Geoff Hardy
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I love steam punk but hate gears and stuff thrown on with zero function so that lenses apature ie seriously freaking amazing. Really nailed everything there! Truly amazing
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I never really thought of that but that is awesome! Thanks
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Yeah he loves it , I wanted to do something a little simpler but as per the norm I went over board on the handle.
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Perhaps the busiest knife I have ever made...
Geoff Hardy replied to Wes Detrick's topic in Show and Tell
Man I opened this and heard Purple Haze instantly in my head! That is nice ! Made me feel high for a sec . Nice work Was. -
I have not posted in a while I have been busy. Anyways I made this blade for son who wanted something Japanese so I decided to do an East meets West blade with some cheeky pop culture thrown in. My boy is 6 and loves Pokemon so I made some wrought iron menuki poke balls. 1095 differentially heat treated blade 6"ish Wrought iron tsuba and kashira Copper seppa and fuchi which I attempted to chase a little.
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Yowza!
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Totally agree that is why I said it was a cheap one. I promised the woman that bought it a sheath because I felt it needed something but I already commuted to the price so I basically through it in for free.
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Most definitely. Thanks
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It feels great in the hand and something I will do in the future for sure.
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This started out as a gift for my son but he wanted something more LOTR inspired which is cool. It is 304/1084 San mai with wrought iron fittings and a maple handle that I stiched a leather wrap around it and with an ode to Peter Johnsson I wrapped string around it wet to give it that look that is both functional and pretty damn cool looking. Overall is about 12-14" and the blade is some where around 8-9 " I promised the lady who wanted it for her husband a sheath so I made this little guy cheap and easy.
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I was going to drill a hole so that the peen would be flush with the cap but I kind of thought it worked with the overall theme. There were a ton of things I wanted to do but had to restrain myself because I just wanted to achieve some things like the fit of the gaurd , cap and the overall flow of the knife. Thanks for the kind words appreciate it
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Finished up this little guy and really focused on fit and finish instead of going for more difficult embellishments that I really love doing. Blade is 1084 and I left the scale on ( which coincidently is not easy to make it look right) fittings are cooper that heated up and quenched to give it that reddish orange. Handle is Bocote with a African Blackwood spacer. Finally starting to get to the point where some of what's in my head is being seen in the finished product.
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That shape is sick! Leave it please I think that is astetically pleasing in everyway. Not a fan of synthetic materials but it works.
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Is the second pic the same blade??
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Thanks Allen I was able to get the clutch to disengage with a piece of wood and some taps. My old man helped me out but that is interesting to know that you grease the clutch surface! She is a very early model 1904! Serial 501 . Now just got to get some new dies for it ! I am looking at getting the KDS die system for LG Hammers hopefully they fit . Another question though how do you replace the belts on these guys without pulling it apart?? Can you? I havan adjustable belt on it now but just wondering.