G/Day Folks
I'm at it again, made a single Beval Knife from a set of Garden Shears. As with normal with my projects nothing to advanced by way of Knife making skills, have not got around to building myself a little Forge yet so I choose So So Steel and carefully grind away, making sure never to overheat and ruin what ever temper the Steel had in the first place
I did not particularly wish to make a single bevel Blade but the existing edge was such that I had little choice. Check out the other side of the shears and the wavy edge ground into it. It's not great steel and the single Beval may not prove that durable but it takes a Razor Edge easily enough and should only take a few rubs on a Stone or Strokes on a Steel to put a usable edge back on it. I'll carry it next hunt and give it a decent workout with any luck. Lots of work for a by modern standards ordinary piece of Steel but I had a blast doing it.
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Again dictated too by the shape of the Shears I chose this handle design. Next Knife I make from the other side of the Shears will be a hidden Tang Blade. I used Beefwood Laminations for the Scales and 4mm Steel Rod for the Pins, had a devil of a time drilling the hole for the bottom Pin but got there in the end. I utilised the existing holes for the front and rear Pins. I cut this Tree up a while back out Bolon way as it had been Bulldozed. Beefwood is too pretty to leave to Rot. I have used this Beefwood for Bow Laminations and still have 30 or 40 Kilo's of it left trimmed to Bow Lams, Knife Scales, Arrow Footings etc and some of it only good for Firewood.
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I wanted something different for the pattern on the Sheath so drew out this simple Floral design that was inspired from a Hunt in 2009 on the property I cut the Beefwood on. The country we where hunting had just come out of a 12 year Drought and was covered in a Carpet of Native Flowers reminiscent of what I drew on the Sheath.
The front cover of the Sheath has a rolled Roo hide top edge. The Roo Leather continues down the length of the Sheath to line it and cover the Screw that seures the Watch Stud. Nothing but Leather comes into contact with the Blade
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The Blade fits the Sheath precisely and is totally secure but for the exercise I fitted a Bow Tie style security strap that loops around the Handle and secures on the watch stud. The stepped Blade would catch on the loop and hold fast in the unlikely event the Knife ever looked like falling from the Sheath. Not 100% happy with the Bow Tie Strap, needs some shape/ decoration but it serves it's purpose well enough.
regards Jacko
"To my deep morticication my father once said to me, 'You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family.' "
- Charles Darwin
. Steve