Big knives

Sparky415 · **Reply #120 on:** April 22, 2016, 07:33:28 PM

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #121 on:** April 22, 2016, 10:15:26 PM

If the zombie killer was sharp, I would be in hospital

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #122 on:** April 22, 2016, 10:21:01 PM

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #123 on:** April 22, 2016, 10:33:10 PM

in the beginning

zoidberg · **Reply #124 on:** April 23, 2016, 04:36:00 AM

Excellent work mate.

leathermon · **Reply #125 on:** April 23, 2016, 04:55:12 AM

Wow all I can say is wow

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Sparky415 · **Reply #126 on:** April 23, 2016, 07:42:53 AM

I absolutely love the perang Gerhard!

Great work and pictures, I know how hard it is to keep taking them while you are working

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Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #127 on:** April 23, 2016, 09:41:55 AM

Thanks Guys!

Got up early this morning, got them out of the vices and clamps and ground down the pins - more pics later.

Tony, the Parang is the pick of the bunch, fitting since its destined for my buddy who gave me the leaf spring to begin with.

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #128 on:** May 08, 2016, 04:43:04 PM

zoidberg · **Reply #129 on:** May 08, 2016, 04:54:57 PM

You did real good mate.

SteveC · **Reply #130 on:** May 08, 2016, 05:03:19 PM

Great job !

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #131 on:** May 08, 2016, 05:30:49 PM

Thanks

The zombie slayer and parang are with their owners, both tested to slice and chop as they should.

My own knife is likely the only one doing anything, I'm constantly chopping and cutting......very happy with the heat treat and edge so far, and with a paracord loop in that top lanyard hole it feels like you can chop forever.

cody6268 · **Reply #132 on:** May 09, 2016, 03:39:21 AM

Great job! There's a bunch of old truck springs (likely far thicker than what a Land Cruiser would have) laying around here and the adjoining property we lease--and I've been having some thoughts about possibly making my own severe duty fixed blade. Of course, that would be a learning curve for me, never having made a knife before. My great-grandfather made several knives (many of which are still in my grandmother's kitchen drawer) and did a great job rehandling others (one of which, an Imperial fixed blade is in my collection) in the '50s from scratch, but I wasn't even a year old when he died, and that skill died with him.

Gerhard Gerber · **Reply #133 on:** May 09, 2016, 10:16:28 AM

Quote from: cody6268 on May 09, 2016, 03:39:21 AM

Great job! There's a bunch of old truck springs (likely far thicker than what a Land Cruiser would have) laying around here and the adjoining property we lease--and I've been having some thoughts about possibly making my own severe duty fixed blade. Of course, that would be a learning curve for me, never having made a knife before. My great-grandfather made several knives (many of which are still in my grandmother's kitchen drawer) and did a great job rehandling others (one of which, an Imperial fixed blade is in my collection) in the '50s from scratch, but I wasn't even a year old when he died, and that skill died with him.

Since I don't have kids and don't plan on having any this late in life, leaving behind a few good knives sounds like a great legacy to me........
I'll wager 90% of my bonsai trees will be dead within a year of my own demise, but the knives will go on........

My sincere advice is if you have any inclination to make a knife, go ahead and do it. Even if you only ever make one or two it's a worthwhile journey.
I may have gone a bit overboard, but there's loads of info out there to do it simply, relatively cheaply and get a good result.