Advice about heattreating and welding
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Yep, it works as long as the faces of the tang where the cap sits on are flat and square
A few people I have made knives for with this type of pommel use them quite hard when mashing stuff and the cap stands up to it ok with no problems
I wound up doing welding and a spigot/hole.
weldings not my forte, but its getting a bit better, and is certainly strong enough. Thanks again for all the advice.
Also tried some filework on the back. I think I'll have a go at home made micarta for the scales..
IT took a while, but I got more done on this
Starting heating it up..
oil
I used holly for the handle with some metal tubing I had lying around, did have a plan for home made micarta, but that got shelved in the end..
The welded on end seems solid enough...
Starting heating it up..
oil
I used holly for the handle with some metal tubing I had lying around, did have a plan for home made micarta, but that got shelved in the end..
The welded on end seems solid enough...
Nice work there john !! your forge set up looks like mine
Old gas bottles are wonderful things!!
Ooo.... I like that.
Quite reminisent of the bush tool.
Lovely work.
A question though, I thought holly was poisonious?
Or is just the leaves?.
I'd be pleased if it's not because I've got a 10ft bush that i really need to get rid of and the wood you've shown looks very nice and i am sure I could find a use for it.
Also I presume you seaoned the holly wood?
Thanks
Quite reminisent of the bush tool.
Lovely work.
A question though, I thought holly was poisonious?
Or is just the leaves?.
I'd be pleased if it's not because I've got a 10ft bush that i really need to get rid of and the wood you've shown looks very nice and i am sure I could find a use for it.
Also I presume you seaoned the holly wood?
Thanks
Thank you. Yep it was very based on the bushtool (I'm not sure whether you say inspired, based, or copied). I know holly berries can be toxic, so I thought it would be ok for handles not spoons, I was careful about the wood dust when filing down the handle, but I think that holds for most woods... The wood was seasoned, I got an offcut from the woodmarket at the Edinburgh Treefest..
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