Tanto With Forged Aluminum Scales

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Hey Everybody,

Just finished up this Tanto and took some quick pics. It was supposted to be a Bob Lum sort of thing, with nickel silver bolsters and micarta. I have been forging a fair amount of Aluminum lately and thought I would experiment with a forged in pattern on scales. The texturing die I used was simply MIG weld on a plate dressed with scotchbrite. I wanted an organic look like stag or rock erosion. The handle is held on by handmade copper rivets and I left them a bit proud to act as indexing points. The blade is 0-1 with a hollow grind that I left a bit thick at the edge and fethered in with polishing stones. So it goes from hollow to convex 3/16 from the edge. It cuts like crazy.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Nick

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very nice.

My only criticism would be to sink in the rivets. the one near the butt in the second picture looks a little raised.
 
That picture is kind of deceiving. There is a low spot in front of that rivet and the perspective makes it look really tall. The other side facing the butt matches the front rivet height.

Thanks for the comments. I think I might wack them down some more.

Nick
 
love that style of grind, (flat out at the tip and hollow along the rest of the edge) and you did a good job of it. Looks like a nice deep grind.
I think this knife would look better with a semi traditional wrap over top of the aluminum...
 
I never thought about doing a carved wrap in Aluminum. That would be AWESOME!

I'm gonna do it!
 
Nice work Nick,a very creative use of aluminum...+1 on the carved wrap:thumbup::thumbup:
 
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