Aaron Gouge 22 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 So I do a lot of reading on this forum and occasionally ask questions. You all have been a big help to me in my blade making! So thank you for all your tips that helped me complete this project. So many first on this one! Thanks Jake Cleland and Alan for answers to parts of the build that were totally new to me! Blade is forged from the leaf springs of a 94 Chevy. Blade is 9 5/8“ long and 3/16 at the spine. Handle is Osage Orange from my fathers farm. So after 1 1/2 years I can call it finished!! 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,462 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 That looks mighty spiffy! A dirk is on my bucket list too. Nice job on the sheath as well as the knife. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Lester 400 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 A great looking dirk you have there. Two thumbs up. Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,675 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Nice one! You're a braver man than I to carve osage. Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 106 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Nicely done! I've always loved dirks. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Christenberry 363 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Nicely done, Aaron. Chris www.chrischristenberry.com WHEW!!! If I could only know now what I "thought" I knew back then.................... Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Gouge 22 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Thanks all for your positive feed back!! Josh I wanted to make a larger historical blade and the Dirk really caught my eye. My family was from Scotland a long time ago so I figured I’d give it a try!! Dirks are such a cool blade! Alan the Osage was a bit of a bear to carve. This is the first carving project I have done in probably 17 years. Last project I carved was out of Bolivian Guyacan or Leguma vita as I think it’s called here. The shaping of the handle before carving was all done with a farrier rasp and then files. I may have to make a Shian Dubh to go with it!! Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Gouge 22 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Alan do you ever use Osage on your tomahawk handles? Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,675 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, Aaron Gouge said: Alan do you ever use Osage on your tomahawk handles? No, but only because I don't have any in the proper size. It would be as good as if not better than hickory or ash for hard use hawks. And heavier than both! Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Gouge 22 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 I was curious becouse it dose make a great hawk or hammer handle!! My dad he’s home with a woodburning furnace. His word choice is Osage Orange. I am always pulling pieces out that I think I can use when I’m visiting. Actually we were cutting out some Osage Orange today down in a gully so we could run some cattle fencing through. Picture of the trunk I’m saving! I was just looking at your profile Alan to see where in the US you were located. Historically my family settled in your area Tennessee. I understand there’s quite a few Gouges in that area thought I don’t know any of them! Great grandpa moved to Illinois to farm but when my grandpa retired from farming they bought a property close to Elizabethton. Both grandma and grandpa are buried in the family cemetery in that area. Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,675 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Lots of good wood in that log! Burns hot, too. Yes, there's a bunch of Gouges around here. I grew up in the Knoxville area where my family settled in 1786 or so, but I've been around Johnson City and Bristol for thirty-some years. I'm about six miles from Elizabethton. Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Gouge 22 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 Small world!! Link to post Share on other sites
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