Geoff Keyes Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 This is meant to look like a WWII theater knife, something else rehandled like a Kbar. Forged L6, acid etched and stone tumbled. The fittings are all etched and tumbled mild with a bit of micarta thrown in. I'm not sure about the but cap or the cap nut. I'm still fussing with it. 4 "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Is it a leather stacked handle Geoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Middleton Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I like it Geoff. I could easily imagine that to be a bayonet that somebody cut down and put a handle on out in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Yep, stacked leather, it's the first one I've ever done. I'm reasonably pleased for a first one. Geoff 1 "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Looks good! I've seen some with and some without the skullbreaker pommel nut. My favorites are the ones with sections of plexiglass from shot-down airplane canopies mixed with the leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I think that you pulled off the look well. It looks like something someone's grandfather carried through the Pacific islands. Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Here is the finished piece. I resized the skull crusher (actually made about three more) and went with a round pommel. All of the furniture is mild steel, acid etched, stone tumbled, and blued. I think it has the look I was after, like someone had seen a Kbar, but not really looked at it. Geoff 3 "The worst day smithing is better than the best day working for someone else." I said that. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. - - -G. K. Chesterton So, just for the record: the fact that it does work still should not be taken as definitive proof that you are not crazy. Grant Sarver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joël Mercier Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Cool Blade Geoff, I like it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Good on ya Geoff..................... 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...
Chris C-S Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Nice one. Came out great. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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