Nice work Tinman.........I like those push daggers too. Heres one that Bob Appleby made a few yrs ago. One of my favorites in my collection. Bob's dad shot that buck in 1975 I think...
Just a cool piece all the way around.
Can someone post a pic of the finished blade and scales? I have a step by step tutorial I have posted on how to do this, so you could just follow that. Up to you, but I would like to see some pics if you have them.
Larry
Nema
If you cant find the hickory, I would also recommend Osage. Light orange when first cut and mellows to a dark brown. Very hard and should be readily available, as well as inexpensive. Some folks burn a design with a torch and then sand as desired. Its also known as Bois D'Arc...
From Sam1911 "Hmmm, that seems to be about 600 deg. too cold to reach the critical temperature for hardening and quenching.
The common knowledge seems to be that files were often made of tool steels like W1, W2, or maybe 1095. The critical temperature of 1095 is 1,350 deg.F. Others are a...
You can post your pics on knifedogs.com in Bubba San's forum there. He does a lot Japanese swords and Tantos, and used to live there.
Where in MN are you?
Larry
These blades are meant to be users fellas......Both of them. The RAT has already been well used. When they are done I will post pics of the blades too, so you can see what I mean. No rule says you can't have a nice looking knife that also is a workhorse.
Thanks for looking and the nice...
Heres a little handle work. Getting close but still have a lot to do yet. Sorry about the crappy pics.
Scandi blade with some Aussie burl, and an old D2 RAT getting a facelift with some Elm Burl.
JShirley
You over in the sandbox? Thanks for the comments I appreciate it. Larry
For scales I dunno maybe some stabilized Elm burl with a little spalt....
Had a chance to actually go out to the shop and fool around with the new KMG today. Heres some pics. Blade is 5160 in 3/16ths at 60 grit. I like this drop point design, so I'm gonna make a few of them I think.
Larry
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