[liontribe]

i have been seeing a lot of makers lately doing amazing work using just simple files. i did a little file work over the weekend. :evil: this was a 12" Nicholson mill bastard file on friday. a gave it a bit of a makeover.

liontribe


http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/NicholaiHel/FileKnife002.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/NicholaiHel/FileKnife005.jpg

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/NicholaiHel/Liontribe%20Blades/FileKnife007.jpg

[Vonderek]

That is really excellent!

[messerist]

Me like! Nice shootin' iron too.

[MutinousDoug]

I'm not a big choil kind of guy but I prefer some kind of profile transition between the scales and the blade so I can tell when I'm getting my grip toward the sharp end of the blade.
Realize this isn't a working (butchering) knife but, just askin': What is this for?

[liontribe]

thanks for the good words, fellas. i have been doing a lot of these kwaiken style knives lately. they are a lot of fun to make.

liontribe

[451 Detonics]

All from Nickolson files (I'm not the maker) retempered to 58 Rockwell...

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/customs/ff2.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/fixed%20blades/morris1-1-1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/fixed%20blades/necker4.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/customs/morris1872.jpg

Tho when I saw the post I thought you meant this kind of filework...

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/slipjoints/case/trap3.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z271/reloader1959/slipjoints/case/sodd5.jpg

[oldbear]

Liontribe, you made that yourself, from a file? That is so cool, that is a great looking knife.

[jbkebert]

Good looking knife sir. i really like the cord wrap.

[sm]

liontribe,
Nice work!

I have a custom knife made for me, by a good friend of mine here on THR made from a file. The handle I forget is elk or some other horn.

[22-rimfire]

Tho when I saw the post I thought you meant this kind of filework...

Me too. When I get my first custom folder, it will have "this kind" of filework or I won't buy one. The factory blades are just too good these days.