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Old 09-10-2006, 10:19 AM
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a bush knife

Here is my latest bush knife. 5160 steel. 11 5/8 inches overall length. I put Tai's reverse distal taper on this one. I'm experimenting with some different coatings for the handle including Tai's orange flake shellac.





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Old 09-10-2006, 03:04 PM
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NT Cough'n Toad Hill!
That's some of the cleanest forging I think I've ever seen!

How did you like that orange flake shellac?
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:25 PM
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Reverse distal taper?! WTF?! Beautiful knife.... I found some 3/8" x 1-1/4" 5160 (pretty sure).... gonna try one like this from it.
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:28 PM
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UUUUUUUUUUU Very very Nice!

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Old 09-10-2006, 06:42 PM
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Thanks, guys. On the forging--I've been trying harder at it, but continually seeing how much more I have to learn. I have that Tai blade and I keep coming back to it. It's symmetry is amazing, the curve of the handle, the transition areas, the tapers. There are no hammer flaws, no stray dents. It is very very hard to do. That is my inspiration.
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Old 09-11-2006, 12:18 AM
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So on a reverse distal taper, that basically puts a fair bit of the weight out at the tip for chopping? giving it a thicker chopping edge like a hatchet yet back towards the ricasso area keeping it thinner for slicing and cutting?

Is that kind of the idea behind it?


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Old 09-11-2006, 07:47 AM
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You still have the regular distal taper along the spine where it gets thinner toward the point. The reverse distal taper adds support along the edge where the blade is the thinnest. That is also where it gets the most wear and tear.
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So on a reverse distal taper, that basically puts a fair bit of the weight out at the tip for chopping? giving it a thicker chopping edge like a hatchet yet back towards the ricasso area keeping it thinner for slicing and cutting?

Is that kind of the idea behind it?
Yes to all,... and it makes the point a bit stronger.

I do it on most of my blades.
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Old 09-11-2006, 03:38 PM
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If it's no trouble, might it be possible to catch a few photos kinda displaying the reverse distal?


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Old 09-11-2006, 05:18 PM
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Maybe Tai has some pics. If you look at the pic I just posted you can see an edge bevel toward the tip but as you follow that bevel back it gets smaller and smaller and almost disappears. That is the edge getting thinner and thinner toward the handle, while the spine gets thicker. Even though the edge is thinner it is supported more by the thicker spine. Like I said, maybe Tai has some pics to post that can illustrate this better.
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Old 09-11-2006, 06:05 PM
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I haven't taken any shots to specifically illustrate the reverse taper, but Todd said it right.

It is not a simple geometry to illustrate. The whole blade has a distal taper, but the edge has a reverse distal taper.

It's contradictory.

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Old 09-11-2006, 06:11 PM
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The "edge" is a boundary or line that separates one thing from another.

The edge is where one thing stops and another begins.

The edge has no mass of it's own.


What goes on behind the edge is what's important.

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Old 09-13-2006, 01:19 AM
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Graeat work Todd. Very clean. Looks like you got it wired Bro!


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Old 09-13-2006, 07:57 AM
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Thanks, Blaine!
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Nice Todd! Being inspired by Tai is a good thing!


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