Who does knife work

Murcadh · Post by **Murcadh** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:21 pm

Few years ago I started with a chunk of 1" cable and forged two knife blanks (scramsaxes) but since have moved away from my friend the blacksmith. I do not have the tools to finish the job nor the knolwedge to bring out the wire patterns (or time; lots of projects)

I was wondering if there was anyone out there who has the equipment, time and inclination to finish my project.

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:51 pm

Are you looking to have these finished for you or are you selling them blanks?

Murcadh · Post by **Murcadh** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:18 am

First would be to have them finished. (paid of course) If no takers on finishing my project, then let someone else finish them for their use (just send me pics).

Rhyance · Post by **Rhyance** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:48 am

I might be interested in finishing a blank. My shop does not have forging capability, but I have knife-hilting ability and would be interested in seeing if either of the blanks told me what kind of hilt it wanted. I also have access to a period blacksmith who might want to finish the other one. PM me if that's interesting to you.

declangalvin · Post by **declangalvin** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:55 pm

I believe polarbearforge is primarily a knife maker.

polarbearforge · Post by **polarbearforge** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:51 pm

Yep, I mainly make knives. I have the ability to forge, heat treat and finish knives from steel cable. (I use cable myself from time to time.) Drop me a PM or email and we can see what can be done.

Jamie

mattmaus · Post by **mattmaus** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:19 pm

When I read the title to this thread...

I asked

Who needs kilt?
How much you payin?

I have this thing where I think the wrong things are funny.

Ned Chaney · Post by **Ned Chaney** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:54 pm

Padrig makes knives. He did this one.........

Krag · Post by **Krag** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:25 pm

Too bad you're not down here in TX. Tomorrow, all day, I'm hosting a patternwelding workshop. We'll be making a half dozen cable damascus billets and maybe some low layer count twists.

What size seaxes were you wanting to make out of those? To get the best pattern out of the cable, all you really need is someone to hammer it into a flat bar for you. You can file/grind the rest, then get someone to heat treat it for you.

Murcadh · Post by **Murcadh** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:54 am

PMs sent

Thanks for the replies. Both knife blanks are shaped and one just needs the final finish work (I believe).

bkillian · Post by **bkillian** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:25 pm

mattmaus wrote:When I read the title to this thread...

I asked

Who needs kilt?
How much you payin?

I have this thing where I think the wrong things are funny.

<geek>I was thinking of backroom negotiations at the Vulgar Unicorn</geek>