The Undergrowth Organizer titanium blade

Thanks for the info, J.W. Sounds like the Iraqi Crud is the result of the huge sustained burn pits that were common near US bases, wherein everything imaginable was burned, from cars and appliances to sewage, plastic and industrial waste. Iron, copper, titanium and other fine dusts were combined within the fires into a crystal form that the body's immune system can not extricate from the lungs, and these compounds were blasted into the air ceaselessly.

The vast majority of the titanium chips from my grinder drop on the ground in front of it, then get swept up and saved. When grinding is done, I turn on an enormous carbon air filter that cleans all the fine dust out of the air in my shop, the air even smells super clean!

Lycosa: No sir, only one of these blades is spoken for, and it ain't for Mr. Busse. The bottom one is to be my centerpiece at an upcoming knife show. The theme of the show is "Japanese swords and knives." It will be a small chokuto, the ancient Japanese one-handed straight sword that predates the curved ones we have nowadays. It will have a habaki, and be constructed like an ancient chokuto but in my style of course! Been looking at museum chokuto and studying how they are constructed, and it is very similar to how I like to do it anyway!

The show is the OKCA show this April in Eugene, OR. Anyone who can be there should definitely swing by for a look, as you really have to pick one up and feel what it's like to see why I love the beta ti so much as a sword or large chopper.
 
ninja to!
 
This.^
I hope you make a few Ninja-to swords, Sam. My friend has one that was made by Hartsfield Sr. It's so cool and it's a great conversation piece and... it has a Red wrap.
Keep up the good work.
rolf
 
I need to get one of those carbon filters-need to find one I can run off the genny while the grinder's going. Good idea.
 
OK fine you got me, IT'S TRUE: a chokuto is an awful lot like a ninja sword, but it's so LEGIT!
 
J W Bensinger said:
I need to get one of those carbon filters-need to find one I can run off the genny while the grinder's going. Good idea.
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They aren't too much money, maybe $100 or so for the can filter, but they are huge and can last for years. Dust in any form is pretty harmful.
 
So that 24in UO with recurve is underway! SWEET! Thanks :)
 
Sloth and Vicarious, keep a lookout, because more swords and undergrowth organizers are in the works right now. Lycosa, you've been kept waiting too long. I swear in my giant grinder that a beta ti blade is destined for your belt soon!
 
Thank you, Sam, but you just get the product out there. Word of mouth, you know.
I can wait...
rolf
 
Change of plan: the would-be chokuto (background) will now be a stylized ninja sword. The forged billet in the foreground will now be now (with luck) be the chokuto with better dimensions!

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Quenched swords. Some very good advice has taken root, and this old way of doing it is soon to be replaced with a molten salt bath, which will be a great advancement in consistency for the heat-treatment of these swords. The giant beer mug ice-quench tank, however, will remain! :D The blades are all of varying thickness and stiffness, different but all turned out good.

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Now comes the REAL grinding.
 
The subject of this thread, a machete-like sword I call the Undergrowth Organizer, is complete, and now there are two! Fellas, the ladies in your lives will not only approve of a titanium alloy sword, they will probably want one as well, making them quite possibly the most dangerous swords in the world.

His and hers Undergrowth Organizers:

Grip is wrapped in black deer leather. Thanks again to bladesmith Stormcrow for the video tutorial on the Mongolian sword wrap, which works perfectly with leather.
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Creating the perfect fine edge of a blade is an art unto itself, one I have not mastered by any means, but still sharp and pointy!
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They pull easily from the sheaths in the blink of an eye, and the blades themselves are are mind-bogglingly quick.
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Fine stitching and sheath construction, in black deer, cow hide, black cord and kevlar thread, by Mlle. Øye. If only my blades were finished with such precision and so clean.
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those look soooo freakin awesome !!!!!! superb workmanship sir!! the sheaths are beautiful !! accolades all around!

the ultimate present peek!
 
Mecha said:
Fellas, the ladies in your lives will not only approve of a titanium alloy sword, they will probably want one as well, making them quite possibly the most dangerous swords in the world.
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True words! :)
so funny.

Sam, these look amazing. So quick and light, titanium is- and surprisingly awesome by any metric! Tough as hell.

Beautiful leatherwork as well. I'm going to make a sheath for titanilor, (lol duct tape), just so I don't wreck the exquisitely finished leather scabbard that came with it.
 
Thank you kindly, Bigjonhoss!

Lorien you haven't smashed that thing to bits yet? ;) Might be time to employ some whiskey and a few lumberjacks.
 
I'm tryin, man. I got some burly friends, they're kinda lumberjackish, maybe I'll get one of em to swing the sword around some.
 
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