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Working Holiday....been busy!

mc Offline Gerhard Gerber

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Working Holiday....been busy!
on: January 02, 2018, 03:30:31 PM
Happy 2018 for everybody  :cheers:

My leave started on 20th December, I've been in the garage from 7am-6pm most days.....some of the results, hope you enjoy :salute:











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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #1 on: January 02, 2018, 03:32:46 PM
 :poh: Teaser  :rofl:





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Reply #2 on: January 02, 2018, 03:36:52 PM
Some Making Of pics.....











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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #3 on: January 02, 2018, 04:15:37 PM
Very nice!
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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #4 on: January 02, 2018, 04:43:56 PM
Awesome work!
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us Offline SteveC

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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #5 on: January 02, 2018, 06:25:47 PM
 :like: :tu:


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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #6 on: January 03, 2018, 05:23:21 AM
Wow! That is a thing of beauty! And it looks like a formidable blade!
Nice work! :like:
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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #7 on: January 03, 2018, 06:47:48 AM
Thanks  :salute:

I completed 5 knives, will post some more pics including better ones of the tanto.

Blade steel is leaf spring, guard is obviously brass but I might add my best solder job to date.....second torch gave the needed quick heat.
Handle is linen that I dyed black, pins are 6mm brass.

The knife is extremely light and fast in the hand.....and extremely pokey  :whistle:

A good friend challenged me to make this knife, he bought it and Kukri which is a great boost for my grinder fund  :cheers:

The Kukri was also a huge success, I compared it to my previous Kukri and I trimmed the weight by 110g by doing the draw filing on the newest one.  It is deadly sharp and for a Kukri with an 8mm spine extremely light in hand  :gimme:


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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #8 on: January 03, 2018, 07:50:43 AM
very nice  :like:


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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #9 on: January 03, 2018, 01:16:08 PM
Thanks  :salute:

The knife is extremely light and fast in the hand.....and extremely pokey  :whistle:

The Kukri was also a huge success, I compared it to my previous Kukri and I trimmed the weight by 110g by doing the draw filing on the newest one.  It is deadly sharp and for a Kukri with an 8mm spine extremely light in hand  :gimme:

that looks  :o
I havo no use for larger tantos but I'm a sucker for the fixed blade Tantos that made Cold Steel famous and this one is a really sexy reincarnation of those.
It looks sharp indeed  :tu:

I'd like pics of that Kukri, I'm also a sucker for Kukris   :D

Excellent work  :salute:
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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #10 on: January 03, 2018, 01:40:21 PM

that looks  :o
I havo no use for larger tantos but I'm a sucker for the fixed blade Tantos that made Cold Steel famous and this one is a really sexy reincarnation of those.
It looks sharp indeed  :tu:

I'd like pics of that Kukri, I'm also a sucker for Kukris   :D

Excellent work  :salute:

Thanks  :salute:

I've been  :drool: over the Cold Steel tantos for years, this knife was indeed inspired by them, and thanks to a few happy accidents turned out with very nice lines.
A small fight broke out between 3 friends about who gets to buy it, and I badly wanted to claim it was to flawed to sell  :rofl: Working freehand I'm never assured of the result, but I do know I need to make myself one someday  :facepalm:

Will post some more photos this afternoon/evening  :salute:


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Reply #11 on: January 03, 2018, 02:34:44 PM
 :drool: :drool: :drool:



Nice package including the sheath :tu:
A real beauty G  :salute:
« Last Edit: January 03, 2018, 02:35:58 PM by Sparky415 »
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Reply #12 on: January 03, 2018, 04:55:36 PM
Thanks Tony......I might end up making Kukris and Tantos it seems  :facepalm:
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Reply #13 on: January 03, 2018, 05:05:52 PM
Kukri IV

This one is from the same piece of leaf spring as my previous (keeper) Kukri.......Yin&Yang arrangement

First the handle.
I'm going to spice things up my making micarta composite handles in the future, the results are worthwhile and just as durable I believe.

On this one I used the leftover black Linen micarta from the tanto for bolster and pommel, and made a piece of solid brown micarta from old SADF uniforms I was given for the "scale".
All of these were laminated together with red liners....excuse the bad photo:












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Reply #14 on: January 03, 2018, 05:12:18 PM
Weight loss by draw filing  :ahhh

505g



vs

612g



both together 39.44oz  :rofl:



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Reply #15 on: January 03, 2018, 05:29:09 PM
Close up of the handle:



I suck with a camera, will post better pics once my official photographer gets around to it  :rofl:









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Reply #16 on: January 03, 2018, 05:35:01 PM
Sweet looking blades Gerhard   :cheers: :tu:


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Reply #17 on: January 03, 2018, 06:05:24 PM
Thanks Steve  :cheers:

Unfortunately the shiny ones will never see much use, but few weeks ago on my cousin's farm I really enjoyed beating the living smurf out of my Kukri  :like:

I was harvesting several types of wood including rock-hard Camelthorn from old fence posts. I hit ground several times, used it as a lever, and it just begs for more  :salute:


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Reply #18 on: January 03, 2018, 07:26:17 PM
Very well done  :salute:
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Reply #19 on: January 03, 2018, 08:09:19 PM

Thanks for the pictures G, it's always good to see what you've been up to  :salute:

 :cheers:
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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #20 on: January 03, 2018, 08:34:17 PM
I think I would rather have a Gerhard Gerber then a Gerber, great work as always!


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Reply #21 on: January 03, 2018, 08:57:50 PM
Thanks Tony, more to follow as I sort the photos  :salute:




I think I would rather have a Gerhard Gerber then a Gerber, great work as always!

That is a compliment indeed!  :cheers:


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Reply #22 on: January 03, 2018, 09:09:24 PM
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Reply #23 on: January 04, 2018, 12:05:13 PM
Thanks Tony, more to follow as I sort the photos  :salute:




I think I would rather have a Gerhard Gerber then a Gerber, great work as always!

That is a compliment indeed!  :cheers:

Those are pretty blades right there.
It's the second one from the left made to be wielded in P'Kal grip (edge out) or is that just a swedge all along the spine?
Looks amazingly weird in that pic  :tu:
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Reply #24 on: January 04, 2018, 01:13:09 PM

Those are pretty blades right there.
It's the second one from the left made to be wielded in P'Kal grip (edge out) or is that just a swedge all along the spine?
Looks amazingly weird in that pic  :tu:

Now I see what you mean!  :rofl: No, that's a swedge on the spine.  :salute: The knife is however very comfortable in both grips.
It has a bit of a story which I will get to  :whistle:


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Re: Working Holiday....been busy!
Reply #25 on: January 15, 2018, 12:30:43 PM
Just now seeing this :ahhh Beautiful work GG :like: :like: Really like the look of those :dd: :like:


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Reply #26 on: January 15, 2018, 01:35:37 PM
Thanks Poncho  :cheers:

Almost 2 weeks back at work.....feels like a million years ago  :poh:

I'm hoping to buy some belt clips this afternoon and finish 2 sheaths this week......maybe  :facepalm:

Been bad about posting more pics, but as soon as I can pull my finger out I have a treat for my fellow knife-aholics from the weekend  :cheers:


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Reply #27 on: January 17, 2018, 09:30:05 PM
This

from that


Wild Olive wood laminated to red cotton material


Glue session 1
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Reply #28 on: January 17, 2018, 09:36:54 PM
After glue session 2








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Reply #29 on: January 17, 2018, 09:40:29 PM


Slight smurfa-smurfa fully compensated for  :rofl:







 

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