Fallkniven F1 Amended

[leon-1]

Recently I was away on a trip, whilst there I was asked If I could make a knife based on and F1 that I was carrying, some of you may have seen it before, this is it.

I was quite flattered to be honest and said that I would give it a go, so when I got home I kept in touch and found out what was needed and dissappeared into the garage with this

It has taken a bit of time, but I think that the result is actually better than the original

I know that someone will ask about the mosaic pins so here is a shot of them

I think / hope they will be happy with it.

 

[Lithril]

beautiful knife mate, really like that.

 

[leon-1]

Thanks Lithril, it has taken me about a week or so to make

I was going to do this as a tutorial, but I got carried away and before I knew it I had nearly finished it and taken very few pictures, I wouldn't of posted these, but thought that it had turned out quite nice

 

[OldJimbo]

That is one super job!

 

[Wayne]

Nice job Leon. Looks like you have mastered the dark arts of knife handles.

 

[leon-1]

Thanks Guys.

Wayne, today knife handles, tomorrow lightsabers, the Sith and Saturday conquer the universe .

 

[leon-1]

Thanks Guys.

Wayne, today knife handles, tomorrow lightsabers, the Sith and Saturday conquer the universe .

Cancel that I'll be at the BCUK moot instead

 

[Lithril]

Thanks Guys.

Wayne, today knife handles, tomorrow lightsabers, the Sith and Saturday conquer the universe .

Just one question, how do you sharpen a lightsabre???

 

[leon-1]

Very Very Carefully

 

[Moonraker]

Nice work indeed Leon. Next time remember the camera for a tutorial

 

[C_Claycomb]

Duh! Light Sabers don't have edges, they simply vapourise anything they touch, in any direction. This makes them great for hacking down your enemies, but lousy for carving anything smaller than a canoe paddle, because of the wide and slightly singed kerf!

Leon, will you be bringing those knives to the Moot?

 

[hootchi]

Nice work Leon. I think it as an improvement over the original, fantastic handle colourings.

 

[leon-1]

Thanks for the comments and next time I will get the pictures whilst I am making it.

Leon, will you be bringing those knives to the Moot?

Chris both will be at the moot as the guy that asked me to make it for him is going to be there as well

I will also bring up a couple of Allan Blades (I belieive that you were interested in looking at some)

 

[Snufkin]

Nice work mate, I like the sheath hanger too.

 

[falcon]

Great job again - I'll try to find you for a view this weekend.

 

[eraaij]

Excellent and very inspiring! I'll get me a F1 blade soon for a nice customization job.

-Emile

 

[tomtom]

Hay Leon, Great job mate i prefer a nice grained wood to micarta or burl so this is right up my streat!! well done, i wonder how long untill more orders are flooding in

 

[jason01]

Great job Leon that looks superb, is that cocobolo for the scales? And any chance you could tell me the blade and handle length.

Ive never handled an F1 but by coincidence I've just made myself a new user (to replace the one on Islay and having just seen your pics it looks vaguely F1 like!

 

[jason01]

Here it is, not quite finished yet hence the scruffy looking blade and no edge on it. Proportions are slightly different to the F1, I based it loosely on a Helle Scandi knife that I have. 3mm 01 tool steel blade and lignum vitae scales, it started off with bookmatched African Blackwood scales but they didnt make it

How thick is the F1 blade Leon?

Cheers

 

[Andy]

the spine is a rather thick 4.5mm. (Since it's a convex edge starting right at the spine there probably isn't as much steel in the cross section as a woodlore thogth). The edge is quite thick though.