Knife related projects - please share

A couple weeks ago I was thrift shopping and picked up these two new blades.

The chef's knife is nothing impressive, but for nostalgia's sake I bought it because it's a Marshall Field's knife and I'm a Chicago guy. The cleaver is a Forgecraft HiCarbon that appears to be around 50 years old from my research. Had some ugly rust spots and a loose handle. I removed all of the rust and knocked the old handle off. Grabbed some mahogany and brass from Menards and attempted my first handle.


Went with a 3:5 ratio having a thicker scale on the right to make this a right handed cleaver. Put on my "respirator" and got to work.


Rough cuts done, ready to start shaping


Mostly finished at this point but need to reprofile the edge.


I just rounded the edges on the left scale. The right side I sanded into a subtle D shape to fill the palm.
 
That's right! I figured I would give it a try, and it turned out pretty well. I'll post another picture once I have a new edge on it.
 
Nice job on the cleaver re-handle Jeff.(love that respirator BTW.;))

I re-handled a couple a few years ago myself.

This is a huge one I re-handled in Oak and chopped the top corner off for a meaner look and weight reduction.
It still weighed better than two pounds though.(9" blade)

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Thanks, I'm sure my next one will be slightly better. That does give for a mean look, good idea on that slant!
 
snapped one yesterday post HT.
had to harden in 2 heats due to length and it picked up an impressive warp - snapped when I tried to straighten it out.
OTOH, I should be able to make 2 knives out of the scraps.
 
1066vik said:
snapped one yesterday post HT.
had to harden in 2 heats due to length and it picked up an impressive warp - snapped when I tried to straighten it out.
OTOH, I should be able to make 2 knives out of the scraps.
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Sounds like you're making the best of the situation
 
1066vik said:
snapped one yesterday post HT.
had to harden in 2 heats due to length and it picked up an impressive warp - snapped when I tried to straighten it out.
OTOH, I should be able to make 2 knives out of the scraps.
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Bummer at least you can reuse the pieces.
So what were you making a sword?:eek:
 
naah - just a little scandinavian influenced chopper made from a hoof rasp.
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good stuff guys!

OFF TOPIC: i don't think i am getting all the notifications on threads i'm subscribed to when new posts are added. there were several threads that were updated that i did not get notifications for. anyone else having those issues?
 
I wonder if that's due to the switchover. I have people that aren't getting my replies to PM's that were created before the switchover. I send them a new one, and bam, they get it.
 
some great projects in here, guys!

I may need to get my hands on an old cleaver now ;)

I'm still working on these HK Knives, got to figure out a new design soon though

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Started using JBWeld to do types of Mosic pin's

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I have been working on my sheath process a little more, started wet forming them more often

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Thanks for looking
 
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Thinking about trying to do this well, my original plan for it didn't work out because the tangs to short
 
Peter, see how I used g10 as a spacer for this paring knife? Easy to do and would work for your groan
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Got back around to the Old Hickory mod this weekend. Glued scales, liner, and pins in place.
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Cut and filed excess pin material.
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Shop is still under construction, so I made do for an anvil to peen the pins.
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Roughed out the handle shape with an 80 grit belt. Tried to chamfer the edges, but I wasn't being very consistent so I quit for the night. May try that by hand, or adjust the handle shape to make that a little easier.
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The OH paring knife was just a 1/4 tang. Here's the view from the top.
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And the bottom.

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