Jefferson Spivey sabertooth knife back in production again!

[duckman1975]

Check out the web site 
http://www.spiveysabertoothknife.com/default.htm

[Tarrodemierda]

i have that ,magazine and ive been drooling to get one some day.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Looks nice , but a total ergonomic nightmare me thinks

[Hoghead]

I'm not sure if my finger could fit in that hole of not.

[duckman1975]

It looks different and according to the inventor who took it cross country very usefull 
Been drooling about it to I wonder if its worth the 200+ bucks you have to spend. as for the finger ring you could maybe cut it out, most of them are customized anyways.
Hope somebody here buy it 1st for the review 

[Tarrodemierda]

i noticed it was made from used circulaw saw blade,the first one.and i happen to know about 40 of that kind just lying around in certain place,hmm....ive done knifes outta leaf springs and real blade stells and it neher occured to my mind that really u could make em too from saw blades,as ive done some from old large files.and right now im forging two big blades,one for me and one to another mt.org member.

[duckman1975]

Are you a weekend blacksmith mikko? If you are I have a question about tampering.

[Tarrodemierda]

yes i do blades and complete knives from tme to time depending on inspiration .

im not making any beautiful ones with expensive metals and rare handles,just some coarse large users,in style of tom browns tracker,some kukris,that sabertooht,etc.

[duckman1975]

Nice mikko, I have a leaf spring sword I has someone made but the metal is too soft for my liking how can I harden it myself, is it just by heating till its red hot then puting it in water?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Nice mikko, I have a leaf spring sword I has someone made but the metal is too soft for my liking how can I harden it myself, is it just by heating till its red hot then puting it in water?

That depends on the steel mate, as there's 3 main types of quenching, air, water, and oil , so if you can find out what type of steel it is, I'll try and find out out how you can re-temper it

[duckman1975]

Thank mickyd, don't know the steel but the only info I have is that its a leaf spring of a truck. Can I use acetilyn tourch to heat it fast?

[Tarrodemierda]

yes u propably can use acetylene torch with large nozzle but u gotta move it pretty fast so the temperature could be even,and if u heat it till its red and drop it in water,man....u go wrong,it´ll be like glass,and gan break immediately apart from even slightes hit,if u drop it accidentally on flor,itll blow up in many parts.you should first do the red hot thing and then sunk it in oil rather than water,any used motor oil will do the trick.AND after that polish the blade abit since at next step youll have to be able to see the coulour of blade.then u heat it till its something between gold and yellow and dip it in oil.at that point the blade should be something between 50 to 60 hrc.and that would be atleast better than any soft or too hard.many knives and wood carving tools are in hardness area 50-60 hrc.you should do all the pre polishing,engraving etc if u want to do them,before any tampering,if you dont have really good metal crafting tools cause the tampered steel is so much harder to craft.


if any of this makes sense,or even helps you,im happy.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I think Mikko's post is pretty much spot on

[jock1]

yes u propably can use acetylene torch with large nozzle but u gotta move it pretty fast so the temperature could be even,and if u heat it till its red and drop it in water,man....u go wrong,it´ll be like glass,and gan break immediately apart from even slightes hit,if u drop it accidentally on flor,itll blow up in many parts.you should first do the red hot thing and then sunk it in oil rather than water,any used motor oil will do the trick.AND after that polish the blade abit since at next step youll have to be able to see the coulour of blade.then u heat it till its something between gold and yellow and dip it in oil.at that point the blade should be something between 50 to 60 hrc.and that would be atleast better than any soft or too hard.many knives and wood carving tools are in hardness area 50-60 hrc.you should do all the pre polishing,engraving etc if u want to do them,before any tampering,if you dont have really good metal crafting tools cause the tampered steel is so much harder to craft.


if any of this makes sense,or even helps you,im happy.

Cheers mate I think I will give that a go during my holiday it has all the ingredients of a fun time fire ,tools ,steel and the chance of permanent injury.I will publish any scars on this forum

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Look forward to seeing them mate

[jock1]

Look forward to seeing them mate

Hopefully I will still be able to operate the camera

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

No half measure's mate!, have the wife take the pics

[jock1]

No half measure's mate!, have the wife take the pics

If I get injured she won't be able to take pictures for laughing 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

No half measure's mate!, have the wife take the pics

If I get injured she won't be able to take pictures for laughing 

Women can be so, so cold

[Benner]

No half measure's mate!, have the wife take the pics

If I get injured she won't be able to take pictures for laughing 

Women can be so, so cold

Ain't that the truth!

[duckman1975]

Thanks mikko, so metal red hot first then dip in used oil them yellow to gold hot then dip in used oil then tempered hard metal sweet.
Hey Jock lets compare burn marks after 
Hey ben nice to have you back 

[Tarrodemierda]

yep i thin u got it just about right duckieboy

[ringzero]

Looks nice , but a total ergonomic nightmare me thinks

I've seen these at gun shows but never got to handle one. 

I suspect the ergonomics might be great if you have the "right" size hand to fit the handle, and not so great if you have either bigger or smaller hands.

These do have a devoted following of people who claim they're the greatest outdoors knives ever made.

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[duckman1975]

yep i thin u got it just about right duckieboy

Hay it Duckieman to you  Will send you my medical bill after trying you tempering method

Looks nice , but a total ergonomic nightmare me thinks

I've seen these at gun shows but never got to handle one. 

I suspect the ergonomics might be great if you have the "right" size hand to fit the handle, and not so great if you have either bigger or smaller hands.

These do have a devoted following of people who claim they're the greatest outdoors knives ever made.

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Don't handle much knives but ergonomics looks okay to me but I maybe wrong.
You are right about the following some people pay a lot for some collectable one's, expensive for a knife some say are made from log saw.

[Hoghead]

lets compare burn marks after 

One of my brothers got one of the worst burns I've ever seen when he removed the metal from the oil or water after quenching. He thought it would be cooled off and grabed it with his bare hand. He was about 12 or 13 at the time.

[duckman1975]

lets compare burn marks after 

One of my brothers got one of the worst burns I've ever seen when he removed the metal from the oil or water after quenching. He thought it would be cooled off and grabed it with his bare hand. He was about 12 or 13 at the time.

oUCH, I have low tresh hold for burns