midnight 657 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 alright lads got 3 "seconds" grade hand forged blanks here . there all usable but not perfect . 2x cable damascus full tangs with 6mm holes , there heat treated and tempered and as i say all usable but not show peices , good practice for you budding mknife makers the other one is a stick tang , made from a real real old wood chisel but has 15n20 knickel steel forge welded on both sides making it san mai (japaneese) it means made of 3 . its also heat treated and temperd , there all sharp and just need handles £12 each posted first class , add a couple of quid if you want them recorded as things have been going missing of late through royal mail bottom two sold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Bottom one cheers matt !!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Screw it and the middle one !! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the big chief 3,099 Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 second's look the biz to me matt butt hay what do i know about knife making these are verry cheep lads don't miss out on these Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 thanks gents !!! pm on its way steve !! all the best , matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gin 500 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 The bottom blade is a cracker. Very good type Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Cheers matt have got ....... Very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 nice one steve im glad they got there safe and sound , il put a few more up on this thread later . all the best , matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 ok last few seconds or cheap blanks from me now till i become 100% full time , from now on all mine will have a makers mark and will be to the same standard as im spending alot of money on the machines needed to be proffesional . im working on 3 small swards and a few prototypes thats all from now , im selling my old grinder to cheap if any intrest ? and way here we go . number one , this is a little beauty i think , it is forged by hand with 2 very very old files and a medievil horse shoe made of wrought iron or bloomery iron . the construction is the shoe and a file welded togeather and twisted up over and over to make it strong then the edge has been steeled by welding another file along the bottom as the cutting edge . this is a saxon sax knife very early european style of knife , its a traditanaly made knife as far as im conserned and the real thing does not look any differant , the last man to forge the shoe has been dead hundreds of years !! which was a realy intresting feeling working the iron , bear in mind this wrought iron was made long before power tools and electric was available you can only imagine it realy ? the files where donkys years old and one was 100% hand made so its very old ! anyway it comes with its own british oak burl that i found that has been dead a long time and drying here for some time . its rock hard and dry , and more than thick enough for you to get a great handle from . this one is yours for £40 which is stupid cheap but i hope you guys might enjoy finnishing it off as i loved making it !! 2 is the san mai i offered the other day fook it you can have that for £7 posted but it wont be insured or anything ! 3 a large bushcraft style knife , its made from w2 i had intended to finnsh this one but its sat here for long enough so £22 posted , its a nice knife i did a good ht on it and left the tang soft so you can go all file work on it ha !! you can polish it pateiner it what ever you like ! 4 is a slightly smaller version of 3 same thing soft tang etc £22 posted , ps they both want the final sharpen on them but you will do that easy at home ! 5 is RW34 its one of the blanks i made along time ago , iv been using it for od jobs in the workshop so cleaned it all up this is a powder stainless steel very high quality metal , its all heat treated and ready to go , simple para cord and you have a good bunny knife ! £12 posted 6 is something i forged up from a slither of w2 steel to keep my eye in at the forge , sharp litle thing i thought it would make a good neck knife the mrs says a scalpel and my mate who was a marine says a self defence weapon £5 posted 7 is a scorpian tail , just a litle thing to gut stuff with , its w2 as well £5 posted hope there all fair enough for you guys ? something to practice with and all could be modified handleded polished what ever . all the best matt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gin 500 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Brilliant metal work Matt, and very informative. Top blades Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the big chief 3,099 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 stunerss matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 6 &7 matt !!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 3 and 5 mate (paid) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 5 as well ....... going to put some pics up soon matt of the finished blades I have made . All very pleased with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sjt657 191 Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Paulus beat me again ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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