What's the whackiest, wildest, most unique knife you've ever made??

[L6steel]

I made this thing for my first anniversary, lol. Talk about a hemmeroid, sheesh!
It's L6 and came from a rusty old saw blade and was done just like a regular knife with the same tools. Back then I was a buffaholic. I buffed my blades so much it cut grooves in em. The handle is a huge moose crown. The over all length was around 28" and the blade was 21" long. It was hollow ground but since I figured it was a display model I never did sharpen it.

Lets see you crazyiest ever knife!

Oops, sorry for the crappy pic, had a junky camera back then.

 

[B . Buxton]

Michael, I guess this is my most unique knife so far.

Bill

 

[blgoode]

I would say the one that most stands out as original would be what I call a camp digger. Its a joint design by a customer and myself. Very nice balance for such a tall beefy blade. 2.5" tall!
The handle reminds me of a broomstick mouser 9mm or....Han Solo's pistol!

Sorry but I had alot of pictures

 

[STR]

Well, you guys went big. I went small. I like that camp digger. Nice nice nice.

There are probably several knives that qualify for me as whacky. But this one meets the criteria in so many ways that I picked it. For one it is small. For another the sheath is totally unique. For another the blade was made out of a sidewalk edger blade.

My mom wanted a purse knife and so I made her one using nothing but what I had on hand at the time. Got the sidewalk edger blade free. The elk antler for the handle scales was free also. All I had to do was use a couple cut off wheels to cut out the blank for the blade, do some shaping after that and then I used a 1.5" drum sander in an electric drill to a clamp set up for one of those cheap Craftsman lathes. Never used the lathe much but the drill mount is pretty handy. I used the drum to do the hollow grind.

As for the sheath. Well I took a piece of the same antler I used for the handle scales. Cut that to the right size and fit it with brass plate after drilling and threading the bone top and bottom but only after drilling out the insides wide enough to fit the blade in it. I then used epoxy and the screws to secure the brass to the antler.

Then I filled it up inside where the blade would rest when sheathed with dental rubber base/polymer impression material like used to take an impression of your teeth for dentures. (Actually it is a polyvinylsyloxane but rubber base covers it. ) I coated the blade with vasoline so it would pull out easy once it set up and stabbed it into the wet impression material and let it sit.

When it set up in five or so minutes I had a perfectly formed sheath form fitted to the blade that holds the blade in by a slight amount of suction. Its worked for years this way. It hangs in mom's purse but it can double as a neck knife too I guess. Anyway, hows that for whacky and unique?

 

[ddavelarsen]

Here's my whackiest knife ever! The blades are O1, the handle is wrapped in twisted stainless steel wire. The guards were cut out of a solid chunk of brass, 2x2x6; some things you just wouldn't make without a metal cutting bandsaw! This knife is kinda scary, there's just no way to play with it safely. It was for a knife dealer, made like his logo - his ultimate fantasy knife.

 

[Raymond Richard]

Here's one I did almost 5 years ago. 1/4" ATS 34, 15" overall and 4" in width. I did it 5 or 6 months after having by pass surgery. I must have been out of my mind to even accept an order like that. I had the whole profile water jet cut because of the interior cut outs. It was a design the customer came up with and tried to find someone to make for about 5 years and knowone would do it for him. Maybe thats why I don't do stock removal anymore.....

 

[Guy Thomas]

Hmm, that would have to be a blacksmith's knife I made for a knife swap, unfortunately I never got a picture of it when it was totally completed, it had a whales tale final on the tip of the handle and seahorse filework:

 

[rhrocker]

Raymond, that's a very interesting concept. What was the purpose of the overall style (if any)? Did you make a sheath for it?

 

[Raymond Richard]

Robert, No I didn't make a sheath for it. When I was done with it I wanted it gone. I told the customer he'd have to find someone to make a sheath for it. Purpose? A fantasy fighter. It was a major pain in the ass doing a total cutting edge. The inside radius was quit a challenge to say the least.

 

[rhrocker]

The inside radius was quit a challenge to say the least.

Maybe so, but you pulled it off very well! Regardless as to whether or not someone likes that knife, it sure shows what you as a craftsman can do! BTW, I still have "Fish Envy" after seeing your Salmon the other day

 

[Tom Militano]

Mike, what does that monster weigh?

 

[L6steel]

Lol, Tom!
I never weighed it but I as I recall it wasn't really that heavy. Prolly a couple three pounds. I'm huge so it didn't seem so big to me.
Daggum you guys, I coulda posted a real nice knife too but I wanted to see the real whacky stuff, not the real slick knives! Come on, be brave, show us the crazy knives you made way back when that wouldn't dare make now.
Sure are some awesome blades posted so far!!!!!!!