Making a small dagger #2

So, here's just a quick update to this small dagger;

So, I drilled all 6 holes through, five-times 3 millimeters and once a 6 millimeter hole, all of them got cut off sharp edges on both sides.

Second thing done is brass pipe, 6x1 millimeters and it's about 16 millimeters long. It's far too long, but I will cut it of at bolting plates on knife. It took me ~5 minutes to make on lathe(PIC) from brass rod, 12 millimeters diameter.

On top of picture is also seen a brass rod, 3 millimeters diameter and lenght of about half a meter; it will be used for bolting plates on knife too. Just cut the sticks (about 10-12 millimeters long), add them to the plates and hammer once or twice, so there will be a nice rounded edge.

Procedure:

Drawing the design

Drawing it onto material

Cutting it out of material

Grinding the material to get the exact shape

Surface grinding

Marking the holes

Drilling the holes

Making the brass pipe

Grinding down the cutting edge(4)

Hardening

Quenching

Sanding(to get off scrap)

Drawing the plates to wood

Shaping the wooden plates

Bluing

Attaching plates to knife(bolting)

Sanding wooden plates down

Varnishing wooden plates

Making a small dagger #1

This is just a procedure, how I'm making a very small dagger, which is quite simple to make..if you're making it from a soft material.

I'm using material called OSIKRO 4, discovered and made in Železarna Ravne (Metal Ravne), Slovenia, Europe. This material is very hard(after hardening and quenching), is used for industral cutting tools(mills, drills and lathe knives). Because of it's oxidation, I will have to make sure(after it's done) to keep it from rust; by bluing it.

Here's just a cutout of material(100x30millimeters), it's CNC surface grinded(from both sides) down to 3.5 millimeters, brushed from all sides, so it's symmetrical.

Here's just a block of wallnut's root wood, which need to be cut down for plates for this dagger.

The sheet will be made from black leather, probably shaped as arrow.

Procedure:

Drawing the design

Drawing it onto material

Cutting it out of material

Grinding the material to get the exact shape

Surface grinding

Marking the holes

Drilling the holes

Making the brass pipe

Grinding down the cutting edge(4)

Hardening

Quenching

Sanding(to get off scrap)

Drawing the plates to wood

Shaping the wooden plates

Bluing

Attaching plates to knife(bolting)

Sanding wooden plates down

Varnishing wooden plates

"Upgrade" of an old knuckle duster - engraving

So this is some kind of an upgrade of one of my old knuckle dusters.

Well, I just came to idea, that I should pay more attention to engraving and modifying knuckle dusters; not just making them.

So I dedicated this knuckle duster to one of my fav hard rock bands, to Motorheads!

The engraving is Motorhead logo title, in their own font.it measures 50x15 millimeters, it's about 0.05 millimeters deep and it's blackened with acryl color.

(here's just a band of my friends, who are making polka out of different music - this time Ace of spades by Motorhead )

Bowie damast knife #8

Another nice bowie knife from my Damascus steel knife collection.

Blade thicknes is 5 millimeters, it's lenght is 230 millimeters, it's shaped nearly like a bowie style.

On top, brushed "blade" part isn't quite thin enough, to sharpen it from both sides, so I just left it blunt.

I think it's best way to leavie it like this. I'm just too afraid of my knives, to get hurt or something.

The guard is made from damascus steel also, it's oval shaped, dimensions are 30x50 millimeters(approximately), while it's nearly 8 millimeters thick.

The handle is very close to cilinder shape, but very slightly oval; it's brushed and polished very smooth, so it keeps in hand quite well; no splinters at all..even though, it's not varnished.

The knife sheat is made fom 2 times stiched together swine leather, while the colour is bordoux red(I don't know if it's seen from pictures because of the red background).