*The* Gift-It-On Thread

[Tank]

Hi Harvestman, Send me your address and i will get them out to you asap. Just found another smaller one so you will get 4.

Cheers
Tim

 

[Knightfisher8]

One of the following:

1. Two files suitable for blademaking. Both 8mm thick. .

sorry to butt in but are files a good basis for making a blade ? ? ? [ newbie ]

 

[Harvestman]

I've never done it, but I understand that they are usually good steel. I think there have been several examples on here.

If someone with knowledge took them and then found they were not suitable, I'd be perfectly willing to exchange them.

 

[telwebb]

sorry to butt in but are files a good basis for making a blade ? ? ? [ newbie ]

search the forum (and elsewhere) for 'fileknife' - there are many tutorials and examples to be found. It seems to be first choice of many for a source of decent steel, especially for those starting out.

On Offer from Harvestman .....

One of the following:

1. Two files suitable for blademaking. Both 8mm thick. One has been shaped already. The bigger one is a foot long

Or
2. Another pair of files. The coarse rasp is 7mm thick and the smaller file 4-5mm thick. The rasp is a foot long, plus tang.

Or
3. A set of old drill bits, with various tips. All these bits have square bases, rather than the modern hexagonal sorts, and they don't fit any of my drills. I've tried for a close up of the tips.


Or
4. A set of firelighting materials, to include cramp balls, dried birch polypore, bulrush head (whole one), fatwood, tyre inner tube, and anything else I can lay my hands on that might burn (!). No photo at present, but could do one on request.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Greenpete (Member here) has a set of videos on Youtube for knife making...
http://www.greenpete.co.uk/knife-making/knife-making-video/
.. good stuff too - they are what set me down the road to tryinbg my own knives a while ago.

So, I'll take the drill bit set from Harvestman and I'll find something to offer tthroughout the day, photos later


Cheers all

Ogri the trog

 

[Mesquite]

So, I'll take the drill bit set from Harvestman and I'll find something to offer tthroughout the day, photos later

Nice catch Ogri... it's getting harder to find proper bits for brace drills

 

[John Fenna]

I already have all those bits - otherwise I would have been in like a shot!
Nice stuff - but a pain to sharpen!

 

[Ogri the trog]

Here we go then, completed this morning (though possibly still subject to some more sharpening and handle polishing)

Its a file knife, made under the video tutelage of Greenpete, reasonably sharp, handle scales are recycled hickory oiled with Danish oil, brass pins and a brass lanyard tube. I have to restrict this to over 18's only and I cannot supply a sheath as I don't have one. It is made in the style of a celebrity, but I don't call it a clone.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Mesquite]

That's a nice knife Ogri and a handsome gift for someone

 

[georann]

SHOTGUN! I want that knife! Thankyou so much for posting such a great gift, I just love Christmas!!
Can't believe I got there, what an epic gift! And I just got some leather from Christmas to resheath one of my other knives so I can do this one too and will post the the results.
Offer to follow shortly when I find something suitable and get some pictures up

 

[John Fenna]

Nice catch - I was watching "March of the Penguins" and missed out!

 

[georann]

Right my offer is:
An emergency messing set (or for when you just can't be bothered to cook).
The set is to consist of a pair of mess tins (tarnished from some use but nothing serious and no dents),
A hexamine burner stove
Some water purification tablets
And from rations; tea and whitener
Hot chocolate (the new good stuff)
Cream of vegetable soup
Vegemite (some people just love this stuff)
Bacon omelette and beans
(Might chuck in some extra bits or some tinder stuff to pad out the package)
In other words, a complete high energy food supply for when your sitting in the woods under your tarp in the pouring rain, wondering what on earth you took up bushcraft for (or a great beginner set).


ATB
Dan

 

[RM27]

Any chance of a photo?

 

[decorum]

... I have a few questions to ask you busmoot veterans...

1. Will it matter that at the time I'll only be 17? Especially regarding carrying knives?

Dan, sorry to be the grouch (who stole Christmas) . As per Ogri's stipulation, you need to be 18 for him to send this item.

... I have to restrict this to over 18's only

 

[DaveBromley]

Georann aren't you only 17? Not that I'm trying to get folk in trouble but isnt it 18+ for a reason?

Dave

PS very nice knife will make a handsome gift fr someone!!

 

[RM27]

Removed comment, sent a PM

 

[Ogri the trog]

SHOTGUN! I want that knife!

Georann - I'm going to have to go by the word of the law on this one, I'd be doing many dis-favours if I didn't.
If you are below 18, I can compromise by holding it for you until your birthday.

Ogri the trog

 

[georann]

Yea sorry, forgot about that. Sorry for the hassle guys. Any chance of parental consent or something?
Scanned in parents signature of consent or email?

Dan

 

[Ogri the trog]

I'll take this to PM and Email

Ogri the trog

 

[Harvestman]

I'll take the drill bit set from Harvestman

Drill bits all packaged up (by my wife), and will be posted tomorrow. Let me know when they arrive.