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ironworker78
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The purpose of this thread was to show the process of making a knife from flat stock. The knife that I made was my fifth knife as an adult. I recently posted a few pictures of a knife made from cable. It is my ninth knife. I thought I would take a moment to show you knife numbers 6,7, and 8. Here is number 6, I made it for my uncle. He gavel me the anvil that I used to make it. This knife started as a 1-1/4" piece of wire rope. It was my first attempt at forge welding. I was using a borrowed propane forge. I have since made my own coal forge.
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ironworker78
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Here is knife number seven. It started life as a 3/4" wire rope. I made this knife for a church auction. The highest bidder ended up being my wife's grandfather. He uses it when out camping.
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ironworker78
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Here is knife number 8. My Dad and I built this as a collaboration for a friend of his who works as a grizzly guide in Alaska. This knife started as 1-1/4" cable. Hammered as a team with my father. It was a fun project, I enjoyed sweating by the fire with my Dad and he appeared to enjoy it too. The handle material was prepared by him, it is several layers of black walnut burl veneer layered and glued. This handle has a spray epoxy finish. This knife was the sharpest thing I have been able to produce. It would shave hairs with minimal effort and I could fillet standard copy paper with it. Strangely when the new owner used it he said it was too sharp for skinning and he kept accidentally slicing through the hide. So he dulled it a little on purpose.
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Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:32 pm |
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MadPick
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Wow . . . most impressive, sir.
Did you make sheaths for all of those too?
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Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:41 pm |
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Breck
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I can't believe this thread is six pages deep and this is the first time I've seen it.
Magnificent work, sir. I salute you. I especially like your damascus steel pieces.
I need to just pull the trigger and give this a try. I've wanted to try bladesmithing since I was a little kid. Always wanted to make a seax and a Scottish dirk, both in damascus.
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Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:42 pm |
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ironworker78
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MadPick wrote: Wow . . . most impressive, sir.
Did you make sheaths for all of those too? I did make sheaths for them. But photobucket is going to drive me crazy right now so I will have to post them later.
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cmica
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ironworker78 wrote: MadPick wrote: Wow . . . most impressive, sir.
Did you make sheaths for all of those too? I did make sheaths for them. But photobucket is going to drive me crazy right now so I will have to post them later. IMGUR.....even caveman can do it.. if you need help pm me.
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olydemon
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Breck wrote: 1
I need to just pull the trigger and give this a try. I've wanted to try bladesmithing since I was a little kid. Always wanted to make a seax and a Scottish dirk, both in damascus. I'm in the same boat. Been obsessing about getting into some aspect of knife making and blacksmithing for a while now. Have watched about half the videos on YouTube about smithing and knife making. I have a nice large covered shed and want to build a forge. Problem is I can neverror decide where to start....
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Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:53 pm |
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sportsdad60
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Beautiful Ironworker. Have you seen this guy's work that makes knives out of old mosin-nagant barrels? http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017 ... t-barrels/
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Arisaka
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Fine work sir!
A couple of questions please
1. Why did you decide to not make more use of the belt sander for metal removal? 2. Did you have to,weld up,the ends of the wire rope,to,keep,it from falling apart while forging it?
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Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:07 am |
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ironworker78
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Arisaka wrote: Fine work sir!
A couple of questions please
1. Why did you decide to not make more use of the belt sander for metal removal? 2. Did you have to,weld up,the ends of the wire rope,to,keep,it from falling apart while forging it? A1. I borrowed the belt sander from my Dad. It is not made for metal work, and I didn't want to mess up another one of his tools. I'm sure I have lost or damaged many of his tools over the years already. Additionally, it is very aggressive and hard to maintain the proper angles. A2. I did weld the ends of the cable. With a small wire feed welder, but you can use any welder to do it.
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Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:51 pm |
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ironworker78
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Those are pretty awesome. Do you have a barrel to donate so I can try it?
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BadKarma
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Great work.
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sportsdad60
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ironworker78 wrote: Those are pretty awesome. Do you have a barrel to donate so I can try it? Wish I did! I'd give it to ya!
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PMB
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I love the Mosin barrel idea, but horrified at the thought of cutting up some Soviet Perfection. The surface pitting made me wonder what he started with... Quote: Dmitry used a Mosin-Nagant barrel found in places where WW2 battles took place. As you can see in the picture both the bore and outside surface were badly corroded by rust. After all, this rifle must have been under the ground for 70 plus years. So probably the rifle was in non-restorable condition and the knife maker turned it into a work of practical art. Those really are pieces of practical art. Beautiful.
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