Here's my entry for the competition.
A beautiful blade that I bought from Dave Budd a couple of weeks ago (I hope i've done it justice) , a piece of flat brass bar from Ebay, an off cut of English Oak flooring from the Theatre I work at most of the time, a 4mm piece of studding and a knurled bolt off of a broken set square, total cost.....less than £40.
This was todays project at work as I didn't have the drawings I needed to build the next theatre set! Unfortunately I finished it at home and forgot to bring a hacksaw home to finish the bolt on the end of the handle, so seeing as i'm not back at the workshop 'til after the 7th thought i'd post anyway!
I hope you all like........![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Just added a couple more pics with the tang now trimmed and a first attempt at sheath making (so add £5 for the leather) which i'm pretty pleased with!!
![DB1.jpg DB1.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7800-588f09fc250bba2343bd5667753de193.jpg)
![DB2.jpg DB2.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7801-8a5bf19f83ac0789c150b0f45fbcd6a4.jpg)
![DB3.jpg DB3.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7799-647a884ad28fa68bccaa3a6a22c738fc.jpg)
![DB4.jpg DB4.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7798-4f8bedeb096a30f296c98d0af3507cf2.jpg)
![DB5.jpg DB5.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7797-85a8e653c41f77fc6f0dd4f390d380bc.jpg)
![DB7.jpg DB7.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7833-e00b88281f7b65f18f39524fe43333b0.jpg)
![DB6.jpg DB6.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7832-e3de8edd5f6a44870f500edd80f7335a.jpg)
A beautiful blade that I bought from Dave Budd a couple of weeks ago (I hope i've done it justice) , a piece of flat brass bar from Ebay, an off cut of English Oak flooring from the Theatre I work at most of the time, a 4mm piece of studding and a knurled bolt off of a broken set square, total cost.....less than £40.
This was todays project at work as I didn't have the drawings I needed to build the next theatre set! Unfortunately I finished it at home and forgot to bring a hacksaw home to finish the bolt on the end of the handle, so seeing as i'm not back at the workshop 'til after the 7th thought i'd post anyway!
I hope you all like........
Just added a couple more pics with the tang now trimmed and a first attempt at sheath making (so add £5 for the leather) which i'm pretty pleased with!!
![DB1.jpg DB1.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7800-588f09fc250bba2343bd5667753de193.jpg)
![DB2.jpg DB2.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7801-8a5bf19f83ac0789c150b0f45fbcd6a4.jpg)
![DB3.jpg DB3.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7799-647a884ad28fa68bccaa3a6a22c738fc.jpg)
![DB4.jpg DB4.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7798-4f8bedeb096a30f296c98d0af3507cf2.jpg)
![DB5.jpg DB5.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7797-85a8e653c41f77fc6f0dd4f390d380bc.jpg)
![DB7.jpg DB7.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7833-e00b88281f7b65f18f39524fe43333b0.jpg)
![DB6.jpg DB6.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/7/7832-e3de8edd5f6a44870f500edd80f7335a.jpg)
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