Conner Michaux 352 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 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 post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 3,881 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Nice one! Those feel vicious, don't they? Link to post Share on other sites
Conner Michaux 352 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, Alan Longmire said: Nice one! Those feel vicious, don't they? Thanks Alan, they sure do! Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Elliott 16 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 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 post Share on other sites
Eric Morgan 175 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I really need to make one of these 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Conner Michaux 352 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 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 post Share on other sites
Steve Elliott 16 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 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 post Share on other sites
Don Abbott 353 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Chingachgook would be proud. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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