to go back and look at that one, Stacy. Nice.

Haha... me too. That WAS subtle Stacy. :thumbup:

 

[sunshadow]

that takes balls! you are going to have fun shaping the tang slot!


-Page

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Nah,
Sam will shape the tang to fit the slot.

 

[Sam Salvati]

it's soft, why would I harden it?

 

[Kal-El]

it's soft, why would I harden it?

Ah, the end of Viagra as we know it. Pfizer exec's scrambling to assemble.

 

[Dixieblade57]

it's soft, why would I harden it?

Sam, I something all typed out in response to this.............. and decided not to post it! :devilish:

So is there video of this b.............................. being all mashed into formation?

I still say it reminds me of an old coin!

 

[Lycosa]

werz the rest of the knife?

 

[Sam Salvati]

thanks very much everyone. No blade for it yet sadly though I am thinking of one.

Don't know if it should be along the same vein with just crushed flat chain, or maybe a simple natural subdued Japanese styled blade.

 

[Sam Salvati]

Dix I will try and get a video, I did this on a hand powered press

 

[jonnymac44]

Very cool, Sam. I like it!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Sam,
You may have hit on a neat looking blade.

Take a piece of chain and weld it up, then draw it out into a square bar. ( Or, maybe a canister weld with 1080 powder?)
Clean up the bar and then weld it to a matching bar of 1084. This composite bar can be drawn out and forged into a blade with a chain spine and a 1084 edge bevel.

If my press was running I would be trying this this weekend.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Very cool Sam!

 

[Sam Salvati]

I wouldn't want to just make up a chain billet, I would want to just weld the chain so it was obvious what it was, not like some polished thing.