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Offline 4est trekker

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Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« on: October 01, 2015, 11:21:00 AM »
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

 

 

 

 

 
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Offline Lin Rhea

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2015, 01:38:00 PM »
I like it. I also like the photos because they show things like edge thickness and geometry, which is nice BTW. Great job.
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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2015, 04:08:00 PM »
Wow, I like everything about this one. Thats a cool idea for the scales!
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Offline LONGBOWKID

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2015, 07:37:00 PM »
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.
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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2015, 08:30:00 PM »
That is a good looking rig. Thanks for posting!
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Offline gudspelr

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2015, 09:12:00 PM »
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  ;) .

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Offline just_a_hunter

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2015, 10:19:00 PM »
Very nice work!

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Offline Izzy

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2015, 05:49:00 AM »
Very nice.
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Offline Steve Nuckels

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2015, 07:04:00 PM »
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.

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2015, 09:21:00 AM »
Nice work! and good to see a post from you again.
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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2015, 03:17:00 PM »
that is a really great looking setup!
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Offline 4est trekker

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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2015, 11:42:00 PM »
Thanks, all!  :)
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Re: Brute de Forge and Wooden Sheath
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2015, 11:48:00 PM »
Ultra cool!!!!
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