Started with watching a hunting knife forged from steel cable. This is awesome. I wonder how I could set something up in the garage to do the heating.
http://youtu.be/tfMC-N8vX54
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Started with watching a hunting knife forged from steel cable. This is awesome. I wonder how I could set something up in the garage to do the heating.
http://youtu.be/tfMC-N8vX54
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She loves the free fresh wind in her hair; Life without care. She's broke but it's oke; that's why the lady is a tramp.
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
This kid is awesome!!
http://youtu.be/Rxo0G39ETt8
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She loves the free fresh wind in her hair; Life without care. She's broke but it's oke; that's why the lady is a tramp.
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
These ones were made with chainsaw chain, pics nicked from the web
And a tidy one for hunting
Then some made from cable
They are not hard to make, you just need an eye for detail, a forge or gas set, welder and disc grinder and files etc, or just heat and a hammer with an understanding of what you are wanting in the end product both visually and practically.
I often weld pruning lopper blades together at work to make tough knives that can take a epic beating, can cut steel wire with it by hammering with whatever i can find, usually a 15 inch crescent
My pruning lopper knife made from two blades welded together, it has tape on the sharp edge to protect my glovebox contents
Last edited by 7mmsaum; 27-01-2016 at 03:55 PM.
A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
Good luck Tussock, that sounds loads of fun
First thing i would make is a splitting maul of perhaps 8 LB with a proper wedge head
Then a double bladed axe as a ornament for the hunting hut
A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
Just remembered my axe, is still in a tree at my uncles, must go get fav axe
A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
u don't need a forge and all that shit to make knifes, use the stock removal method instead and not many tools required
#BallisticFists
I made a 2 piece axe for my 4wd bag, used a 4 LB Australian Kelly head and 25mm heavy box section for the handle
I boiled a length of heater hose and with leather gloves on stretched it over the handle
Super handy for cutting away clay banks, papa edges and anything that stops the ute from going forward
A sanding disc on the 4 inch brings it up like new again
It gets used every time i have one of those " oh shit we are not getting through here" moments
I have cut 8 inch steam pipe in half with it, then flattened the halves and load strapped them each side of my red land cruiser chassis when it developed a huge crack pulling logs at my uncles, had tiny blood blisters on each fingertip for a month after due to the vibration coming through the handle
A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
@Dougie a linisher is very very very handy to have, but it's a 'nice to have', not an absolute essential. A few other things you will need can be boogied up a bit. An oxyacetylene set is awesome, and an anvil can be rangied from some railway line if you can 'arrange' some
Fling me your postal address via pm and I'll send you a couple of blunt old files from work, good starting point
i have the hunk of railway iron if you want it , and are passing this way
NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT HURTS, HOW DARK IT GETS OR HOW FAR YOU FALL , .....
YOU ARE NEVER OUT OF THE FIGHT . (Marcus Luttrell)
A cheap to run option for a forge is a waste oil burner.
There are only three types of people in this world. Those that can count, and those that can't!
When I get into making knives (WHEN, not IF), I reckon I'll go with an induction forge.
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There are only three types of people in this world. Those that can count, and those that can't!
7mmsaum that's a top of the line Kelly you butchered there. Think it's a black eagle from the look of it. Murderer!
Would it be a redeeming feature if i said i just saved my other Kelly where i left it at the farm ?
Have just sanded it again with the 4 inch and I'm going home, bloody wet here, few Sika out in the drizzle this morning too
A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
Here my first rough attempts using the stock removal method the one on the left started life as a lawnmower blade and the one on the right is old bandsaw steel
And am in the process of building a forge
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