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Well,
Back at it, after almost 5 weeks with no energy from my day job and oppressive heat...
I finished a couple and am finally listing some for sale over on the makers market...wheew!
Working outside on my knives, even in the shade of a car port was to damn hot last month...105F most of the month!!! I tried several times to stand by the forge, but I just couldn't make myself do it...heat like that can drain you quick!
Anyways, these are all 5160 Firebird leafspring steel. I forge these as close to shape as I can, and do as much by hand after that...I cheat a little in the evenings...when my arms give out, and use the belt grinder a bit.
Let me know what you think guys and gals.
I will be listing most of these soon, I might keep one or two, as templates, and make some more...then list them, but you never know.
All of these knives come with a hand made black molded leather sheath, with saddle stitching.
I working on a few BIG choppers right now as well...should be cool.
I really like this first one, really feels good in the hand.
I was going for a flint napped looking blade, but I don't think it really has that feel, but it's still pretty rustic. The handle is just natural micarta with stainless tube rivets and high strength epoxy. I was most surprised by the chopping power of the 7 inch blade...it bites into 2X4's really deep.
I forged a sort of spine down the blade, that keeps the 3/16" thickness to almost 3/4's of the blade, which adds to the toughness, IMO.
Tribal Tank
This also has a spine along the blade, but it has a smooth finish, I put a lot of file time in to it. This one has been put through some pretty rough tests. It a super tough knife. It can take a lot of hard use. The handle is a bit on the large size, my wife doesn't like the handle on this one, she is 5' 3", and has small hands. I would agree with her, the handle looks to "simple", but it locks up in my hands, so I kept it like this.
Woodsmans puukko
I think I showed you all some shots of this one, as I was working on the handle. the sheath is finished, and all in all, I think this is my best knife to date.
I am a sucker for a 4" or so woods knife, and this one is so comfortable in the hand, and the 1/8" blade is a nice working blade, for whittling or food prep.
It's not a hard use knife by any means, it has a fine tip for detail work. The handle is as ergo as it gets. I can't find a grip that doesn't work with this handle.
Hidden tang utility hunter.
You all might recognize this one from a couple of months back, well, it's been touched up quite a bit, although it doesn't look it. I removed about 3/16 of stock out of the top or the handle near the butt cap. Basically, I finished the knife, set it down, and when I picked it up again a few days later, I saw what I thought was an issue. The handle was a little skewed and didn't feel like it should in my mind. So, I set it down, and let it stew so to speak. I came back to it a couple weeks later and just fixed the issues that I saw. This is a really nice knife for me, I am happy with the way it turned out.
Back at it, after almost 5 weeks with no energy from my day job and oppressive heat...
I finished a couple and am finally listing some for sale over on the makers market...wheew!
Working outside on my knives, even in the shade of a car port was to damn hot last month...105F most of the month!!! I tried several times to stand by the forge, but I just couldn't make myself do it...heat like that can drain you quick!
Anyways, these are all 5160 Firebird leafspring steel. I forge these as close to shape as I can, and do as much by hand after that...I cheat a little in the evenings...when my arms give out, and use the belt grinder a bit.
Let me know what you think guys and gals.
I will be listing most of these soon, I might keep one or two, as templates, and make some more...then list them, but you never know.
All of these knives come with a hand made black molded leather sheath, with saddle stitching.
I working on a few BIG choppers right now as well...should be cool.
I really like this first one, really feels good in the hand.
I was going for a flint napped looking blade, but I don't think it really has that feel, but it's still pretty rustic. The handle is just natural micarta with stainless tube rivets and high strength epoxy. I was most surprised by the chopping power of the 7 inch blade...it bites into 2X4's really deep.
I forged a sort of spine down the blade, that keeps the 3/16" thickness to almost 3/4's of the blade, which adds to the toughness, IMO.
Tribal Tank
This also has a spine along the blade, but it has a smooth finish, I put a lot of file time in to it. This one has been put through some pretty rough tests. It a super tough knife. It can take a lot of hard use. The handle is a bit on the large size, my wife doesn't like the handle on this one, she is 5' 3", and has small hands. I would agree with her, the handle looks to "simple", but it locks up in my hands, so I kept it like this.
Woodsmans puukko
I think I showed you all some shots of this one, as I was working on the handle. the sheath is finished, and all in all, I think this is my best knife to date.
I am a sucker for a 4" or so woods knife, and this one is so comfortable in the hand, and the 1/8" blade is a nice working blade, for whittling or food prep.
It's not a hard use knife by any means, it has a fine tip for detail work. The handle is as ergo as it gets. I can't find a grip that doesn't work with this handle.
Hidden tang utility hunter.
You all might recognize this one from a couple of months back, well, it's been touched up quite a bit, although it doesn't look it. I removed about 3/16 of stock out of the top or the handle near the butt cap. Basically, I finished the knife, set it down, and when I picked it up again a few days later, I saw what I thought was an issue. The handle was a little skewed and didn't feel like it should in my mind. So, I set it down, and let it stew so to speak. I came back to it a couple weeks later and just fixed the issues that I saw. This is a really nice knife for me, I am happy with the way it turned out.
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