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daveO

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Jun 22, 2009
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You know I'm sure I went to the pub where your gran's nipple is preserved in a bottle of tequila on a shelf behind the bar. No man has yet been brave enough to drink it. Apparently though any man who drinks 6 shots will be gifted the knowledge of how to win any game of chess in 3 moves but will never be able to get the taste of vics vapour rub out of his mouth ever again.

I like that pommel detail by the way :cool:
 
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Nice65

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Apr 16, 2009
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Think I'll just hit "Like" on your post and congratulate you again on a fine knife. :) The lightning strike in the steel is, striking, one of your finest forge and etch.

Sheath, I'm with KenThis. It has a some steampunk appeal, but it's aluminium pop rivets. Is there such a thing as brass or copper pop rivets? Hammered or peened, bashed leather?
 

hellize

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Think I'll just hit "Like" on your post and congratulate you again on a fine knife. :) The lightning strike in the steel is, striking, one of your finest forge and etch.

Sheath, I'm with KenThis. It has a some steampunk appeal, but it's aluminium pop rivets. Is there such a thing as brass or copper pop rivets? Hammered or peened, bashed leather?

Thanks :) Actually I had this blade laying around in the shop for quite a few months, not being able to figure out, what to do with it. I am happy that you like the result.
I had only aluminium around, and I have no idea if they make the stuff in copper or bronze. I know that there is an all steel version of it, but popping that is extremely hard, probably would squish the leather in a nasty way :( The stuff is only good if you rivet sheet metals together.
I had some experiments with pure copper tubes, if you are careful those could be used instead, but bronze is just not soft enough.
And finally real copper rivets, I haven't even seen, ever. Now if I had some nice initial material, pure copper, I could probably make rivets from it, and it would most probably work, but unfortunately I only have 2.5 mm thick copper wire, which is too thin for these kind of things :(
 

Nice65

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Thanks :) Actually I had this blade laying around in the shop for quite a few months, not being able to figure out, what to do with it. I am happy that you like the result.
I had only aluminium around, and I have no idea if they make the stuff in copper or bronze. I know that there is an all steel version of it, but popping that is extremely hard, probably would squish the leather in a nasty way :( The stuff is only good if you rivet sheet metals together.
I had some experiments with pure copper tubes, if you are careful those could be used instead, but bronze is just not soft enough.
And finally real copper rivets, I haven't even seen, ever. Now if I had some nice initial material, pure copper, I could probably make rivets from it, and it would most probably work, but unfortunately I only have 2.5 mm thick copper wire, which is too thin for these kind of things :(

If you want some copper ones, have a look on eBay uk and see if any suit. I can post them over for you.
 

Nice65

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That would be super. But I don't want to cause any more trouble to you. You already helped me enormously! :) Thanks you

No problem. Have a look, there are pop rivets, rivets for peening etc. Email me a link and I'll sort them out for you.
 

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