gaelic forge
Well-Known Member
Looks like I stuck some pics of knives in the wrong place...apologies to admin folks. The knife with sheath is example of sheath work...knife not mine and apppeared to be made of file with Whitetail antler handle with a simple brass guard silver soldered in place.
Pic of three drop edge knives with three different laminated wood handles.
Pic of large (for me) tactical knife with integral guard and black canvas micarta handle.
Pic of unique chopping tool to this shop I call a Claxe....elements of a hand axe and cleaver.
All steel is L-6 sawblade steel and ranges from 1/8 to 3/16 inch in thickness. Occasionally I will use crosscut saw blades for neck knives and concrete cutting round blades for smaller knives due to thickness issues. The L-6 is cut via a torch, cleaned up on stone grinder and then finished on a Grizzly grinder, which will be mercifully replaced asap with a NWG! Not satisfied with the grind lines using the Griz, although I suspect a good measure of operator error here too! This time next year I believe grind lines will be where they need to be and the blades will see much better execution. Elements of neo-tribal and blade design influenced by stone tools. Tactical is, well, just a tactical drop point. Meh, no imagination there, but functional. Evaluations and criticisms welcome!
Pic of three drop edge knives with three different laminated wood handles.
Pic of large (for me) tactical knife with integral guard and black canvas micarta handle.
Pic of unique chopping tool to this shop I call a Claxe....elements of a hand axe and cleaver.
All steel is L-6 sawblade steel and ranges from 1/8 to 3/16 inch in thickness. Occasionally I will use crosscut saw blades for neck knives and concrete cutting round blades for smaller knives due to thickness issues. The L-6 is cut via a torch, cleaned up on stone grinder and then finished on a Grizzly grinder, which will be mercifully replaced asap with a NWG! Not satisfied with the grind lines using the Griz, although I suspect a good measure of operator error here too! This time next year I believe grind lines will be where they need to be and the blades will see much better execution. Elements of neo-tribal and blade design influenced by stone tools. Tactical is, well, just a tactical drop point. Meh, no imagination there, but functional. Evaluations and criticisms welcome!
