Piratical EDC, Aargh mateys

Sylvrfalcn

Sylvrfalcn

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It's a simple knife with a "turned" ash handle. It's not really turned, 'cause I haven't built my spring pole lathe yet. I just cut a hunk of ash down to a square cross section and whittled it 'round to look like a turned piece. Apparently these turned handle knives were fairly common in the 18th century, and I've taken quite a shine to them. Blade is 5 1/2" (my EDC length, Texas legal), full convex ground, with an upswept point in the English style. The 4 1/8" handle is ash with a steel ferrule. Fashioned a nice flat scabbard for it that can be worn suspended from it's cord loop as a dangler, or simply tucked in behind the belt (inside the waist band if I'm going into town, don't want folk thinkin' I'm there to pillage and plunder).

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Good little knife, but as soon as I get my spring pole lathe up and running, the next will be really nice, like this one from Old Dominion Forge (they make unbelievable knives, I want to be as good as them when I grow up ;) )

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Thumbcutter Goodbeard

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, one cut his thumb and got laughed at by the rest, errr, urrgh, YO HO HO and a bottle of rum
 

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Some pretty. Don't be getting pressed into the Royal Navy, or the ship's blacksmith will dock the pretty tip off that knife, making it a sheepsfoot pattern.
 
Very nice : ) I've seen knives like these in age of sail ditty bags, even in as dark colour wood and sometimes with decorative knotwork on them too.
 
TomFetter said:
Some pretty. Don't be getting pressed into the Royal Navy, or the ship's blacksmith will dock the pretty tip off that knife, making it a sheepsfoot pattern.
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Royal Navy? Slimy bilge rats. Them swabs ever get me clapped in irons, and it's off to the gibbet for Thumbcutter. :( Sir Francis Drake never snapped the points of his sailor's knives, then again, his punishment for threatening an officer with a knife was to have the boatswain fetch an axe and lop off the poor miscreant's hand. Not a man to trifle with was Drake, he was so religious he'd maroon ye fer blasphemin'.


Sarge
 
Ahrrr that one will whittle you a nice peg leg for sure . That was a nice job whittling those rings in . I only saw a spring lathe used once . The tools must have to be ultra sharp due to the slow . R:P:M:s .
 
Ripper said:
Greg,
As always, I enjoy seeing your work:thumbup:
Regards,
Greg
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Thanks Greg, and thanks Morgane for confirming my suspicion that this style of knife would have been in use among seafarers.

This particular one was just a "toe in the water", the eventual knife that will result sometime down the road will have a true turned handle, a broader blade close to nine inches in length, and a small accessory knife housed in it's scabbard ala Scottish dirk or khukuri. That's going to be a fun project. :D

Sarge
 
Yet another simple cutter Sarge. Goodun too. I likee.
 
I envy your carving ability, Thumbcutter.

If I take my time about it, I CAN take a piece of wood and make...



a stick.:rolleyes:
 
aproy1101 said:
Yet another simple cutter Sarge. Goodun too. I likee.
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This will make you chuckle Andy, I didn't stain the wood with regular stain, I achieved the "antiqued" look with leather dyes. Started with a coat of Tandy's medium brown, put a coat of black over top of that and let 'em dry. Steel wooled the tar out of it, then on went another dose of medium brown. When that dried, I buffed the handle good with a soft rag and then varnished it. Tru oil is admittedly superior, but the varnish is more "authentic". When I was a young fellow in the Sea Explorers (an offshoot of the Boy Scouts) I pretty much got my fill of scraping, sanding, and revarnishing all kind of teak and mahogony. But sandy beaches, sail boats, and girls in teeny bikinis took much of the sting out of the drudgery of keeping things ship shape.;)

Sarge
 
Its a nicholson file. Plain old carbon steel. Funny method Sarge. Came out good. I like using varnish, and don't consider tru oil superior to spar varnish in any way. Tru oil kinda stays sticky when it gets hot. Yuk. Spar varnish is harder than a wooden leg, arr.
 
aproy1101 said:
Its a nicholson file. Plain old carbon steel. Funny method Sarge. Came out good. I like using varnish, and don't consider tru oil superior to spar varnish in any way. Tru oil kinda stays sticky when it gets hot. Yuk. Spar varnish is harder than a wooden leg, arr.
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Careful Andy, the "Woodchucks" around here have an entire cult following founded on Tru Oil. I actually like varnish, but for something that needs to flex, like one of my longbows, I absolutely swear by Tung oil. Use it to seal my cedar arrow shafts too, keeps moisture from getting in and warping 'em.

Sarge
 
Sylvrfalcn said:
Careful Andy, the "Woodchucks" around here have an entire cult following founded on Tru Oil. I actually like varnish, but for something that needs to flex, like one of my longbows, I absolutely swear by Tung oil. Use it to seal my cedar arrow shafts too, keeps moisture from getting in and warping 'em.

Sarge
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I mostly use tung oil for sealing up any scrapes and dings on arrows . I thought that it might interfere with any glues I might use .if I used it as an overall sealer .
 
Kevin, it probably would interfere with proper adhesion of fletching glue, I apply the Tung oil to finished arrows, using a Q-tip to get the bits in between the fletches. Three light coats gets the job done. Then I give them a couple of coats of Johnson paste wax (the kind for hardwood floors). Makes 'em slick as a whistle and easier to pull from targets without damaging them. My sixty lb. longbow tends to drive 'em in deep on anything fifty yards and under.

Sarge
 
Nice as usual and practical too. Five and half inches is a good size for most anything although I'd prefer seven inches for serious fightin if it came to that and I'm well pleased that it very seldom does.;) :)

I also really like those whitehearts on the neck piece, whitehearts are among my favorites along with the really old chevrons.;) :thumbup: :cool:
 
Aye, it's nice.

Boating season's commenced on this part of the Gulf....

Sarge, whaddy'a think- I'd like to see a combination boat hook, gaff, and since I also like halberds.... maybe an all-in-one with a saw/serrations for stingrays. Tail removal tool.

Something to either pull in a boat or fish, and if I change my mind, to change the welcome suddenly. Or to be ready for friend or foe with the same steel.

Twas' the Piratical EDC made me think....


Mike
 
ARRRRRRR!!!!! avast ye there ya scurvy swabs!!!!



and it isnt even National Talk Like a Pirate Day yet!!!:D :D


Great work bro...I like that neckless as well!:thumbup:
 
Very nice, Sarge. You always do good work.

Be careful you don't get the urge to pillage with those pirate type knives.
 
Sylvrflcn, it looks similar to the knife I saw at the Provincial Museum in Victoria Canada, simialr to the knife that killed Cpt. Cook, while in the Hawaiian Islands. I want to try to get some really good measurements and photos and try to make a replica.
 
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