Sunday, 2 October 2011

Home Made Knives







These Knives I Have Made From Scratch
From Either Stainless Steel Or My Favorite
The Tanto Which Is Made From An Old Engineers Steel File.
The File Is Heated It A Fire Until Red Hot And Then Left To Cool Very Slowly, It Then Becomes 
 Soft Enough To Cut And Grind  Into The Shape.
Then After It Is How You Want It Heat It Back Up And Quench Just The Blade Edge About 5-10mm In Warmed Oil




 The Scabard Is Made Of Walnut 
And Tiped With Buffalo Horn

 
Handle Is Buffalo Horn And Brass

A plane Steel File  / A Shaped And Ground File
 
Handle Is Coccobola Wood Scabard  is Leather Treated With Hot Bees Wax

   Handle Is Coccobola Wood And The Scabard Is Made Of Walnut And A Brass Plate