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Offline ray rantanen

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wrench knife
on: December 09, 2007, 07:24:29 PM
I was asked by a member to talk about a wrench knife I have come up with. I have been making knives since 1974 in one form or another so I looked at the 6 inch crescent wrench I had laying around and decided to make a knife out of it. I cut the eye off the end and forged a blade. Care must be taken not to heat the wrench part during this process. I spark tested the handle and thought it had a good carbon content. I quenched in oil and then drew a temper- purple on the back of the blade and straw on the cutting edge. Made a very unique tool. The sheath I made is intended to be held when using the wrench as a wrench without cutting your hand. Still thinking on a cover for the blade that will fit in the sheath.

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Re: wrench knife
Reply #1 on: December 09, 2007, 07:26:31 PM
Bloody good job you did there my friend!

Welcome to the forum.  It's great to see interesting stuff like that on here.
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Re: wrench knife
Reply #2 on: December 09, 2007, 07:33:06 PM
I agree- that's a pretty fascinating tool you've created!

Just out of curiosity, how did you manage to heat treat the handle but not the wrench head?  That must have been a heck of a process!

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Re: wrench knife
Reply #3 on: December 09, 2007, 08:02:41 PM
KnifeWrench!! (for those that have watched Scrubs that will make sense!) I never thought anyone would make one of these! I 'm very impressed sir!
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Re: wrench knife
Reply #4 on: December 09, 2007, 08:10:48 PM
The design reminds me of the Weske bicycle knife somewhat... I'll have to see if I can dig up the pics I have of one because I can't find it online....

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Re: wrench knife
Reply #5 on: December 09, 2007, 08:13:07 PM
Very impressive!
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Reply #6 on: December 09, 2007, 09:01:01 PM
That looks great!
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Re: wrench knife
Reply #7 on: December 09, 2007, 09:14:57 PM
Great idea mate, and welcome to the forum :)
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Re: wrench knife
Reply #8 on: December 09, 2007, 10:05:20 PM
I was hoping you'd chime in- if it weren't for you I wouldn't even know what the Weske bicycle knife was!

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Re: wrench knife
Reply #9 on: December 10, 2007, 01:26:45 AM
As a matter of fact Ray does make these for sale. He's got a couple different sizes listed on eBay right now, along with some other fine looking cutlery. (Just do a search for Rantanen Custom)

Nice work Ray, I'll be wanting to get one of those from you  :)

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Re: wrench knife
Reply #10 on: December 12, 2007, 12:10:07 AM
Ray sent me a photo of his 6" wrench knife alongside the smaller 4" model.

I'm leaning towards the 4" myself  :)
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Re: wrench knife
Reply #11 on: December 12, 2007, 03:00:22 AM
Quote from: Roadie on December 09, 2007, 08:02:41 PM
KnifeWrench!! (for those that have watched Scrubs that will make sense!) I never thought anyone would make one of these! I 'm very impressed sir!

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I though the exact same thing!

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