Having a little fun with making a blade with no straight lines. going to have stainless steel pommel and bolster and hidden pin handle. stuck at a point of deciding to go with a curved top swage or a straight one. Either way it will be sharpened, Curved with mirror polish would be rather interesting looking. Overall length is 15" give or take a bit and made out of 01 steel 1/4" thick. Adding a poll for fun, its that or I make a second one
Wow, that looks like a lot of work John. Not only the dimensional challenges but the geometrical ones too. I am seeing a little "Brian Dolim" in there.
Wish it was a copy or template then I could point fingers when it comes out ugly kind of a blending of ideas with a hint of style from "Jay Fisher" and "Steven Ramos" At least I drew it out on wood and cut it out for a template unlike a couple of ones I have done. Had to look up Brian Dolim and all I can say is Damn, with this three guys mine come out looking like , Oh well having goals to get better is a good thing
It's going to look great when it's done. I don't envy you and the hand sanding of that monster. Brian makes some insane knives, all curves and all super thick. (I voted for curved)
I have been sitting here looking at it and starting to realize I will be doing more freehand grinding than I planned. Curved will be a major pain but I think the best looking option unless the masses disagree
Knife kept looking like it needed a curved swage just a little more freehand grinding and twice as much fun hand polishing.
Goooooooood nessssssss!!! What is it with everyone today?! Is it in the drinking water?! Some beauty blades hitting the forums!
Friend has offered up a Nephrite Jade block and a slab or two but I think that might be way over the top plus no stone working tools
On second curved swage, 36 grit done so onto flattening and work up to the 400 grit before heat treating. Talk about nerve wracking LOL
now that is a sexy blade john!! its like fine women...its all about the curves cant wait to see how the handle ties into it all
The handle is going to be interesting, have a block of Maple that is rather pretty but too small. It is dyed and stabilized and with a bit of fancy sawing and gluing It may look real good. Should find out this weekend.
Made a little progress and even managed to match sides when freehand grinding (cheated with a file) Tried out a older camera, might be time to retire it. Everything is symmetrical and now onto the 400 and 600 grit to flatten out the bevels and prep for heat treating.
Wow back in August, still hanging with the clay coating. Guessing I lost more time than I thought getting this PTSD stuff sorted out been months of not being comfortable around anything sharp
