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"Tomaat niet watermeloen"

mc Offline Gerhard Gerber

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"Tomaat niet watermeloen"
on: April 21, 2017, 08:58:53 AM
Hi All

A very dear friend of mine, a Dutch lady, is having a special birthday this year, so of course she has to get a knife.

Still, she is a woman, so it couldn't be a knife inside my comfort zone as it were.

She saw a Damascus blade and wanted that.......I do Micarta handles, she wanted wood.  A Namibian wood of course, and the worst to work with.....Camelthorn.

I struggled for more than a year to get some form of chain to forge into "Damascus", finally was gifted 2 chainsaw blades but that was a dismal failure, just turned to smurf under my hammer.

Finally out of desperation I stopped at a local Yamaha agent, I'd phoned them before but this time I just went there and asked to scratch around in the garbage.......and walked out with 2 substantial chains!  :gimme:

My forge weld was not perfect, I managed to salvage at most 20% of one chain into this blade.
To explain the title, she wanted a large Japanese style Damascus chef knife, this is what she's getting..........so she'll be able to cut tomatoes,  not watermelons!  :rofl:

I'll post a few more pics next week.....been hectic at work after 3 weeks away:




« Last Edit: April 21, 2017, 09:00:32 AM by Gerhard Gerber »


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #1 on: April 21, 2017, 09:54:00 AM
That's a beautiful job you did under really difficult circumstances Gerhard! What a fantastic present.  :cheers:
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mc Offline Gerhard Gerber

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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #2 on: April 21, 2017, 12:06:43 PM
Thanks Mags....  :salute:

I'm not likely to get a better forge and a power hammer anytime soon, I have something like a severe tennis elbow at the moment, so no more "damascus" for now...... :cheers:

I do have an itch to forge weld an old Nicholson file into a gun barrel for a San Mai effect  >:D 


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #3 on: April 21, 2017, 01:40:42 PM
very nice work
Solving problems you didn't know you had in the most obscure way possible

"And now, it's time to hand this over to our tame race axe driver. Some say, he can live in the forest for six months at a time without food, and he knows of a secret tribe of only women where he is their God. All we know is, he's call the Styx!" - TazzieRob


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #4 on: April 21, 2017, 01:42:37 PM
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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #5 on: April 21, 2017, 04:07:37 PM
What a very generous gift.  Lovely knife you've made.    :like:
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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #6 on: April 21, 2017, 05:38:03 PM
:like:   :like:   :like:

^^^
I'm with my Antipodean friend  :tu:

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us Offline David

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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #7 on: April 21, 2017, 07:45:53 PM
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What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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us Offline SteveC

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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #8 on: April 21, 2017, 08:18:14 PM
Nice work  :cheers:


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #9 on: April 21, 2017, 08:26:03 PM
That's a beautiful job you did under really difficult circumstances Gerhard! What a fantastic present.  :cheers:

+100!!!!  :like: :like: :drool: :drool: :gimme:
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us Offline Poncho65

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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #10 on: April 21, 2017, 08:40:36 PM
Very nice work GG :dd: :like: :like:


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #11 on: April 21, 2017, 08:46:03 PM
It's beautiful.  :salute:
Hooked, like everyone else. ;)

All hail the hook!


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #12 on: April 26, 2017, 05:33:05 PM
Great job and gift  :like:
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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #13 on: April 26, 2017, 05:48:51 PM
Nice!  :cheers:
What happens when she tries to cut watermelons though?


mc Offline Gerhard Gerber

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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #14 on: May 10, 2017, 02:13:47 PM
The start:



First few love taps done........after this things stopped working 100%  :rofl:



Rough shaping done and etched a few minutes to check the pattern:





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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #15 on: May 10, 2017, 02:19:53 PM
:popcorn:


mc Offline Gerhard Gerber

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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #16 on: May 10, 2017, 03:00:43 PM
BEHOLD the awesomeness of the splayed Johnny Walker (Red) tin taped to the leg of the forge, a heat shield for the Powerful Purple 200W beating hairdryer heart of my forge  :rofl:

....edit....

......not to mention than magnificent pair of tongs in the foreground......true professional!  :whistle:
« Last Edit: May 10, 2017, 03:50:11 PM by Gerhard Gerber »


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Re: "Tomaat niet watermeloen"
Reply #17 on: May 10, 2017, 08:43:24 PM

Everything is looking good to me G  :salute:

 :cheers:
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