Some befor's and after's

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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Finished up the knife last night and was hoping to also finish up the two belt axes but couldn't remember how to do the turkshead knots then. I was able to figure it out this morning. The first picture shows what I started out with. The knife was made from the first 3 pieces. The blade was forged out of a 1959 Nash/Metro leaf spring, the fitting except for the S guard were made from the old piece of anchor chain. The S guard from a piece of 1018 and has wrought iron nipples. The handle is a piece of old weathered carabo antler. I forged the top ax out of a S-5 jack hammer bit. I was really surprized how well it forged by hand. The bottom ax was from a piece of 7/8" square 1080 that I actually bought.
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Very nice. New materials may be more consistent and reliable, but there is just something awesome about turning old junk into something real and useful, not to mention beautiful.

How did you finish the blade? I really like the antique look.

-Will
 
Them is Perdy Ray!!!!!!

Man you just keep getting better and better,I will have to try and catch up now,They are gorgeous!!!!
Bruce
 
Very nice! I really like the knife. Beautiful work. :)
Scott
 
Wow! :eek: I had to smile when I went from the before to the after pics... :D Who'd have thought you could turn that kind of stuff into such beautiful work? Thanks for sharing Ray, that's fantastic.
 
one mans junk is another mans treasure right Ray
that junk will live on many many year now.

very nice
I like the style change too,, not that I don't like the other, it's the diversifying I like seeing.
 
Looking good there Ray a nice change of pattern always helps. Those Hawks are neat.
What did you do in the etch, it looks like there is a pattern in the top Hawk. Gib
 
Ray,
Beautiful work.

About the jackhammer bit, how did you determine it was S5, instead of maybe S7? I'm curious because I have a few jackhammer bits as well and an axe in progress that I was planning on heat treating with the assumption it was S7 (although I intent to test a few scraps first).
 
You've put your finger on one of the things that makes me feel so good about making knives. As knifemakers, but also the case with jewelers and other metal artists and artisans, we take things that are junk or otherwise ugly or worthless and turn them into objects of incredible beauty and unlimited utility. These objects that we create have never existed before, sometimes not even in our own minds. It almost feels like magic.

- Chris
 
Wulf, The jack hammer bits were listed under keen junk or somthing like that but I can't remember exactly where I found the information forsure. Believe there's .15 difference in the carbon between S-5 and S-7. Wayne Goddard had given me a bunch of his junk awhile back and the one bit was with it. I bought the otherone at my favorite junk store for 2 bucks. Believe its about 3/16 thicker than the otherone.

Gib, I did the Clorox/Cold Blue with my own secret twist........
 
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