|
|
| Damascus |
|
This is the current knife that I am working on. It's damascus from a leifspring and a file. It has about 100 layers.
The blade has been blued prior to the acid etching. It will have an elk handle with a sterling silver guard.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chainsaw Damascus |
|
This is a little damascus blade made from a 16" chainsaw chain.
|
|
|
|
|
This is the beginnings of a great helm. It is being made out of 18Ga. steel. Snip, snip, snip, file, grind, snip.
| Tanto |
|
This is a tanto blade from a file. It's 4" with a walnut handle. it will have a brass tsuba and hopefully a haman line.
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is the helm as it's starting to go togeather. I still need to build a crown piece and do some aestitic work.
|
|
|
|
|
This series of pictures will show the progression of a stockremoval knife.
| Progression of stock removal |
|
| Starting with a file that has been normalized |
| File that has been roughly shaped with a grinder. |
|
| Refined shapping with sanding discs on |
|
| an angle grinder, 80, 120, & 240 grit. |
| A little detail work on the tang for the handle. |
|
| File work on 1/8" brass for a handle guard. |
|
| This is a rough shapping of deer antler for the |
|
| handle, it will be a Scottish dirk. |
| I've started a little file decoration, so far it's |
|
| two spirals arround the handle. |
| Inset of a coin into the handle |
|
| finished dirk |
|
|
|
|