http://www.britishblades.com/forums en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:51 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.britishblades.com/forums/images/bbskin/misc//rss.jpg http://www.britishblades.com/forums Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:08:28 GMT i lied bolo ;)
here's a small utility made from a chainsaw bar with an aluminium lanyard hole
130mm long
50mm blade


as much criticism as possible please ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... jameswood http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93014 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:50 GMT I'm currently on a business trip in a little town called Rognan, Norway. I was here a short while ago and bought my first blade and so my first knife was born. Anyway I wanted to make a another knife (you know how it goes!) using materials completely sourced in Norway. After chatting with a guy in the local hardware store, who sells the blades, he said he might be able to get hold of some antlers for me from a friend of his. Brilliant I thought but to be honest I wasn't really expecting him to come through. Oh yea of little faith, before the day is out he drops off a pair of moose antlers to my hotel.

Wanting to thank him personally I poppped back to the shop where he said he would also be getting some reindeer antlers for me too. I'll post some pictures of my good fortune when I get back.

Top guy and I have to say fairly typical of the people I've met here. ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... Gibbo http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:33 GMT This one is recently completed.



The handle is Stabilised Horse Chestnut Burl. Must admit it's an attractive wood, so may have to talk to Pikebite about getting some for myself!!



The handle is a different shape to any I've handled before but it's very comfortable in hand.



An offcut of the handle block is going back to the new owner to make a matching firesteel. Should look good together.

]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... Stew http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92981 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:34:26 GMT well, that was easy

since it seems relatively impossible to get a XM-18 i got a Gerber [Hinderer -designed] Torch

which i find 'hands' very well, but still left me wanting more

so i ordered a Flashpoint Gen II off Rick, he said he had some in stock in another thread [err, on another forum] took about a week all told, cost me about a ton

its pretty much exactly the same size and shape as the Torch but massively thicker [4mm of CPM 154] with more of a 'scandi' grind solution at the tip [ie not spanto]

still a massively strong tip tho

neat kydex sheath, doesnt seem to be scratchy at all


]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... etorix http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92964 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:44:09 GMT Walter brend is my favourite knifemaker. This knife was made in 2005,it`s not a 25th Anniversary Model 2, but similar and more rare Brend made fifty 25th M2 knives,but LVTI M2 is one of a kind The flats were satin finished. The hollow grinds were meticulously mirror polished. Image:... Walter brend is my favourite knifemaker.
This knife was made in 2005,it`s not a 25th Anniversary Model 2, but similar and more rare
Brend made fifty 25th M2 knives,but LVTI M2 is one of a kind
The flats were satin finished. The hollow grinds were meticulously mirror polished.




]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... knifemad http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92946 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:56:31 GMT I present to you some of my work, I hope it is to your liking http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/dipacomilkoknives/?albumview=slideshow bye :D I present to you some of my work, I hope it is to your liking
http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...view=slideshow
bye :D ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... Milko Di Paco http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92930 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:50:56 GMT Hi, Just finished this pocket pal Gem for a chap...who is giving to his daughter, scales are stabilized coral, difficult to work but i thinks quite pleasing results. Hope you like it. Lance. Image: http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv117/driftwoodwalker/SHEATHKNIVES585-1.jpg Image:... Hi, Just finished this pocket pal Gem for a chap...who is giving to his daughter, scales are stabilized coral, difficult to work but i thinks quite pleasing results.
Hope you like it.

Lance.













]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... Driftwoodwalker http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92915 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:52 GMT Hello, today i would like to present u a knife i made in August. It is a nearly fullmetall knife with just a small handle made of ironwood, fixed with some Sterlingsiverpins. It is a San Mai composed of blue paper steel in the core and 3 twisted Bars of 17 layers 1.2842 and 75Ni8 on each side. I... Hello,

today i would like to present u a knife i made in August.
It is a nearly fullmetall knife with just a small handle made of ironwood, fixed with some Sterlingsiverpins.

It is a San Mai composed of blue paper steel in the core and 3 twisted Bars of 17 layers 1.2842 and 75Ni8 on each side.
I forged the Knife completely in shape and grinded so little as possible.

Hope u like it.



Here is the rest of the pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/4462449...79612601/show/

greets,
Ulrik ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... Koraat http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92912 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:47:30 GMT hello people I present this set of barbecue to the cave in 1070 made her fork and knife in w1 (nicholson file used) with similar texture stone bath perchloride and rhea bone handle with care of aged leather treated cautiously resin sheath is vegetable tanned cowhide leather stitched with thongs I... hello people I present this set of barbecue to the cave in 1070 made her fork and knife in w1 (nicholson file used) with similar texture stone bath perchloride and rhea bone handle with care of aged leather treated cautiously resin sheath is vegetable tanned cowhide leather stitched with thongs I hope you like it, thanks for looking




]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... carloscasas http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92893 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:28:57 GMT I have only just found Grace Horne's site, my god!

Cargoes #1 is absolutely stunning. ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... dandylion http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92867 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14:20 GMT Inspired by Takeshi Saji and Kanetsune. Image: http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f365/pennillion/004-44.jpg Image: http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f365/pennillion/005-38.jpg Image: http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f365/pennillion/006-29.jpg Inspired by Takeshi Saji and Kanetsune.





]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... pennillion http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92854 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:53 GMT does anybody have the exact dimentions of a skookum bushtool ,or even a template please,i,m going to have a go.:D does anybody have the exact dimentions of a skookum bushtool ,or even a template please,i,m going to have a go.:D ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... GILL http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92850 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:07:00 GMT HELLO people this is my version of the tracker in 1070 forged hardened and tempered with leading edge convex and concave side edge to zero, and the saw-tooth cortaaalmbre last, with bathroom perchloride has worked Anchico grips for better grip and bathroom flax oil, black spacers and brass tube... HELLO people this is my version of the tracker in 1070 forged hardened and tempered with leading edge convex and concave side edge to zero, and the saw-tooth cortaaalmbre last, with bathroom perchloride has worked Anchico grips for better grip and bathroom flax oil, black spacers and brass tube rivets, comes with vegetable tanned leather sheath sewn and dual-use (vertical or horizontal in the back) with support for Firesteel thank you for looking




]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... carloscasas http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92807 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:46:17 GMT Here is another higonokami. I actually have it since this summer but forgot to post it here.
Called "Okukuma Higo Kogatana", it is what I call a "country" higonokami of the rustic kind as opposed to "city" higonokamis that are smaller and more refined.
I know little of its maker, Hideto Kanmera, besides the fact that he is a blacksmith located in the region of Kumamoto in the Kyushu island, South West of the Japanese archipelago, in what in old times used to be the province of Higo, the original birthplace of the Higonokami knife.





It is quite a big folder with a 9 cm Yasuki blade (white paper steel n°2) and a 11 cm long stainless steel patinated handle.
Made in a workshop that produces mainly traditional tools, it is a rustic knife, simple and solid, without pretention.
It is faithful to the traditional higonokami spirit : a knife that is first a tool, cheap and efficient. This is not surprising as it is coming from the old Higo province.
Its shapes are indeed very classical: a blade cut with an angle at the point, a rectangular handle of folded steel that completely hides the blade when shut and an elliptical chikiri or lever.



The perfectly sized lever allows a one hand hand opening that may not be the smoothest but gives a good grip once the knife is open. The friction is well set for a knife of that size, not too fluid but not too hard either. This way, you will not be afraid that the blade shuts down on your fingers while using it.
It is conceived as an utilitarian and reliable cutting tool, minimalist, without decorations of any kind. The handle doesn't even try to look pretty, all what counts is the blade.








I love the Zen like purety of the blade with its precise linear grind and the different surface treatments of the steel as you go from the spine to the edge: first raw and brut de forge, then satin finished on the sides and finally mirror polished.
At the thickest the blade measures 3,5 mm.







The master's signature in japanese kanjis, Hideto Kanmera, is engraved in the steel.








It was not easy to get it. I located it a while ago but they were not answering my mails in english. So I finally used plan B and bought it through a site that helps foreigners shop in Japan. For a 20% fee they do all the inquiries, pay with a japanese bank and take care of the shipping. Didn't cost that much as the knife's price is only around 60 euros.
A good thing about collecting higos is that you can find interesting custom knives at quite decent prices ;)

http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~kaji-kan/index.html ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... aliaswonder http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92803 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:18:04 GMT After being given this link by another member I set about designing my own take on the "Alaskan Swiss Army Knife".

1/8th 01 with a shallow convex grind (which I'm really happy with), 4mm brass pins and American Black Walnut scales (again! I have loads of the stuff.)

As before there are still some tooling marks but I've learned a lot from this blade so the next should be much better.







I've figured out that there is more than one way to hold it, depending on the task at hand, e.g.-

Normal use-



Skinning and fine control-



Chopping the obligatory herbs-



I'm sure there are more. Answers on a postcard and thanks for looking.:) ]]> Custom Knives - General Discussion... bolo http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92784