Posts: 5,981 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Tue 07 Jun, 2022 8:08 am
Sorry--I had some technical difficulties and couldn't respond. The stock blade of this type is hanging at far right in this photo. For my project, I've made the transition to the false edge a bit more subtle, and significantly altered the shape of the grip, which is perfectly rectangular in stock form. It's good that this gives the cutler some options, but this tang is so hard that it must be annealed to do any shaping.
The other blades are (L-R):
2 Alabama Damascus Steel blades (above a craft foam form used to model designs)
Generic bowie blade that needs reshaping and a mounting design
Green River
Old kitchen knife awaiting a project idea
Old Hickory butcher knife I started to reshape and then stepped away from
2 Atlanta Cutlery daggers
Atlanta Cutlery rifleman's knife awaiting a good idea
These are just my bare pierced blades. I have a drawer full of old kitchen knifes and un-pierced blades. Not enough time!
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