Oberu 113 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Greetings fellows. Been a pretty rough couple of days, the kind of days that make good days shine. I came out to the hovel, flung the cap off a cold barley pop and fired up the forge with no plan. I used a scrap piece of 1084 that looked lonely and hammered out a blade shaped object that looked remarkably like my last knife.. doh. Used a stack of figured walnut bits that I was never quite sure what to do with and added a sheet of red brass. Some good rage draw filing and the blade was all pointy in the right places. A dive down the rabbit hole of drilling, filing, checking, repeat and this is what came out. I can see it in there. Can you? no shop shaming now.. I know it’s pretty bad. I’ve been working 6 days a week and when I can tinker I do.. haven’t cleaned in way too long. Edited April 17, 2021 by Oberu 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Lester 408 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 It's starting to look nice. I'll be interested in seeing the finished product. Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 113 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Well my attempt at waxing the tang for later removal failed. I tried to remove it during the “gel” time on the epoxy. I did end up getting it released but I damaged one of my brass spacers and broke one of the figured walnut spacers. I’ve got everything cleaned up and I’m getting ready to put it back together.. after the blade is heat treated. Short cuts don’t always pay off! P.S. also cleaned my atrocious shop up.. I realized after posting that my bench was so incredibly cluttered that it was difficult to see what to look at. Edited May 6, 2021 by Oberu 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,877 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 17 hours ago, Oberu said: so incredibly cluttered that it was difficult to see what to look at You should see mine, but you can't. Too much stuff on it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 113 Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Well.. got all the fat off the handle and put a little oil on it. The blade still needs some work. It’s kinda neat but I won’t be doing it again anytime soon. IMG_9712.MOV Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 113 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 Now for a sheath.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 113 Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Still tinkering with this one. Really messed myself up last night. Thank God for superglue! IMG_0770.MOV 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,877 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 The finished handle looks great, but if that's bloodstains on the blade, yikes! Link to post Share on other sites
Oberu 113 Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 It’s actually where I’d clayed the spine in hopes of keeping the brass pins.. which failed epically Link to post Share on other sites
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