Hello.
It's been a long time since I've posted on here, in fact it's been over 18 months since I last made a knife, but I've just finished this, so I thought I'd post it.
I say finished, it's not 100% finished...I haven't sharpened it yet as I've still not made a sheath for it, as I don't have any leather at the moment!
Anyway...this was basically made from whatever I could find laying around in my workshop.
The 6 1/8" blade is from an old 3/16" thick circular sawblade (pitted surface left), with a 6" hollow grind, the guard and spacer are cut from a piece of angle iron, the end cap is 1075 and the bolt that secures it all together is, well...and old bolt.
The handle is 4 3/4" long.
The steel parts were etched in ferric chloride then dunked in a bath of Philips cold blue. The stag was coloured with Fiebings antique leather dye.
Thanks for looking.
Ian.
It's been a long time since I've posted on here, in fact it's been over 18 months since I last made a knife, but I've just finished this, so I thought I'd post it.
I say finished, it's not 100% finished...I haven't sharpened it yet as I've still not made a sheath for it, as I don't have any leather at the moment!
Anyway...this was basically made from whatever I could find laying around in my workshop.
The 6 1/8" blade is from an old 3/16" thick circular sawblade (pitted surface left), with a 6" hollow grind, the guard and spacer are cut from a piece of angle iron, the end cap is 1075 and the bolt that secures it all together is, well...and old bolt.
The handle is 4 3/4" long.
The steel parts were etched in ferric chloride then dunked in a bath of Philips cold blue. The stag was coloured with Fiebings antique leather dye.
Thanks for looking.
Ian.
