The knife I made

Flash · **on:** January 16, 2009, 05:15:27 PM

Dudes and dudesses,

I knocked this knife up yesterday at a mates house (he has a gas fired forge, belt grinders, bench sanders etc....all the kit you need)

The blade started as a straight rectangle bar of flat stock and the handle was a block of stabilised wood (maple burr).

After about 4.5 hours of sanding, gluing, grinding and splinter induced curses (including 1 hour where it was tempering in the oven whilst we went the pub for a meal

) this is what I came up with.

It has the handle of a bushcraft knife but the blade tip of a kiridashi with a straight tanto edge.

The only problem was when I used a pillar drill to drill the metal of my semi finished blade for the lanyard hole. The drill bit got caught in the metal and whipped it out of my hand whereby it became a spinning wheel of death

Yes I got cut, but every good knife need a feed whilst being created

Now all I need to do is make my sheath.

Any ideas for a name

hawkchucker · **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2009, 05:19:17 PM

Nice Blade.

I vote for Lightning bolt. For some reason It just looks like one.

Benner · **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2009, 05:36:52 PM

Nicely done mate!

DaveK · **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2009, 05:38:46 PM

Cracking job Flash :tu; Love the Maple handles.

Flash · **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2009, 05:43:15 PM

Quote from: hawkchucker on January 16, 2009, 05:19:17 PM

Nice Blade.

I vote for Lightning bolt. For some reason It just looks like one.

I like that....anyone got anything better?

DaveK · **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:05:51 PM

Something with "cleaver" in it perhaps? It's pretty big isn't it?

Flash · **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:11:53 PM

Quote from: DaveK on January 16, 2009, 06:05:51 PM

Something with "cleaver" in it perhaps? It's pretty big isn't it?

Dave,

The blade edge is only 4" long. Its designed to be a neck carry

glorn · **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:29:00 PM

Quote from: DaveK on January 16, 2009, 06:05:51 PM

Something with "cleaver" in it perhaps? It's pretty big isn't it?

Beaver Cleaver?

I say call it a "Jump Back". I imagine when that bit took hold you jumped back pretty far.

donvito · **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:29:35 PM

Saber Tooth maybe? Looks like a nice little penetration knife, good job.

hawkchucker · **Reply #9 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:30:58 PM

Yah you really need to stab a phone book with that bad boy!

Benner · **Reply #10 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:31:53 PM

Quote from: donvito on January 16, 2009, 06:29:35 PM

Saber Tooth maybe? Looks like a nice little penetration knife, good job.

How about the "Penetrator" then?

donvito · **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:35:20 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 16, 2009, 06:31:53 PM

Quote from: donvito on January 16, 2009, 06:29:35 PM
Saber Tooth maybe? Looks like a nice little penetration knife, good job.

How about the "Penetrator" then?

Put warning labels on it :Caution when used around ladies" hot steel coming through

Benner · **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:36:00 PM

Quote from: donvito on January 16, 2009, 06:35:20 PM

Quote from: Benner on January 16, 2009, 06:31:53 PM
Quote from: donvito on January 16, 2009, 06:29:35 PM
Saber Tooth maybe? Looks like a nice little penetration knife, good job.

How about the "Penetrator" then?

Put warning labels on it :Caution when used around ladies" hot steel coming through

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:45:31 PM

Damn fine effort mate

I'm always crap with names, but I like the name Karagul

Flash · **Reply #14 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:56:54 PM

I think we have a winner with "Jump back"....as when it bit me I jumped the f@~k back

glorn · **Reply #15 on:** January 16, 2009, 07:05:06 PM

I WIN! I WIN!!!

Heh heh heh...

I think the name suits it for another reason as well... if you pulled that on someone, they'd jump back.

Pacu · **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2009, 09:27:11 PM

Flesh Dagger

Sean · **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2009, 09:58:25 PM

Very nice Job. Absolutely a beautiful wood handle on that.

Have made a couple of blades myself from old mill bandsaw blades. Have a friend who has a small forge so he gave me a lesson on this aspect of making them. Doesn't look as nice as yours though.

I guess you could call your knife to use your words "wheel of death" (WOD) if you want to shorten it. After all when people ask why that name you will get to tell the story behind it.

sean

J-sews · **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2009, 02:22:54 AM

Beauty bit of workmanship there Flash

Neil · **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2009, 03:23:31 AM

Is this the first knife you've made? It looks very good. Its nice to see something a bit different in the blade shape.

Next time, clamp your work

Hope you heal up fast

Neil

Flash · **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:35:11 AM

Quote from: NKB on January 17, 2009, 03:23:31 AM

Is this the first knife you've made? It looks very good. Its nice to see something a bit different in the blade shape.

Next time, clamp your work

Hope you heal up fast

Neil

Neil,

Yes

Yes

I hope so too

Cheers