Here's a little knife I made in the cold of the garage a week or so ago, it's going to be a give-a-way over on BB. We did a KITH ( knife in the hat)and the only stipulation was a blade of 2" or less.This is what I came up with.
The blade is ground from a file, a piece of Sheffield's finest. Hidden tang, full flat with a micro secondary bevel. I clay backed and oil quenched and managed a reasonable hamon.
I made a thin guard from copper then built the handle up out of home made black fibre spacers, burr maple and laburnum, all held together with 2 ton epoxy and a brass pin.
I then made a wet moulded pocket sheath from veg tanned 4mm leather, dyed and waxed.
About 6" overall.
What do you think?
David![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The blade is ground from a file, a piece of Sheffield's finest. Hidden tang, full flat with a micro secondary bevel. I clay backed and oil quenched and managed a reasonable hamon.
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I made a thin guard from copper then built the handle up out of home made black fibre spacers, burr maple and laburnum, all held together with 2 ton epoxy and a brass pin.
I then made a wet moulded pocket sheath from veg tanned 4mm leather, dyed and waxed.
About 6" overall.
What do you think?
David