PetrifiedWood
Well-Known Member
Ok, so if this forum isn't limited to knives, I figured it would be ok to post these.
I've been making little outdoor tools on my metal lathe like firesteel handles and fire pistons. Each time I made something new I'd take a picture to post on a different forum I'm a member of. So here are some pictures of stuff I've made. I hope to be able to make knives that will look as though they belong together with these little brass and aluminum parts.
The pictures above I used a little Canon point and shoot camera and bounced the flash back into the lower right corner using a CD as a mirror. Normally for close shots like this the on-board flash makes a shadow from the lens appear in the image.
You can see this effect in the next picture without the flash being bounced. The picture is of a little brass cord end I made.
Some more pictures without the bounce...
I tried making a brass cord lock. A plastic one costs 10 cents. This one cost about a buck in materials and took a few hours to get it right.
Made a copy of a "firesteel tube" in brass with a jute twine wrap..
A little brass headed hammer.
I built some fire pistons out of aluminum...
A guy asked me to make a knurled aluminum firesteel handle.
These next pictures are of an experimental design. I stopped work on this in favor of a different method of achieving the same goal. I want to be able to take an insert from leftover knife scale material and incorporate it into my firesteel handles.
Thanks for looking!
I've been making little outdoor tools on my metal lathe like firesteel handles and fire pistons. Each time I made something new I'd take a picture to post on a different forum I'm a member of. So here are some pictures of stuff I've made. I hope to be able to make knives that will look as though they belong together with these little brass and aluminum parts.
The pictures above I used a little Canon point and shoot camera and bounced the flash back into the lower right corner using a CD as a mirror. Normally for close shots like this the on-board flash makes a shadow from the lens appear in the image.
You can see this effect in the next picture without the flash being bounced. The picture is of a little brass cord end I made.
Some more pictures without the bounce...
I tried making a brass cord lock. A plastic one costs 10 cents. This one cost about a buck in materials and took a few hours to get it right.
Made a copy of a "firesteel tube" in brass with a jute twine wrap..
A little brass headed hammer.
I built some fire pistons out of aluminum...
A guy asked me to make a knurled aluminum firesteel handle.
These next pictures are of an experimental design. I stopped work on this in favor of a different method of achieving the same goal. I want to be able to take an insert from leftover knife scale material and incorporate it into my firesteel handles.
Thanks for looking!
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