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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This kid is awesome!!
http://youtu.be/Rxo0G39ETt8
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These ones were made with chainsaw chain, pics nicked from the web
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And a tidy one for hunting
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Then some made from cable
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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 :)
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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
Just remembered my axe, is still in a tree at my uncles, must go get fav axe :)
u don't need a forge and all that shit to make knifes, use the stock removal method instead and not many tools required
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 :)
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@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
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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
A cheap to run option for a forge is a waste oil burner.
When I get into making knives (WHEN, not IF), I reckon I'll go with an induction forge.
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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
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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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OK your off the hook. I have 3 Kelly's, (Canadian by the way) but not the black eagle one like yours. They were the racers favourite back in the day. Custom grind on it, add some weight to it and your off
@southernredneck tell your old man to hook you up with an old breastbench saw. Bandsaw strip steel is too nigh in nickel
Get a lot of knives out of a 40 incher... try and get one as old a possible as the chances are it will be Sandvik and very good quality as opposed to later suppliers
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I'll get on to him about one
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Anza knives are made from new files and re-tempered. I've tried them, and they are pretty ok.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMDdLpMAvQ
Look up Walter Sorrels on YouTube. I've been watching all day.
He reckons start with stock removal first then save some pennies for forging equipment. Although, I do love his coal fire with forced induction from a hair drier and steam pipe [emoji106]
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You might want to start with some mild steel to get the basics right, I made heaps of letter openers and other small stuff to practice.Quote:
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Than you can move on to more some more complicated steel and have fun rather than getting frustrated because the metal dosen't want to take shape you'r way. Knife making involves little forging and a lot of bench work, most of the time no forging at all.
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But just to muck around you don't need much, Google "ground forge", get a hunk of steel to use as anvil and protective gear.
Hasting library got a few good books, or talk to Chris Untitled Document I have learned a lot at his training course.
@Dougie yeah I've watched plenty of his videos there pretty good I'm making a forge out of a old gas bottle and a hair dryer I got off trademe
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I made a ground forge years ago using field tiles and heater fan out of an old car, lit some Manuka in the pit, forge complete
If your still in the bay you need to look up Steve Wheeler, he very interesting fella.
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