Conner Michaux Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Finished this beast up today. Curly maple and farriers rasp. Sculpted the handle mostly with files. First time using the ameribrade I got last year, worth every cent. And the first time grinding 4 bevels, unfortunately I scuffed the blade a couple times and didn’t see it till I glued it all up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Nice one! Those feel vicious, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conner Michaux Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Alan Longmire said: Nice one! Those feel vicious, don't they? Thanks Alan, they sure do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Elliott Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I just had a MASSIVE maple tree dropped on my property I'm looking forward to making a few of these bad boys!! What was you main plan of attack for doing the contouring on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Morgan Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I really need to make one of these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conner Michaux Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 7 hours ago, Steve Elliott said: I just had a MASSIVE maple tree dropped on my property I'm looking forward to making a few of these bad boys!! What was you main plan of attack for doing the contouring on it? Honestly I didn’t really have any idea of how to shape it any If it. I just ground and filed the bevels of the main portion of the handle and cleaned up the transitions between the head/handle and handle/butt to match with the height of the handle bevels. If that makes any sense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Elliott Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 14 hours ago, Conner Michaux said: Honestly I didn’t really have any idea of how to shape it any If it. I just ground and filed the bevels of the main portion of the handle and cleaned up the transitions between the head/handle and handle/butt to match with the height of the handle bevels. If that makes any sense.. Dually Noted, I will be sure to tag you in mine when I do my build! I'm going to try a couple different techniques. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Chingachgook would be proud. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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