The COOLEST knifemaking tools ever!

[Ed Caffrey]

At the Boise show last year, I gave Michael Rader a Damascus Angle Peen Hammer...just because I really like Micheal, and he is a wonderful person.

Today when I picked up the mail, I found these in a package from Michael....


:rockon::rockon::rockon:

Twist Damascus handle Broaches with Black Palm handles! Micheal made me one of these tools out of straight steel a couple of years ago, and they are absolutely the best thing going for building hidden tang handles. I have no doubt that they will work as good as they look!

Michael doesn't offer them for sale, but he did tell me to pass along that everyone is free to copy the design.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

very nice and a very useful tool . lucky you ED .

 

[panch0]

Wow those are really nice! Congrats!

 

[T.A.DAVISON]

Very cool - :thumbup:

 

[Raymond Richard]

Ed, Looks like it could also reach an itch in time of need.

 

[Burl Source]

Rader makes cool stuff. I always look for his table at the shows.

 

[Don Hanson III]

Now, those are TOO COOL!!!

 

[deker]

Very cool Ed! I'm jealous!

-d

 

[Bruce Bump]

Paying ahead works for you every time Ed. Cool returns.

 

[JasonSCarter]

Very Cool! I'm jealous, but thankful for the design. thanks!

Jason

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Dang man, those are really cool.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Wow, Ed. Just wow.

 

[Dan Pierson]

WTF! Those are out of this world!

 

[J. Hoffman]

Very Nice!

 

[eyeeatingfish]

I am guessing that you drill a hole and use the tools to scrape/rake/carve out more space as needed?

 

[Allen Newberry]

Those sure are pretty!

 

[A C Richards]

SWEEEET. Michael does such a great job on everything he touches.

 

[gixxer]

Ed, Looks like it could also reach an itch in time of need.

Yup, helluva backscratcher!


Seriously, two things. WOW!! dammy broaches!! then... REALLY??? dammy broaches??


wow.

 

[Michael Rader]

Thanks Ed. You guys should have heard Ed gushing. However, Ed's damascus hammers really are the COOLEST knifemaking tool ever!!! I'll have to clean it up and post a pic for you guys. I actually used it to forge out these little guys.

Anyway, you guys are all knifemakers - so make your own damn broaches... John Davis!!! Here is a tip: offset the teeth a little bit. Grind/file them in like you would imagine doing (I use the cutoff disc on my Foredom), but then grind the left corner off of one tooth, then go to the next one and grind off the right corner. I heat-treat the whole piece like a normal knife (this is 1080 & 15N-20 damascus) and draw back the shank/handle. I have a low-temp salt tank and I tempered these at 430 (three times for about 45 min each) and then held the scraper-end up in clamp and soaked the shank/handle in the salts at about 525 +/- for an hour+. Give it a try.

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ABS Mastersmith

 

[Patrice Lemée]

Well my ground up drywall knife sure looks like crap now.

Thanks for Sharing this Ed and Michael. I will make some (not anything close to that of course) this week me thinks. :thumbup: