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And now..for Something Completely Different
Ok..This is something I just whipped out yesterday trying to get my "head" straightened out afetr all the uproar and other "stuff" that has been going on around here...
I have no idea what in the heck I was thinking when I made this, and this is the result of my demented mind... The blade is forged from an old leaf spring I have been tripping over for the last, ohhh some 20 odd years.... it's just about 25" long, hammered out and shaped like a cross between a Kapilan I have in my collection and a Chinese Dao/broadsword thingy...Looks alot like a jungle knife.machete for some reason... The two "fullers" I ground in with my angle grinder using the edge of a 1/8" thick wheel...(that was fun doing that...talk about hot sparks...set my T shirt on fire...)...I then punched a hole on the tip so you can hang it up from a nail in your hooch when you aren't out chopping zombies...cause I can't figure out what to for a sheath yet.... The blade has a very heavy distal taper from 5/16" at the ricasso to just over 1/8" at the tip. More or less "flat ground"..I left it "as forged" and the edge is draw filed for ease in resharpening in the field in case you hit a hard headed Zombie (aka Undead Congress member) The guard is on old mild steel japanses style tsuba I got a few years back that I just let sit in my forge for the entire time I was working on the blade and that's the finish it has..it's all rough, scaled and nassy...It works with the overall theme... The grip panels are some osage orange I have laying around seasoning that I got last year from a friend that has it growing in his back yard that I rough shaped with a wood rasp and wrapped with wet rawhide, then "pre-blood stained" with KMnO4 and varnished over that....to seal in everything.. I will say that the wet rawhide was a real "experience" to work with..talk about a slimey thing but it dried up nice and tight...I dunno why I did that..just seemed like a good idea at the time...I will be doing that again in the future when I need the effect... It moves real nice in the hand...could effectively remove a limb or extremity quite nicely when civilization falls......OAL: 36" or so....Will be posted on my website shortly So I think the whole thing..as rustic as it is, just "works"...It's something different from what I usually make..and most of all..I actually had FUN doing it...Cleared up my head too... JPH (Brother Tai: I guess I am going a bit neo-tribal now, huh??...) __________________ Dr Jim Hrisoulas, Author, Researcher, Swordsmith Living in the Nevada desert. N-T Hirsute Hine'y Hrisoulas Last edited by jph; 07-30-2009 at 05:24 PM. |
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I was expecting Monte Python. That is one wicked blade. Very nice!
__________________ Mike Broach Knives made to be used. |
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Mike:
You actualy GOT the reference....I was wondering if anyone would... Do you have your liver donor card available??? JPH __________________ Dr Jim Hrisoulas, Author, Researcher, Swordsmith Living in the Nevada desert. N-T Hirsute Hine'y Hrisoulas |
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That's about the coolest thing I've seen around here in a long time! I love the lines--and the business end looks like the nose of a freight train.
__________________ Andy Garrett https://www.facebook.com/GarrettKnives?ref=hl Charter Member - Kansas Custom Knifemaker's Association www.kansasknives.org "Drawing your knife from its sheath and using it in the presence of others should be an event complete with oos, ahhs, and questions." |
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Very cool, large piece there, Mr. Jim! I like it!
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Yer durn right, it works! Freakin' sweet!
It's not a shiny finish or costly materials that makes the aesthetics of a blade to me it is the flow of the lines. This one has got it! __________________ The Wasteland Crow Project: http://wastelandcrow.blogspot.com A blog I share with a friend where we think out loud upon occasion: http://shareourcampfire.blogspot.com/ Proud to be a Neo-Tribal Metalsmith scavenging the wreckage of civilization. My new blog dedicated to the metalwork I make and sell: http://helmforge.blogspot.com/ |
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That's colossal awesome Jim!
Thanks for sharing it with us. |
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Spontanaeity keeps us fresh.
Thanks Dr Jim! __________________ I love all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy. www.BirdogForge.com |
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I like the hole at the tip. It hangs up with the handle handy.
A good-looking chopper. I'm going down today to get a ####### for my goldfish, "Eric". Trace Last edited by Tracy; 08-01-2009 at 07:53 AM. |
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Tracy: I had a pet once..it was a parrot but it died....Took it back to the pet shop and the guy working there tried to talk me into exchanging it it for a slug...
JPH __________________ Dr Jim Hrisoulas, Author, Researcher, Swordsmith Living in the Nevada desert. N-T Hirsute Hine'y Hrisoulas |
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Jim's come over to the neo-tribal darkside!
I Dub Thee N-T Holy Hand Grenade Hrisoulas ! *grins runs and hides* |
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Jim's come over to the neo-tribal darkside!
I Dub Thee N-T Holy Hand Grenade Hrisoulas !>> I like it!! But I am not from Antioch...Now I feel "accepted".. I would like to thank the Academy..... JPH (Believe me..this is one of the nicer things I have been called...) __________________ Dr Jim Hrisoulas, Author, Researcher, Swordsmith Living in the Nevada desert. N-T Hirsute Hine'y Hrisoulas Last edited by jph; 08-07-2009 at 12:45 PM. |
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That is one extreamly nice working piece.
Thanks for sharing Curtis Wilson __________________ Curtis Wilson Wilson's Custom Knives, Engraving, and Scrimshaw |
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A fantastic piece from the forge of Atar!
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__________________ Chuck Burrows Hand Crafted Leather & Frontier Knives dba Wild Rose Trading Co Durango, CO chuck@wrtcleather.com www.wrtcleather.com The beautiful sheaths created for storing the knife elevate the knife one step higher. It celebrates the knife it houses. |
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Whoa there Dr. Jim! This is really a nice piece. I always get inspired when you post one of your pieces, and this one is no exception.
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