Just finished this one.
It started life as a 102 bowie, but after a few mishaps (some knives just don't seem to want to be made!) it ended up getting hurled onto the concrete floor of my shed, the tip bending over in the process, and filed under 'not happening'.
Fast forward a few weeks and I dug the old blade out and re-ground it to 8 1/2" and decided to put a frame handle on.
The blade, fittings (blued) and frame are 0-1, the pins and fileworked spacer are 304 stainless, the handle is 6f/45 Tufnol and the liners are black vulcanised fibre.
The sheath was made with little helpful advice from a certain gentleman from Texas who you may well have heard of....just a shame I made such a mess of it!
After drilling the holes for the main stitches (no machine, so I use a darning needle in the drill press), I realised that the piece of wood I rest on has dried out in the fine weather we've been having and cupped. This caused a slight slant in the angle and made the holes on the rear of the sheath too near the edge. One also came out totally out of line. I've no idea why this was. I'd gone too far to bin it, although starting again did cross my mind.
Anyway...here it is, frame handle bowie and sheath...warts and all!
Thanks for looking.
Ian.
It started life as a 102 bowie, but after a few mishaps (some knives just don't seem to want to be made!) it ended up getting hurled onto the concrete floor of my shed, the tip bending over in the process, and filed under 'not happening'.
Fast forward a few weeks and I dug the old blade out and re-ground it to 8 1/2" and decided to put a frame handle on.
The blade, fittings (blued) and frame are 0-1, the pins and fileworked spacer are 304 stainless, the handle is 6f/45 Tufnol and the liners are black vulcanised fibre.
The sheath was made with little helpful advice from a certain gentleman from Texas who you may well have heard of....just a shame I made such a mess of it!
After drilling the holes for the main stitches (no machine, so I use a darning needle in the drill press), I realised that the piece of wood I rest on has dried out in the fine weather we've been having and cupped. This caused a slight slant in the angle and made the holes on the rear of the sheath too near the edge. One also came out totally out of line. I've no idea why this was. I'd gone too far to bin it, although starting again did cross my mind.
Anyway...here it is, frame handle bowie and sheath...warts and all!
Thanks for looking.
Ian.
