nsantella Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Here was another odd ball project Iv partially finished up. I inherited a celtic leaf shaped blade roughed out from a leaf spring with a plasma cutter from a friend who was moving a while back. I forged it out to adjust the proportions and rough ground and heat treated it with a pretty minimal setup. It took a few kinks in hardening which mostly came out after clamping in the second temper. It just barely fit diagonally in my kitchen oven. I ground the convex fuller in with an angle grinder mostly after heat treating. The handle was carved in yew sap wood for the scales and heart wood for the pommel. Blade was rust browned to look very vaguely like bronze. At some point I want to do a matching russet steel sheath in a La Tene style, but that may take a while to get to. Hope someone finds it of interest. 3 http://www.santella.org/nicholas/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Camper Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Really like the handle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake cleland Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 perfect... Jake Cleland - Skye Knives www.knifemaker.co.uk "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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