Hacked a file to bits

[Whittler Kev]

Someone on here with large hands asked for a file knife to be made for him. We were doing a swap but strange things happened so he had to back out.
The blank I had made had been sitting around so I decided to sharpen it today & as I hadn't time to put some scales on it, I thought I'd do a paracord wrap. A little uneven but, what the hey





Sliced paper easy enough, made some feather sticks and chopped a branch or two. Tried it on paper again and still sliced it so I'm assuming it will hold the edge OK
Not shiny but then again "Chrome don't get you home" as they say and it's hard to make a shiny file
Now have to decide about a sheath. Leather or plastic? Quandaries & decisions abound

 

[Two Socks]

Nice one Kev. I like file knives where the file-look is preserved. Will you put scales on it or is the paracord permanent?

 

[Whittler Kev]

Not sure but fits my hand well and I do have some spalted blocks sitting about

 

[Clouston98]

Great work Kev mate!

 

[Two Socks]

I think I just realized how huge this thing must be!

 

[Dreadhead]

Ooo nice one kev!

 

[Macaroon]

Be a shame for that to have to live in a plastic jacket! Leather all the way, I says.................It's a beauty, Kev.....................

 

[Perrari]

Nice work ! Love the shape of the knife.

 

[ozzy1977]

Nice one, leather thong would look better than the string on at the mo.

 

[S.C.M.]

Very nice, hang on, is that 30cm on the ruler? as in, a 30 cm long knife? bloody hell that's bigger than I thought from the photos
still very nice though. did you heat-treat it or work it still in file-hardness?

 

[Whittler Kev]

Yep, a foot long! Normal working as in red hot, leave to air cool, work it, harden it to glass hard then cooked for about 1 hour at 180ºC

 

[S.C.M.]

bloody hell that's big hands! I vote for leather for the sheath in a rustic style
Can't think off the top of my head the heat-treatment temps I last saw, but I think the tempering temperature was harder. Soo.... pretty high Rc, yeah?

 

[craeg]

Leather all the way Kev and are you putting the spalted scales on it?

 

[Whittler Kev]

It sharpens OK but not sue of RC. Spalted is still a possibility he he

 

[HHazeldean]

Wow I too also only just realised what a beast this is haha!