Penny knife.

[sean138]

Hello! It's been awhile since I've made anything worth posting but here is my first try at a penny knife.


The blade is rebar and the handle is oak. I got a 12 inch lathe on Friday so I needed to make something to justify it to my wife! My touchmark is in the shape of a coffin. It's a temporary one. Just wanted to see if I could make a simple one and get it hard enough to mark without shattering.

 

[SgtErv]

:applause:

Love the patina of the blade!

 

[Silky921]

Love the character of the blade. Will gladly send you some scrap rebar for a blade!

 

[hawkeye2]

That is certainly worth posting. :thumbsup: Rebar? Were you able to harden it enough to hold an edge? Can you tell us how you made your punch?

 

[Crewdawg445]

Definitely will be making one... Very clean and smooth work. Nicely done. :thumbsup:

 

[MC One Shot]

Very Nice Indeed!! :hatsoff:

 

[LRB]

Very, very nice!! But I think you could do better than rebar for a blade.

 

[crockett]

Nice job. Keep making more.

 

[jackley]

I like the style. But as others have said I'm not sure about the rebar. But on that kind of a knife you wouldn't be using it very hard it may be OK.

Jerry

 

[sean138]

Thank you sir! My attempts at larger blades will be with better steels. Your work inspired me to try this.
Sean

 

[MSW]

Nice looking work!