Earlier this year I finally got around to building a gas forge and tinkering around with the hobby of amateur black smithing / blade smithing. Here is my first completed knife. It is 1095 steel from a sugar cane harvester chopper blade. The design is loosely based on a "Mini Bush Seax".
Here it is sitting atop a new chopper blade
Forged pretty close to shape
Getting HOT
Finished product
I have about 7 hours of labor in it and $25 of materials.
Sent via telegraph with the same fingers I use to sip whiskey
Here it is sitting atop a new chopper blade
Forged pretty close to shape
Getting HOT
Finished product
I have about 7 hours of labor in it and $25 of materials.
Sent via telegraph with the same fingers I use to sip whiskey