New blade

[tom hargrove]

good looking folder i like the big dagger too. :thumbsup:

 

[PitchyPine]

Thanks two-bellys, well lets see if anything can come of this leaf spring. :hmm:

 

[PitchyPine]

 

[PitchyPine]

Well i guess it`s a knife, best i can get it with the limited equipment i have.

 

[tom hargrove]

great looking bowie i like it ,you done well i finished another one of my blades today also ,only two more and the 3little raoch belly pigs go to market

 

[PitchyPine]

Looks nice two-bellys, that`s enough knives for me for a while, thanks for looking. :thumbsup:

 

[PitchyPine]

Even had a sheath i had made for another knife.

 

[tom hargrove]

dont stop now ,your putting out some nice stuff i like that bowie :thumbsup:

 

[RickD]

:hmm: Had a thought..I dont need to make knives when I can buy them from you and TwoBellies

 

[PitchyPine]

:hmm: Had a thought..I dont need to make knives when I can buy them from you and TwoBellies

I haven`t sold any knives as of yet so ya better get busy bro. :winking: besides it will mean a lot more to ya if ya make your own. :thumbsup:

 

[Nifeman]

Forgot about this knife i made about 20 years ago, don`t know what you would call it.

Hey Pitchy, that looks kinda like one I made for a museu up in Chicago. It was a slave overseers dagger, about 17" overall as I recall.

I like the folder with a metal handle. Been gonna try one like that myself one day. Friction folders are fun to make. I like elk horn for them (when I can get it)...Bud

 

[davy]

Well I think ya did a great job Pitchy! I respect anyone who can do this stuff & is not afraid to put it out there for comment!

Well done amigo! :hatsoff:

Davy

 

[PitchyPine]

Thanks Davy.
Through all this i have found that i could make a knife or about anything without electricity or motors. The only tools i used were a side grinder with grinding wheel in it and a sanding wheel in it and the drill press. I have a hand crank post drill and a peddle grind stone and the forge. My question is were the knives of the very early days as shiny as the ones we see today or where they more like some of the rougher looking blades we also see.
How would a early blacksmith get a fine finish on a blade, did they do it all with a file.
How about the swords that date back to the Roman period, did they even have files then.
Thanks

 

[Norskie]

Files go way back. At least as far as the Romans. Think of all that shiney armor. Swords were finely finished, planished with hammers and flatters, then filed flat, with final polishing done with soft leather and jeweler's rouge.
Somewhere I have a description of how a smith would make a file by placing a billet of soft steel on a lead block and forming the teeth with a cold chisel. That must have been tedious, and I bet it was an apprentice's job.

 

[PitchyPine]

Wow, and we think we have it tough, think of the man hours. :shocked2:
I was thinking about the flatteners that a smith uses but couldn`t think of the name for them, with two smiths operating ya could get a pretty smooth finish i bet.

 

[davy]

Wow, and we think we have it tough, think of the man hours. :shocked2:
I was thinking about the flatteners that a smith uses but couldn`t think of the name for them, with two smiths operating ya could get a pretty smooth finish i bet.

I think there is room for it all, from the rough backwoods blacksmith work to the fine craftsman. Kinda like a ferrari & a modelT if you will. All levels .. :hmm:

It was up to the craftsman, his tools/techniques & his skill, to determine how far he wanted to take it!

Davy

 

[PitchyPine]

Made another today just kidding, i bought this Linder bowie about twenty years ago, made in Germany.
It`s 15 inch over all.

 

[RickD]

How many knife handles do you see in here?

 

[tom hargrove]

OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!my head is spinning with visions of antler projects :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Nifeman]

How many knife handles do you see in here?

A BUNCH!!!!Bud