knife

Tanto

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:48:27 -0600

Tanto Adriaan Gerber Knives

Sgian dubh

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:47:18 -0600

Sgian Dubh Adriaan Gerber Knives

Big Kitchen Knife

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:45:43 -0600

Knife-a-Mundo (big kitchen knife)

This knife was made for a friend who wanted a really big kitchen knife to scare his friends around the cutting board. The blade length is 12" with a maximum width of 3" at the bolster. The steel is 5160 (spring steel) with a full tang handle and brass bolsters. The handle material is purpleheart. Do not drop this one! Adriaan Gerber Knives

Wrought-iron kiridashi

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:33:39 -0600

Wrought-iron kiridashi

Kiridashi made from wrought iron with file bit welded in. OAL is 6" with 1 7/8" edge length. Adriaan Gerber Knives

Ball-bearing knife with integral butt cap and lanyard hole

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:29:47 -0600

This integral was made out of a 1" ball-bearing. The blade is 52100 and has an integral bolster and buttcap with lanyard hole. Blade length is 4 3/4" with OAL of 8 3/4". Adriaan Gerber Knives

Sgian dubh with 9cm blade

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:25:27 -0600

This sgian dubh has an African blackwood handle with nickle-silver bolsters. The blade is 5160 and the overall length is 8". Adriaan Gerber Knives

Persian kard

adriaang — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:15:25 -0600

A Persian kard with a T-shaped blade. The 12 3/4" full-tanged blade is 1095 steel and has an edge length of 8 1/2". The back of the blade has a T-profile for added rigidity and strength and the sharpened clip is stepped. The brass bolsters have four hidden pins and are soldered to the blade. The handle is made of purpleheart and is attached with three Corby bolts.

Dev's Breadknife

matt m myers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:48:46 -0500

A large knife for cutting large balls of bread dough into sections.

WIP: Conestoga Bowie

Radharc — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:32:14 -0500

Well, this is an interesting one.Some of the guys at Primal Fires are into wagon wheel rims, because they're usually wrought iron, for making guards and pommels for knives. A guy sent me some wagon axle, telling me that it was a simple, high carbon steel. This started giving me an idea. I have a couple old wagon wheels in my yard that are falling apart, and it made me curious. What if I made a Bowie knife entirely out of old wagon parts? Call it a Conestoga Bowie, after the Conestoga wagons. The gears in my head started turning. So, first thing was to cut into one of the rims I have. Tried bending and tearing it. It's pretty tough, and finer grained than I'd imagined:

Cast Aluminum Dagger

Donna Lost and Foundry — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:40:43 -0500

This knife was cast in one piece out of aluminum. The pattern was carved from wood. The mold was made with greensand. We have made swords up to 4ft long.
Here is the sand casting process of another item I was casting. http://www.foundry101.com/new_page_7.htm