Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath

[4est trekker]

Good day, all.  Thought I'd post a few pictures of a recent brute de forge I recently finished up.  I've been working on forging as close to finished shape as possible lately, which isn't as easy as y'all make it look! I really appreciate Lin's in-progress photos he posts as he's forging.  That has really helped, although you couldn't tell it by looking!  I only touched up the cutting edge radius and the butt of the tang on this one to tweak the profile.  I've got a long ways to go and would appreciate any helpful insights.  That said, here's the specs:

- 1080 steel forged from 1" x 0.187" bar stock
- 6 5/8" oal
- 2 1/2" blade
- 1/8" at the ricasso with distal taper towards the tip and tang
- Recessed rosewood scales with hammered copper washers and brass pins
- Laminated rosewood and padauk wooden sheath with drain hole, shock cord keeper, and copper stud
- Vertical/horizontal combo belt plate, allowing the blade to be carried in any 90 degree orientation

 

 

 

 

 

[Lin Rhea]

I like it. I also like the photos because they show things like edge thickness and geometry, which is nice BTW. Great job.

[KSCATTRAPR]

Wow, I like everything about this one. Thats a cool idea for the scales!

[LONGBOWKID]

That is cool. I like how you did the scales but left them far enough back to appreciate the finger guard and forged finish. Nice work all the way around.

[ymountainman]

That is a good looking rig. Thanks for posting!

[gudspelr]

Very cool package. The design looks very useful and I like that size. I've got nothing for you on the forging...I struggle with that. I rust don't do enough of it, often enough to get pretty good at forging really close to shape. I generally get it in the ballpark and go grinding from there   . But with those brut knives, being able to control those hammer blows and having a well thought out end produce, coupled with the process gets pretty important. Congrats on a great knife and sheath. I think you should post more knives   .

Jeremy

[just_a_hunter]

Very nice work!

Todd

[Izzy]

Very nice.

[Steve Nuckels]

Curt, I like the complete package!  Very nice job and thoughtful work. Really handy sized knife and sleek sheath too.  

The sheath work is an interesting process as you experienced.

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation
ABS AP

[bjansen]

Nice work! and good to see a post from you again.

[johnnyk71]

that is a really great looking setup!

[4est trekker]

Thanks, all!  

[Over&Under]

Ultra cool!!!!