Hi Folks,
Last year I did a trade with the multiple personalitied Benn formally of this parish, he got a few bits off me and I got a Svord Peasent. I'd seen these knives before and sorta like the simplicty of them. Finally picked mine up from the UK on a visit there and brought it home for a serious looking at.
First thoughts: Yeah, it was OK as bog standard but I wanted this as a project and knew it wouldn't be staying in it's factory format for long.
So here's a reminder of what one of these beast looks like out of the box:
And here's what I did with it after a few evenings and spare time here and there:
The brass pin you see above my thumbnail is a 4mm bolt which I screwed into the side of the scales as the stop for the blade as it closes and opens. I wanted a more mechanical method of keeping the scales together and not reply soley on the pivot bolt.
It's made from Brazilian lacewood that I got in a bag of offcuts from my mate Paul who makes jewellery boxes and pens in his workshop. I nabbed a big bag of bits and the lacewood was amongst it.
In fairness the flash has made it seem more red than in reality, and the grain pattern isn't so pronounced now after the coating of linseed oil I gave it last night, still pretty though.
Fitted with oak liners set at an angle from the grain of the lacewood so as to reinforce it with a laminate action between the two grains.
I also added an insert piece at the pommel end to match the thickness of the blade.
Because of the curves of the handle in its closed position the point of the knife protruded too much so I ground it to a more aggresive drop point, I really like the new profile now.
In the process of shaping the blade I also gave it a really good sharpen up. You could have ridden bear-ar$ed to Birmingham on the previous edge. Now it shaves my arm with ease. I also polished it up as you can see... oooooh shiney
Just need to make some sort of sheath for it.. then again I might not bother, seems sorta OK as is I think.
Thanks for viewing.
Got a Svord you're doing up or have done up? Please show it, I'd love to see what other creative hands have done. As a taster Mountainm also did a custom job on his own Svord which you can see in the link below.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82831&highlight=
Last year I did a trade with the multiple personalitied Benn formally of this parish, he got a few bits off me and I got a Svord Peasent. I'd seen these knives before and sorta like the simplicty of them. Finally picked mine up from the UK on a visit there and brought it home for a serious looking at.
First thoughts: Yeah, it was OK as bog standard but I wanted this as a project and knew it wouldn't be staying in it's factory format for long.
So here's a reminder of what one of these beast looks like out of the box:
And here's what I did with it after a few evenings and spare time here and there:
The brass pin you see above my thumbnail is a 4mm bolt which I screwed into the side of the scales as the stop for the blade as it closes and opens. I wanted a more mechanical method of keeping the scales together and not reply soley on the pivot bolt.
It's made from Brazilian lacewood that I got in a bag of offcuts from my mate Paul who makes jewellery boxes and pens in his workshop. I nabbed a big bag of bits and the lacewood was amongst it.
In fairness the flash has made it seem more red than in reality, and the grain pattern isn't so pronounced now after the coating of linseed oil I gave it last night, still pretty though.
Fitted with oak liners set at an angle from the grain of the lacewood so as to reinforce it with a laminate action between the two grains.
I also added an insert piece at the pommel end to match the thickness of the blade.
Because of the curves of the handle in its closed position the point of the knife protruded too much so I ground it to a more aggresive drop point, I really like the new profile now.
In the process of shaping the blade I also gave it a really good sharpen up. You could have ridden bear-ar$ed to Birmingham on the previous edge. Now it shaves my arm with ease. I also polished it up as you can see... oooooh shiney
Just need to make some sort of sheath for it.. then again I might not bother, seems sorta OK as is I think.
Thanks for viewing.
Got a Svord you're doing up or have done up? Please show it, I'd love to see what other creative hands have done. As a taster Mountainm also did a custom job on his own Svord which you can see in the link below.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82831&highlight=
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