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Old 02-20-2007, 09:16 PM
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2 small knives

Here are two small knives I just finished, the blade on the longer one is 2 inches long. It was made from a longer knife that warped after quenching, so I cut it down to size. The second one, the smaller one was to practice forging the bevels. Both have maple flooring scraps handles and lignum vitae guards. They will be handie around the shop. Thanks for looking.
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Old 02-20-2007, 11:32 PM
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Hi Ron,

Those look good Ron. I like the guards. What is lignum vitae? It looks like some nice material. Look ma, no gaps between the maple and the latin named guard stuff neither!

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Old 02-21-2007, 12:38 AM
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The Wood of Life
Also known in some areas as Ironwood, as each area has a wood they call such.

It's one of the most dense hardwoods we have if not the most dense.
It's extremely oily, and has been used to make things such as various shafts and gears and such because it's self lubricating.

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Old 02-21-2007, 07:56 AM
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They look nice and I bet they will be handy to use . Never used that wood but a friend brought a pc over to me and its very dense couldnt belive how heavy it was for the size .


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Old 02-21-2007, 06:34 PM
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Those are nice looking knives. They should be real handy for the shop or wherever you plan to use them. Either would make a nice neck knife.
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Old 02-22-2007, 10:26 PM
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Thank you for the kind words, I did not think of a neck knife, I will try a sheath for the smallest one.
Cheers Ron.
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Cheers Ron. Great to see what you have been up to.


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The longer of the two resembles a "patch-knife", used by flintlock shooters to cut the cloth that they wrap around the lead ball. The smaller one would make a nice neck knife, maybe for a re-enactor or a black-powder firearm enthusiest. Nice work.
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The longer of the two resembles a "patch-knife", used by flintlock shooters to cut the cloth that they wrap around the lead ball. The smaller one would make a nice neck knife, maybe for a re-enactor or a black-powder firearm enthusiest. Nice work.
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