I have been making spoon knifes for a while now
I became interested in Crooked knifes from Native americans and made some of those to after some research and help by Robin Wood
I also came across Elbow Adze's tho I had been aware of them before i hadnt taken much notice as they are a bit to Woodwork tool etc
but having seen their use on various vidios for spoons and small bowls I had to have a go
i cur some blanks out of 4mm O1 steel a while ago but havent had the equipt to forge the curves Luckly Dave Budd took pity on me at a Bushcraft meet over easter and quickly beat it into shape (im still working on a et up to do it but Dave has given me a few differnt ideas how to )
so no suitable wood to make a handle I fabricated one out of a couple blocks of Ash (as you can see from the seamless invisible joint my woodwork skills are top notch
)
hopfuly the joint and a 3" screw will be strong enough
Ive set the head angle at 75deg with the curve on the blade it should be in the 50-60 deg range for the edge
Due to a split forming ive pinned thro the head and as its me ive used a brass and carbon fibre Mosic pin :roll: and a brass / stainless/ Aluminium / carbon fibre mosic cover plug for the screw head :mrgreen: of course if left the top screw heads as is
ive sized it as a small forged adze but this maybe to small for a light weight head and a longer whippy handle may be better (ive no idea not being a wood worker) but it is a lot quicker than a spoon knife in hollowing on the one bit of semi seasoned wood ive tryed on the bouncy work mate :?
head is 150mm long and a 6cm cutting edge curved to a 6cm diameter ish ecxternal convex bevel
BTW i may make some more Blades only BUT not to order so please dont ask if i do they will appear in the makers area ..............eventually
I became interested in Crooked knifes from Native americans and made some of those to after some research and help by Robin Wood
I also came across Elbow Adze's tho I had been aware of them before i hadnt taken much notice as they are a bit to Woodwork tool etc
but having seen their use on various vidios for spoons and small bowls I had to have a go
i cur some blanks out of 4mm O1 steel a while ago but havent had the equipt to forge the curves Luckly Dave Budd took pity on me at a Bushcraft meet over easter and quickly beat it into shape (im still working on a et up to do it
but Dave has given me a few differnt ideas how to )so no suitable wood to make a handle I fabricated one out of a couple blocks of Ash (as you can see from the seamless invisible joint my woodwork skills are top notch
)hopfuly the joint and a 3" screw will be strong enough
Ive set the head angle at 75deg with the curve on the blade it should be in the 50-60 deg range for the edge
Due to a split forming ive pinned thro the head and as its me ive used a brass and carbon fibre Mosic pin :roll: and a brass / stainless/ Aluminium / carbon fibre mosic cover plug for the screw head :mrgreen: of course if left the top screw heads as is
ive sized it as a small forged adze but this maybe to small for a light weight head and a longer whippy handle may be better (ive no idea not being a wood worker) but it is a lot quicker than a spoon knife in hollowing on the one bit of semi seasoned wood ive tryed on the bouncy work mate :?
head is 150mm long and a 6cm cutting edge curved to a 6cm diameter ish ecxternal convex bevel
BTW i may make some more Blades only BUT not to order so please dont ask if i do they will appear in the makers area ..............eventually
