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Old 02-18-2012, 11:59 AM
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Smile Maori inspired decorative knife/blade

Hi,

I'm a total newbie in this forum, so please forgive me any wrong terminology etc.

As a graphic/tattoo designer I'm also interested in bowmaking, kitemaking and swords, knives and blades.

A friend of mine works with CNC carving machines and I asked him if it was possible to carve a custom knife design for me. No problem!

So I decided to design a knife, only for decorative purposes (not for cutting).
The tattoos I draw are inspired by the tribal Maori designs and patterns, so I made a first pencil sketch, traced it in Adobe Illustrator and exported it to a CAD/CAM file, a .dxf file.

I made a small movie and wrote a blogpost on the subject, maybe you'd be interested to see:

Maori blade movie

Blogpost on the knife

Thank you!

Kind regards, Mark Storm
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Old 02-18-2012, 04:56 PM
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I only saw the drawing on the blog but it looks interesting. Quite different than what most of us make but there's no law that says all knives have to be the same. Hopefully you can post a picture of the finished knife...


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Old 02-22-2012, 08:28 AM
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Most interesting, Mark. This puts a whole new angle on "stock removal". This could easily work as a "real" knife, if cut from a hardenable steel and then heat treated and finished. The intricate cut-outs may pose a problem with cracking during HT but I'm sure eventually you'd find the kind of designs which could withstand the stresses of HT. Do show us the finished product!


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Old 02-25-2012, 07:13 AM
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Nice creativity Mark. Depending on blade material (or maybe not), you can HT the blade first and have the design cut by lazer of waterjet then grind the bevels and cutting edge to make it functional.
That'd look great in nice patterned damascus.
I have seen something along those lines in black jade on the lapidary forums a good while back (years). Not quite that intricate but beautiful just the same.

Look forward to seeing the final product.

Side note: If you decide to go functional at some point, I'd lose or motify those tight curls toward the handle at the guard/ricasso area.......ouch!


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Old 02-25-2012, 10:16 AM
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Very interesting. Sort of a cross between sculpture and knife making. Very much an art knife. If you did ever want to heat treat it you might want to start out with an air quenching steel or you could marquench, sometimes refered to as martempering for some reason even though it has nothing to do with tempering. Either will reduce the shock of hardening and the tendancy to warp.

If you wanted to extend into more traditional knives you could try carving the designs into the handle or etching them into the steel.

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