Abandoned (for simple matters of timing) the forging of the blades, the latest achievements were the "restoration" of old knives found in the house: in addition to simplifying this process involves (I no longer have to wait weeks if not months before to be able to end a blade), I really like the idea of \u200b\u200busing a tool used by who knows How long, thus extending the useful life. So far I only restored
knives "Kitchen", ie blades of a certain length but of relatively small thickness (2-3 mm). In this case we are definitely in a different context, given the 6.7 mm thick at the guard. I honestly do not know what it was originally, because the blade was simply with just two pieces of wood roughly held together by a couple of rivets and a bit 'of wire. The only plausible explanation is that it was a sort of bayonet or something like that, given the partial controfilo and width of the blade. The latter had a very strong wave shape, typical of many consumed by sharpening blades, which left assume an original width of 3.5, perhaps as many as 4 cm.
The handle for the first time, I realized with hard leather, the manner of the Nordic knives. Since the tang was relatively short, I had to get a break at the terminal to secure a few centimeters of the threaded bar by low brazing (increasing the value of!
). Once shaped all the elements, I proceeded with the installation, finishing with the rundown of the apple and the rewriting of the next few mm threaded rod protruding.
After several sessions of sandpaper, final adjustments and the realization of leather sheath (the same used for the handle) this is the result:
I used it seriously only a few weeks ago, and I must say that I was not disappointed, proving very effective in nell'intaccare mo 'to ax some dead branches rather thick. After all, his main job will be hard work, since for the small ones I already have various "small".
M.
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