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Post by Paul on May 21, 2016 17:32:00 GMT 10
I went and started a knife making course today with Tradition Iron at Petrie. This is the second course I have done there, first one was the basic Blacksmith course. So todays project was to make a knife out of a railway spike. So we started with this.  |
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Post by Paul on May 21, 2016 17:33:59 GMT 10
So the design was up to you, so I drew the spike out and put a twist in it.  |
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Post by Paul on May 21, 2016 17:37:20 GMT 10
Then came the clean up and the heat treating.  |
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Post by Paul on May 21, 2016 17:42:11 GMT 10
So I brought it home to clean it up, gave it a quick sand and sharpened it.   |
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Post by Paul on May 21, 2016 17:47:07 GMT 10
It is now shaving sharp and I even slipped and cut myself, So I put it against some wood to see how it would go.   |
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Post by Paul on May 21, 2016 17:49:52 GMT 10
So this was day one down, I have started the next one so I will see how it turns out tomorrow,
The next one is out of a piece of stock 300x40x5mm. It is our own design so hopefully it will work out ok.
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Post by Peter on May 21, 2016 18:56:57 GMT 10
Fantastic stuff. Please keep sharing what you learn there.
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Post by Frank on May 21, 2016 19:37:36 GMT 10
Impressive stuff Paul, that is an absolute art form. Look forward to seeing more
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Post by Ausprep on May 21, 2016 21:33:03 GMT 10
Wow! Awesome work mate!
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Post by graynomad on May 21, 2016 22:47:26 GMT 10
Yeah great work. I love it.
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Post by shinester on May 22, 2016 5:24:13 GMT 10
I'm jelly [jealous]
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2016 18:28:18 GMT 10
So here is the knife I made today.   |
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2016 18:32:35 GMT 10
Stainless steel pins with Mahogany handles. It turned out really well, I got home and sharpened it then I started to put it though its passes.. I have to get use to the sweep on the blade but I got it to feather stick quite well and got a fire started with the back of the blade with a ferrol rod. So far very happy.  |
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2016 18:35:15 GMT 10
Next will be a nice leather sheath.  |
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2016 18:39:01 GMT 10
I also knocked this up quickly between heat treating the knife, made out of an old file. It throws better sparks then the one I just purchased off the internet.  |
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Post by Frank on May 22, 2016 19:21:05 GMT 10
Great work again Paul, thanks for sharing
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Post by SA Hunter on May 22, 2016 19:31:40 GMT 10
Wow - top stuff!!!
Taking orders???
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Post by Peter on May 22, 2016 19:45:54 GMT 10
Awesome, awesome stuff. Very impressive.
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Post by jo on May 22, 2016 20:24:56 GMT 10
Both knives are beautiful
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Post by graynomad on May 23, 2016 6:33:40 GMT 10
You are really inspiring me to get my gear fired up.
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