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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: highpoint forge on February 10, 2008, 10:09:00 PM
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I wanted to share the other hobby I have learned from my Dad. These are hand forged, triple oil quenched blades made from 52100 steel. We also hand stitch our sheaths. Enjoy!
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A few more....
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Last ones......
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Wow!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: Those are GREEAAAAAAT!
-Brett
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You should cut with one!
52100 is something else, and after we are done with it, outta' this world.
The method we use is taught by and was conceived by Mastersmith Ed Fowler and Bill Burke.
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Nice knives. Is ther another name or number for 52100 steel? I haven't heard of it before, well until I got into knives.
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I believe its ball bearing steel....also used for races.....I have never worked with it just read about it......People have said its hard to forge but when heat treated properly is tough and hard
those are great looking knives and i'm sure they are easy to run as well!
Scott
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I could see the Fowler influence. Very nice. I look forward to seeing more of you and your Dad's work.
Lin
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Is number four's handle made from mammoth tooth?
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Great work!
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Yes, typically made from a 3" ball bearing. We use load control shafts from John Deere tractors, i.e billets. We do them both ways.
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Handles are whitetail, sambar stag, rambouillet sheep, and linen micarta.....
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and stabilized maple and maple burl
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Really nice looking knives. Neat stitchwork too!
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HPF, You need to re-size your pictures to 600 pix wide. It's too hard on guys that have dial up or small screens. If you're having probelms go to top of Pow Wow to learn how with something like Photobucket. Thanks...tippit
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Great lookin' knives, and sheaths, too. I'd love to know how you get that braided look with your stitching on the sheaths. That's cool!
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wahts the 4 th one down mad from handle wise.
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I need to resize these and i'm hosting them @ photobucket already. Do they have some simple tool to automatically resize them?
4th one down is made from Ramboulliet ram's horn.
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Hey Tippit I resized them all @ Photobucket.
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All the compliments already stated ( quite a body of work) and I really like the guards also.
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Note to all....I am trying now to get the resized ones to show up here. If y'all can believe it we just make these for fun and display, plus a little use.
I have a giraffe legbone handled one I'll post up this weekend. It is nuts it's so cool.
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HPF, You just have to delete the larger pictures thru the edit pad on the original post. Then re-insert the smaller versions...tippit
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OK deleted the original code and re-inserted the resized pics.....looks the same to me!
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They are 800X600 still to big bud. No bigger then 600.<><
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You need to hit refresh. They are the right size now.
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"I'd love to know how you get that braided look with your stitching on the sheaths. That's cool!"
Me too! Thats awesome.
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Knives a great without a doubt. Have to agree with LC the braided stitching on the sheath are...cool :thumbsup:
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Use two pieces (or four) with the stitching needle in the middle of your length of synthetic sinew. Since there is two layers of leather I pry it apart at the very bottom and introduce the needle there with at knot at the very end. Pull snug and bury the knot. Start lacing going in the top of the sheath, skipping the first hole, and come back underneath towards yourself to the hole you skipped, separate the sinew into two strands and pass the needle and sinew through. Repeat until you get to the top of the sheath. At the top you need to finish underneath and then just feed the needle through each stitch on the bottom, snugging each tight. The end result is a super strong V stitch that won't let go even if cut.
Does that make sense?
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If interested look up Ed Fowler's Hand Forging the 52100 Blade DVD or his Knife Talk series compiled from his column at BLADE magazine. These 52100 steel blades are amazing once properly heat treated, tempered, quenched and etched. Fowler took a protoype to his local game processor who proceeded to sharpen it once and then butcher entirely 24 deer, a large number of antelope and several elk on ONE sharpening.
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More knives ready. Who wants to see the giraffe legbone 6"? It's daaaaaaamn cool, plus we have a few bird & trout sized knives almost done.....
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Great looking knives!!!
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I know Texas is a big place, but when I went to Willow Bow in '04 and took Ed's class with Bill and Eldon and Butch, there was a young fella there named Jeff Davidson from Texas.
He even had a table at the Blade Show in '07. His knives had a very similar design to the Willow Bow gang's, using alternative materials to sheep horn.
Yours are very nicely done - like his.
Do you know him?
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No sir. Dad was up at Ed's two years back for a full week. We do seem to prefer Ed's style....