Blades. Knife-making, Flintknapping, sharpening broadheads, etc. A showcase for the talents of Cutlery and Artillery Artisans, and a place to sell and source wares, as well as materials, vendors etc.
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Hills Twinky
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by Hills Twinky » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:49 pm
Gday all, after finding myself with some spare time after work today i got cracking and what i hope will become a new hobby amongst my other pleasures (my bow
) But yeah, for about 4 months now i have been admiring every ones knives and despite wanting one i really wanted to just make one so i got dad to drag out his used saw blades and well just got cracking!
The blade shape is a 'Cape Skinner' just looked interesting and it took me about 6 hours straight which includes the polishing and sanding though i am not done yet and hope to have a nice jarrah handle by tomorrow arvo.
I was hoping on some advice for the blade edge cos i cant seem to get the grinding line on the edge properly, ie; tools or methodology.
Cheers guys hope you enjoy the pics (sorry if they are a bit dodgy)
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- How it all began... with a paper cut of of the shape, and angle grinder and a bucket full of aspiration :P
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- working it into shape with the ol' Makita!
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- after most of the grinding and refining.
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- 2 second whip up of a little furnace, just some bricks and a heap of cooked wood.
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- After tempering (twice; had to repeat due to the steel not being hot enough)
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- Starting to sand with 150gr sand paper
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- about 4 hours polishing!
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Hills Twinky
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by Hills Twinky » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:06 pm
After working on it further both yesterday and today with my mate carl (whom is also making his own
) we worked the scales and well the pics below show the fruits of our labour, i used jarrah for the scales. I used brass screws for my pins, the thread aides in the holding together and i just ground them down..
ps: keep and eye out for carls knife (Hill Billy), should be really awesome
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- the remainder of the knife, after grinding, leaving sanding to go...
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- clamping the bugger down after the apoxy had its way.
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If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein
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hillbilly WA
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by hillbilly WA » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:12 pm
Nice man, but i want to see it SHARP!
Carl
I did have a signature... It was a very good one in fact... It made me laugh... But i lost it... So i dont have one anymore.
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Gringa Bows
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by Gringa Bows » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:59 am
been waiting to see pic's of your knife finished mate.
............Rod
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Hills Twinky
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by Hills Twinky » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:24 am
Sorry about the late finish guys, been working quiet a bit leading up to christmas (with more to come
) but here is how it ended.
Cheers,
Vaughn
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If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein
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Gringa Bows
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by Gringa Bows » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:27 am
looks good mate.................Rod
