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Christopher B Lellis
Location: Houston, Texas Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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Posted: Sat 21 Nov, 2015 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if they viewed that fashion as amusing or if it was a serious, non funny style, not to be mocked.
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Lee Laver
Location: Brisbane, Australia Joined: 29 Nov 2015
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Harry Marinakis
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Posted: Tue 22 Dec, 2015 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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My very first forged knife, hammered out of an automobile leaf spring.
Didn't turn out very well, but I threw together a boxwood handle for it anyway.
Multi-stage edge and reinforced point.
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Harry Marinakis
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Posted: Wed 11 Jan, 2017 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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I forged another ballock dagger, this time from O1 tool steel. I think that it came out a lot better than my first attempt, I'm very pleased with the final result.
O1 tool steel
Ebony handle
Leather sheath
Overall length is 16 inches (40 cm)
I did the major shaping of the ebony wood on a belt sander, then switched to wood rasps. I was amazed at how much better hand-stitched rasps work than machine-made rasps. I found that a Swedish wood carving knife was extremely useful in carving the bollocks.
It was a real challenge working with ebony. A lot of hairline cracks appeared. Did I just get the ebony too hot? Anyone have any advice or tips?
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