midnight 657 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 some of you have seen alot of these but i just want to show i dont just do laser cut 01 blanks . alot of these are hand forged by me , i dont know if folks know the differance between that and stock removal knife making but its huge , first and formost im a blade smith and thats not cutting shapes out of steel its forging with heat hammer and anvil . you will form the peice close as you can to the finnished blade . a blade smith and a knife maker are two very differant things , and i class my self as both but with biouse towards blade smith . i rarly use grinders and most are worked with files and sand paper to there finnish , again something alot dont realise . its called hand made cos it is ! i hope you like this lot , its my first 11 months of work . the business is growing rapidly and there will be new aditions every week form now till i can no longer lift a hammer . some of these are 100% made by hand including the handle materials . i hope to have entries in the uk blade show this year with knives made from scratch that includes the steel its made from as i want to add atleast one hand forge damascus/pattern weld blade . this is an early blank , hand forged from the blade of a very old lawn shear . this is also from the same shear it was an experiment with polymer clay as handle material this is an old steel file forged to shape with scrap alluminum liners and hand made paper micarta handle . it found a home in austrial with a man that buys almost all my hand forged blades . this is the same sort of thing . it was well recived as a display peice omongst my pears . but was later modifeid into part of my falconers set . next up a customised EKA mora knife it was damaged from years of feild work. so was reborn into this , it now lives abroad . a hand forged hunter stick tang , made from a farriers file . hand forged "canadian" knife , from file and ally , with my paper micarta . now in austria . the falconers set . featured in the country mans weekly . never sold given to my beautiful partner gemma for use with here peregrine at rooks . this is a demonstraighton of the knife cutting 200 pages of the phone book in one single slice !! a couple of hand forges file steel blanks . a re worked pat mitchel knife in stainless , owned by paulus from the hunting life the hellmando , this is the first it featured in the countrymans weekly , was was sent to london for a show of collectors . hand forged from a farriers file on charcoal . and worked by hand . my own micarta handles ,this is my take on a camp /figher knife , a modern bowie ! tapered tang , any body can grind one try forging one !! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nobby 65 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Nice work there midnight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 top notch work mate i`m glad your buisness is taking off matt, any new knives you think i will like drop me a pm, i own a few of matts creations and there works of art lads. atb paulus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rascal_2005 79 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 really nice work bud. what sorts of price do you charge? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Absolutely stunning knifes them mate....fair play.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the big chief 3,099 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 all good work from you buddy carnt folt um Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngun 8 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Nice work matt looks really good mate. Many thanks Alex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 There beautifully done I have 3 now !!! And always a really good price Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) this is the second hellmando, skycat from the the hunting life commisioned for her husband as a birthday gift . again hand forged and is as close as i could get to the original !! same materials ,same aproach but i had to cut the steel more than forge it to get is so close . i have a step by step photo work in progress for this if anybody wants to see it ? its long but documents the process well ! and this is what it all began as !!! just paper and files !! little and large , a greek copice (big fella) and my mother in laws walking knife . she wanted a pocket knife for her birthday and she got this . small one is file steel the big one is spring steel . both forged by me and finnished as they look leather bound and the other buffalo horn and ally . iv sold 2 small ones since this and 3 of the copice . the motly crew, all made from leaf spring steel sold on here and gifted as xmass prseeis . the middle one on the bottom row i kept and have been testing it to distruction . its cut up deer , done loads of carving etc and its still in beautiful condition , and takes any abuse throughn at it .!! this one is a japaneese ainu makiri (native japanesse ) renowned bear hunters . owned by paulus from the hunting life . file steel and buffalo , with hand forged makume gene (look that up ) its one of the most incredable materials and so so hard to make !!! this is my first mini hellmando for skycat its hand forged from leaf spring steel . . it is mixed in with the ainu makiri and a bush craft knife . the bushy is in austria the mini hellmando is in cambridge and the jap knife is with paulus . my first damascus , small neck knife bought by a the hunting life member . this is one of my 01 blanks that you lot dint buy ? so i finnished it and sjt657 bought it last week . its got micarta handles . resin handled fire steel and kydex sheath , its nice to join in with you guys making the blanks into finnished knives . can you see the pattern i etched in with acid ? tiny neck knife sold with the above there are more but i cant be bothered to load them all on to photobucket sorry . i hope you enjoyed that ? i have 5 mini hellmando blanks for sale this week and thats it !!!! they will never be available again . price aprox £40 posted , but you will have to wait until iv finnished them !! all the best , matt. Edited March 3, 2012 by midnight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micckey 106 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 the one i got off you is sharpe nd keeps its edge realy good top work realy is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wxm 1,638 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 100% pure tallent mate, great work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 thanks guys iv juist been working on a viking axe head and a sanmai chef knife and i did a little pendant for gemma (il try and get my leg over for that ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spike25blue 55 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 You got any pics Matt of the ace and chef knife email them me if ya don't wanna put em on here yet Atb rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,935 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Absolutely stunning mate. I`ve said it before, yer an artist, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Absolutely stunning mate. I`ve said it before, yer an artist, so am i :drink: :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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