Steevee's WIP-ZONE

steevee · Jun 25, 2018

Hello!

Not sure if anyone cares for knifemakers with such small name as myself but I thought that it won't hurt to post it. Somehow this projest got me more excited than usually.

I had piece of O1 laying around that would make an awesome chopper... So I started drawing and ended up with this...

But I already made a lot of knives with harpoon style swedge and there is gazillion of those made by other makers, so I tried to figure out something a little different. I came up with this...

And fell in love with those lines. Got it heat treated same day

Today I cleaned it up

Now It's time for the guard and handle, but I'd like to share with You some blade details first:

...And here's a drawing of the whole project:

I'm planing to make fatigued look brass guard and green burlap micarta handle.

More updates coming soon

Cheers!

Dawkind · Jun 26, 2018

You’ve got an awesome start going, looking forward to seeing more...

i4Marc · Jun 26, 2018

Definitely liking version 2.0 better. I tend to like swedge lines that meet the tip of the blade but that's just me. You do clean precise work and have good attention to detail, like the chamfered corners/edges. Looking forward to seeing it completed.

Scott Hanson · Jun 26, 2018

That's a great looking blade shape, can't wait to see it finished.

john april · Jun 26, 2018

looks great ! i admire your radius'ed (rounded) tang shoulders. i have seen much bigger names using 90 degree shoulderts, and thats where the blade will snap off under heavy use

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steevee · Jun 26, 2018

And that's why I always make them rounded

Thanks!

Dusty One · Jun 26, 2018

Very Nice looking work !

steevee · Jun 29, 2018

So I was working on the guard yesterday...

Pretty happy about the fit up.

Now it's time to grind it to shape.

Since every surface is prepared for stonewash, I can start sculpting.

The face of upper guard got to be first.

Then I can make inner parts of the guard.

It's starting to look like something

Side grooves done and everything blended in together.

And there it goes into my super-duper stoneash mashine

Here's all finished up.

But...
Lines between lower guard radius and side groove were closer to each other than on the upper guard. I had mixed feelings about it, so I took few steps back and fixed it.

I'm done with it for now, next step- making the handle.

Robert Erickson · Jun 29, 2018

Nice work, I especially love that guard!

Richard338 · Jun 29, 2018

Great stuff. Can't wait to see the rest of the progress.

samuraistuart · Jun 29, 2018

That is amazing! Is the grind on one side convex and on the other side hollow, or am I just seeing it wrong? (next to last photo in your first post) I love it, regardless!

RayseM · Jun 29, 2018

STEEVEE - you are a BIG name knife maker in my book. :thumbsup:

This one has all the promise of a beautiful, rugged and classy work knife. I agree with i4Marc that to my eye the swedge lines should have met the tip - maybe the tip is stronger this way? In any case I nit pick. I really like the what you are doing with this. Version 2 was a big leap to better.

Looking forward to watching this one finish up.

Ray

steevee · Jun 29, 2018

samuraistuart Main bevels are slightly convexed

RayseM I make swedges this way cause it's a little different. Also there is much more material behind the tip, so You're right about overall toughnes.
Thanks for looking guys!

JParanee · Jun 29, 2018

Nice work

Different enough to make it special

Guard material ..... bronze ?

Jsega51 · Jun 29, 2018

Looking like a heck of a knife in the making. Thanks for the updates, it’s nice to get a glimpse of the progress and steps taken to get to the finish line.

steevee · Jun 30, 2018

JParanee said:
Nice work

Different enough to make it special

Guard material ..... bronze ?

Thanks! Guard is made from brass.

steevee · Jul 3, 2018

Ok, let's make a handle!

I skipped laminating process cause I didn"t have enough hands to make photos.

So I ended up with some micarta.

One half inch plate for the sides and one with thickness of the tang (~ 0,315")

I like this type of handle construction, I don't need to struggle with tang slot so much.

And It's always fitted very nicely.

Now got to cut out all needed pieces...

...And glue it all together.

It comes together pretty nice

Got nice and tight fit, no rattle at all. But You'll never know...

So I made pins to keep it all in place when I'll be putting it on tang and taking it of for gazillion times ;P

Time to make ultra- advanced handle sculpting fixture.

Yep... It's a handle on stick...

I make rough shaping on the grinder and refining it by hand. Here I just finished tweaking it for symetry.

And here it is after some paper work.

I sprayed it with WD-40 to give You the Idea how it'll look finished. Just need a moment on buffing wheel and I can call it done. If I won't mess this up, I'll proppably show You finished knife in next update.

Richard338 · Jul 3, 2018

wow, very nice.

Petr Melicharek · Jul 4, 2018

This looks very promising

I love the guard

3fifty7 · Jul 4, 2018

Very much enjoying this thread and admiring your work.

Is this not the knife in your avatar picture ?

Edit: I see a difference in the guard, any chance you can photograph them together when you are finished?