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by **Fab** » 16 Nov 2006 17:04

Same metal, same wood, same HT, Austrian veg tanned leather scabbard, hand tooled. Brass rivets & bolsters. 195mm overall, blade 3 mm thick at base.

by **Paul** » 17 Nov 2006 00:22

Hmm... nice stuff....

by **Alex** » 17 Nov 2006 04:31

Schmexy.

by **the_last_alive** » 17 Nov 2006 17:34

That's a nice eating knife...

by **Monster Zero** » 17 Nov 2006 19:14

You should see the balisong he's making for me!

by **Monster Zero** » 18 Nov 2006 03:19

Here's the design:

The blade heating up

Hammerin Time

Prior to Annealing

Rough Shaping on the grinder

by **Fab** » 18 Nov 2006 03:41

Good idea Thom

by **Paul** » 19 Nov 2006 11:47

Nice design! I really like wharncliffe's.

by **Fab** » 06 Dec 2006 20:11

1075 fire-cement-quenched blade, mild steel handle, brass thingies, and an aluminum spacer. Too bad the temper line looks better IRL - I'll try to get a better pic some day. OAL 182 mm (including brass bit).

The hole at the front was made before I had a drill press, and so is not perfectly perpendicular to the blade (and hence unusable). And for the next I make, I'll try to use stainless for the handle. It still has some scrathces, as it spent some time in my pocket.

by **the_last_alive** » 06 Dec 2006 20:55

That's gorgeous.

by **Fab** » 11 Dec 2006 00:03

Fab wrote:

Same metal, same wood, same HT, Austrian veg tanned leather scabbard, hand tooled. Brass rivets & bolsters. 195mm overall, blade 3 mm thick at base.

This one is sold BTW. A Christmas present for a friend's dad.

by **Fab** » 14 Feb 2007 02:54

More recent stuff :

A pruning knife - I hope the future owner will enjoy it and get it in time to prune his roses

:

3 mm thick at base 1075 steel, clay HT, tempered to yellow in my mom's oven ; handle is cherry, hand carved with a sharpened nail. The knotwork was inspired by (or actually, made while looking at) a cross shaft at Llantwit Major, Wales. OAL 183 mm.

A folder, same steel & HT as before :

Handle is oak. The pics don't do justice to the line, but as this one's not going too far away, I can still try to take better photos some day. 191mm OAL.

Another folder, old 2 mm thick file, full quench, yellow temper over the forge, oak handle :

OAL 222 mm.

Fab

by **Monster Zero** » 14 Feb 2007 04:24

Nice!

by **Fab** » 12 Mar 2007 02:40

A push dagger, for a new and happy daddy :

Unknown 'train' steel, box wood handle, mild steel plates for fittings, veg tanned leather dyed black (with old school methods). Diff quench (only the edges were brought to temp). The usual thing.

No measurments, but I'll ask the new owner.

by **Monster Zero** » 12 Mar 2007 02:43

Photo no Show

by **Fab** » 12 Mar 2007 02:48

There.

by **Monster Zero** » 12 Mar 2007 02:53

Nice!

by **Fab** » 23 May 2007 02:41

As posted there (more details on the associated research, history, and making) :
http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2628&start=20

the backside :

details :
pommel, grip, cross :

And scabbard top backside with maker's mark :

by **J Marwood** » 19 Jun 2007 23:51

This past weekend I had a play with various items Fab has made, including a lovely tiny little folder I brought home. Thom, I've seen the handles for your balisong and I must say they bode well for a lovely knife.

by **Fab** » 10 Jul 2007 20:04

Thanks James BTW. If things are not too bad with my knee it might even be finished by the end of the month.

Here are average pics of the latest roundel, I'll try to get better ones soon :

All hand made in the same unknown steel as some other knives I made, differential temper (it would show if you etch the blade), mild steel fittings, oak wood, brass inlays & rivets, fileworked handle edges (will show on other pics) ; scabbard is veg tanned leather all hand-worked and a bit seasoned, and mild steel end.

It will be available at about 280-300 euros.

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