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Gorgeous pix! Love my Roselli Carpenter & Erapukko, in Krupp W9, Roselli's standard high carbon.
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Y'all are KILLIN ME!
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Yrjo Puronvarsi blade with birch bark and walrus...
Is this a custom handle by YP or handled by another?
I assembled both of the YP blades and also the sheaths. This is my first attempts and I have a lot to learn.
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A lot of assembling blades into puukot goes on in Finland and the UK. The UK folks discuss how to/problems encountered at their forum. The Finns may as well, but I can't speak Finn. Fitting the bolster to the blade seems to be a big bugaboo.
Your's look nice. Really like the birch bark. Wonder if Antti would do one?
I did pick through some of the UK sites for tutorials. The fitting of the bolster is very difficult to do and get a close fit. Brass is less forgiving that bone or wood. Antti's forged blades are top notch. The tang took a good bit of work to get it somewhat uniform in thickness and width. It was more work than the bolster.
I don't know if Antti does any of the handle work. I purchased the blades to try assembling them myself. Quite a nice lesson in humility.
I don't know if Antti does any of the handle work. I purchased the blades to try assembling them myself. Quite a nice lesson in humility.
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I bought two completed ones from him - standard models show on his site.. Very fast delivery.
Today I found one old blade without handle. So I decided to make those knife a handle. I choosed birch wood for handle material. I used 80 size sandpaper to make some scratches and finished it with 180 size sandpaber and waxed handle, so handle has older/used looking too, like blade. Blade is carbon steel and probably 60-70 or more years old. Blade length is 140mm, thickness is 2,5mm. It`s almost full tang knife: blade overall length was 290mm, blade length with handle is 300mm.
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I recently got into finishing stick-tang "Scandinavian" blades. It is quite addicting and also quite a bit different than slab scales on full-tang knives...
Attached is my latest work-in-process. This is an Enzo Hunter in O1 - the handle is stabilized Karelian Birch with antique maroon Westinghouse micarta, blue G-10 spacers and a brass bolster. Not very traditional - but I liked the contrast between the birch and the maroon micarta. The handle is finished - I'm still working on polishing out the bevel and bolster. Next, I will start the sheath. I'll post another set of pictures when it gets closer to completion.
My next project is going to be based around a 90mm damascus blade from Poul Strande. He makes beautiful blades...
TedP
Attached is my latest work-in-process. This is an Enzo Hunter in O1 - the handle is stabilized Karelian Birch with antique maroon Westinghouse micarta, blue G-10 spacers and a brass bolster. Not very traditional - but I liked the contrast between the birch and the maroon micarta. The handle is finished - I'm still working on polishing out the bevel and bolster. Next, I will start the sheath. I'll post another set of pictures when it gets closer to completion.
My next project is going to be based around a 90mm damascus blade from Poul Strande. He makes beautiful blades...
TedP
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Nice work.
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Nice, got to handle one at BLADE. I was glad to see Helle at BLADE this year. Being able to actually handle the knives is important to me. One I liked the looks of did not feel right in my hand. Another that wasn't on my radar, impressed me when I handled it.