why dont you buy a wee etching machine of Gelandagan in OZ??? he makes neat wee gizmos for just that very job.
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why dont you buy a wee etching machine of Gelandagan in OZ??? he makes neat wee gizmos for just that very job.
That knife went down a treat mate. Very very appreciative.
Apparently giving a knife in their custom is a big thing. I didnt know that.
Cheers
K
Appreciate the update Kieth and pleased it that it had meaning for your friend other than the knifem itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by tac a1
Then I would have to get stencils made the one off stencils for individual names or initials makes it less cvost effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Knife # 900
I have a few days hunting organised for the 14 - 16 Dec so decided it was time to retire my old standby Light hunter with the end grain olivewood handles so I made myself this Tahr Hunter with scolloped OD canvas micarta handle over blaze liners with lanyard tube on the 1075 blade with jimping in a closed top sheath with edge stamping.
https://i.imgur.com/5YvXn8nl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rETOASal.jpg
you sir have talent in spades and then some to spare.never tire of seeing your cra ftsmanship !Quote:
Originally Posted by Southcity
A Hunter skinner in 1084 with jarrah habndle scales in closed top sheath with honing steel. A bit of texturing and stamping on the sheath.
https://i.imgur.com/14bZFmkl.jpg
A 1095 Tahr Hunter with jimping and a spalted Buckeye handle over CB buffalo horn bolsters in closed top sheath with edge stamping.
https://i.imgur.com/675Voawl.jpg
A 1095 Old Western Hunter with Cherry Burl over CB buffalo horn in closed top sheath with edge stamping.
https://i.imgur.com/6QBKUU5l.jpg
A new butcher knife for me. Cryo quenched 9 inch nitroV blade with stainless bolster, stainless and G10 spacers and a G10 liner under the Honduran Rosewood handle.
https://i.imgur.com/E6qQ9N2l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0HEKggKl.jpg
These three Buffalo Skiners have best grade Walnut over buffalo horn curve back bolsters on 1075 HC blades with engraved names in closed top sheaths with edge stamping and an attached honing steel.
https://i.imgur.com/pF5wd51l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zz9Kyyll.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jCmzOjHl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/l4aUDYIl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tIcrbZ5l.jpg
A Tahr Hunter with scolloped OD canvas micarta over orange G10 liners with lanyard tube and spine jimping on the 1095 HC blade in a new design 10degree horrozontal sheath with top closure.
https://i.imgur.com/hsngGIQl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3jQeOSdl.jpg
A pair of filleting knves with blue G10 over black liners on the 4 1/2 and 6 inch NitroV SS blades.
https://i.imgur.com/iNM86IJl.jpg
A pair of whittling knives for a carver to test so grinder finished blades with the top one being a primary whittler with 2 1/2 inch blade and the detail whittler with finer pointed 1 1/4 in blade in 1075 HC steel.
https://i.imgur.com/hJiBPVQl.jpg
And there is a field scalpel with walnut on the nitroV SS blade in pocket or pack sheath.
https://i.imgur.com/msuQEU8l.jpg
The 4 piece K-tip Chef set comprizing the 10 and 8 inch chef's with the 6 inch general purpose and the 4 inch paring knife with Chittim handles all on cryo quenched NitroV blades. The knife block is a one off as it was a labour intensive design and trial exercise because of the length of the10 inch blade needing more than the usual upright block, and the multiple angles of every piece of the macrocarpa wood took time and trials to get right.
https://i.imgur.com/cyvWD1Zl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EqUha8il.jpg
The Heavy hunter with Koa over CB Buff on 1075 blade in stamped, closed top sheath and the little field scalpel with walnut on the NitroV blade in a pocket or pack sheath.
https://i.imgur.com/fjGdfdal.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/A5KD90Yl.jpg
This is a 3 piece K-tip chef set I made for my niece with black cherry acrylic scales on the cryo quenched NitroV blade.
https://i.imgur.com/YzsWUw4l.jpg
Have this sword in the wakizashi style all finished with its 21 inch 1075 blade, brass guard and white ash handle and scabbard with back carry straping.
https://i.imgur.com/XSPuaGYl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hkrnLt9l.jpg
I whish I never found this page......they look bloody good
A one off Kitchen boning knife with its 6 inch straight backed thicker/stiffer 3/16 1075 HC blade with chocolate Karelian Birch handle going forward of the finger notch as specified.
https://i.imgur.com/US5deZSl.jpg
Been playing with a couple of swords lately and the one I recently finished was for a friend who has the LGS and is retiring soon (or sometime ) and wanted that to hang on his wall after he had seen another I had built for an Alaskan hunter. The other one is a European style Hunting sword that I wanted to try my hand at so it will be for me so today I started on the shell guard. I had made a card pattern that was close to what I wanted so drew it on to the 1/8 sheet I will use for the finished guard.
https://i.imgur.com/cbzKwZDl.jpg
Cut it out and cleaned up the edges.
https://i.imgur.com/JjkcdBMl.jpg
I needed some of the finished shape to be able to file in the lines for the shell so fired up the forge and with a ball peem hammer in the vise to give me something round to shape it over, got a preliminary shape to file in the lines.
https://i.imgur.com/Df9ofpfl.jpg
Marked in with tri file and finished with small round file. Was not after perfect lines as a more organic look was my intention and then with a small ball peen dimpled all that will be on the outside of the guard, bar the shell itself. reasonably pleased with the[rogress to date. Of course the shell will be bent fuurther after other shaping is done and I want to add another piece to the top of the guard but that will be for another day.
https://i.imgur.com/TY8XcDal.jpg
An AH (Africa Hunting) EDC with curve backed buffalo horn bolster, camel bone scales over black G10 liner with stainless pin and lanyard tube with white bead on black lanyard, all on 1084 blade with the forum logo etched and in closed top sheath with edge stamping and the custome initials. It will go with US based hunters to be gifted to the professional hunter after the safari.
https://i.imgur.com/7mLvE7Yl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LLZuXODl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FFZtxfvl.jpg
Rather pleased with todays progress having the Hunting Sword done and ready to start on the scabbard. Lots of new things for me on this one so there is improvments to be made but for this one that will stay with me it is not a bad starting point.
Weight is 1lb9oz with balance point 3 1/2 in ahead of the handle so nice blade weight for those slashing cuts but nimble enough for getting in to finish off that arrow wounded stag.
https://i.imgur.com/lXeJshbl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Z4JX1OYl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/F0ujAtyl.jpg
Early in Jan I was asked if I had thought of a camp hatchet and as it happened I had done one about 35-40 years ago but I made it from and old saw blade and consequently it only weighed 10 oz but the design worked nicely for light kindling etc so I used that for the pattern of the one to be part of a camp set and making it from 5.3mm 1075 steel it weighs in at 1lb 3oz with the balance point at the 3rd hole from the acacia handle with a thickened pole of about 9/16 for tent pegging etc then mated it with the Byrd camp knife with its 7 inch x1/8 1075 blade and the field boning knife with a 4 3/4 inch 1075 blade and all being stone washed .
I can now present the Charles Byrd camp set.
https://i.imgur.com/nYrfmsJl.jpg
looking at that......the biggest issue with a machete for gorse is no matter how good your gloves yo uwill still end up spiking your hand..always wondered how a decent box type handguard like old naval cutlass would go...I tried botton of plastic bottle slid over blade and its not bad...Quote:
Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives
Another of the Tahr Hunters ready to go with the scalloped OD canvas micarta over blaze liners on the 1095 blade with spine jimping in the plain closed top sheath having an attached honing steel.
https://i.imgur.com/mSSTfrdl.jpg
Away on todays international courier. Chamois Hunters with spalted Karelian Birch handles in the closed top sheath with attached honing steels.
https://i.imgur.com/dCp5g5Tl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KYnrprEl.jpg
Very cool looking knives, do you stabilise them yourself?
I do the for the woods sourced in NZ but all the exhibition grade exotics I buy in are done in either Lithuania for those ones or the US from my other supplier.Quote:
Originally Posted by diana2
That's amazing (a cutlass?), what sort of steel?Quote:
Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives
Not a cutlass which has a heavy curved blade, often used as a boarding sword by sailors or pirates. The hunting sword was a sword hunters carried for finishing off wounded game and was mostly used for stabbing much like a pig sticker but allowed the hunter to keep a little further away from thrashing hooves or slashing tusks. The steel is 1075 carbon steel. As it was only the financially well off that hunted the hunting sword was often elaboratley engraved and embellished and became a status symbol in that regard and was carried as a city sword.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300CALMAN
This one will be away to Montana next week after the easter postal break.
Bushcraft Hunter with Arizona Desert Ironwood with the A H logo in initaled sheath with attached honing steel.
https://i.imgur.com/tUORLM9l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TvUp6Kpl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hPspNk1l.jpg
A Thumbrest Skiner away to Montana with spalted Karelian Birch over stainless bolsters with G10 and stainless spacers in a closed top sheath with attached honing steel.
https://i.imgur.com/ucqhkEWl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1VwR5bIl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bV3cm3vl.jpg
Some Cutlass were straight like the P1901 British version but yes definitely heavy slashing blades.Quote:
Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives
Beautiful piece of work your hunting sword and I would love to wear it around town, probably get me in some trouble!
Another of the hatchets, stone washed 5.3mm 1075 and with buffalo horn handle and thickened pomel for tent pegging ready to head away to Washington State.
https://i.imgur.com/u7yI2j6l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wloYR6ul.jpg
An Ah EDC and a Hunbter skinner ready to go.
The 1084 HC AH EDC has camel bone over black G10 liners, curve back buffalo horn bolster with simple leather loop lanyard in the closed to sheath.
The 1084 HC Hunter skinner has the curve back buffalo horn bolster with NZ Rimu handle in the initialled left hand sheath.
https://i.imgur.com/bAamvsJl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yyE7JX0l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gVgqhgbl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LPXkutdl.jpg
I have been working on a batch of tribute knives the last couple of weeks and they are away being engraved and should be back in two weeks. In the meantime Since then I finished this 6 inch K tip general purpose kitchen knife in NitroV with "spilled milk" acrylic scales.
https://i.imgur.com/5H9PJ08l.jpg
This Safari knife has CB Buffalo horn bolster and camel bone with black G10 liners on the 1095 blade in closed top sheath having the A H logo and edge stamping with attached honing steel
https://i.imgur.com/70LObBml.jpg
Looks like the Acrylic scales would look good on various chef's knives etc.
@CBH Australia Have done a few chef sets with acrylic in white and a very nice black cherry version.
This lot has been a joy and a drama to do. 10 Chamois Hunter tribute knives with some beautiful Tasmainian Blackwood handles over curve backed buffalo horn bolsters on the 1084 blades in edge stamped and initialed sheaths. I had originally had the blades laser engraved, with the forum logo on one side and names on the other but they made such a mess or the job with no two logo's in the same location and names running off the spine of the knife so it was near two days to hand sand the blades again to clean them up back to the 1000 grt finish. It is way more difficult to do this when the handles are on than with bare blades but I made a leather protected holder to hold the handles that is wedge tightened and it works well but was a real dissapointment to have to do so. Phillipa from McLeay Jewellers & Engravers in Invercargill did a stunning job of traditional engraving to get them all done for me. I wont show the other side as the names are on there are private to the persons concerned. Hard to show all the logo's at the one time as the light and camera angle changes the sharpness but in person it is clear, crisp and really exacting in execution.
https://i.imgur.com/HhSja3cl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/alJqeGHl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kyj9QaZl.jpg
Always enjoy updates on this thread. Thank you for sharing your craft with us
This 951 Belt knife is a new design prompted by a customer who had used a similar but much smaller knife and asked for this scaled up version with heavy thumb jimping for general use (skinning etc) and lighter forefinger jimping for when it is being used as a capping knife. The orange liners under the scalloped OD canvas micarta add a splash of colour to this otherwise very utilitarian knife and the 15* down horrozontal closed top sheath to keep it handy but out of the way.
https://i.imgur.com/NeWIFXUl.jpg
A Chamois knife with these pretty spalted Karelian Birch scales on the 1084 blade is away to a lady hunter in Texas.
https://i.imgur.com/Q8POsezl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OacSxYYl.jpg
This Hunter Skinner with Wild Olivewood handle over Gabon Ebony curve back bolster in plain closed top sheath is away on the morning courier.
https://i.imgur.com/bM2rg1Uh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wwsxbTih.jpg
