I have always loved the Jimmy Fikes Jungle Honey and the Fikes/Fogg Cloud cutter, and have wanted to try something similar for a while now.
This one is all chopper with a nearly 3" wide blade at the tip and a nice taper all the ways to the pommel.
It has a mild steel guard and and pommel that I browned and the blade has an antiqued finish. This thing has an incredibly powerful swing when gripped at the pommel, but can be choked up on for smaller tasks as well. The OAL is 23", with a 12" blade.
I am wanting to do one with a polished hamon now. :cool:
Let me know what you all think.
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(http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af354/srtben/Japanese%20Style/IMG_3450.jpg) (http://s1023.photobucket.com/user/srtben/media/Japanese%20Style/IMG_3450.jpg.html)
I think that'd leave a bad sore spot. :scared: Looks awesome. It'd be very handy to have strapped to your hunting pack.
Matt
AWESOME!
Darcy :thumbsup:
Beautiful knife!
That looks "Wicked" ! :scared:
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That is a great piece of work. I liked the browned fittings a lot.
That is fantastic!
So many great details and would be very useful!
I love it......really!
Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Museum & Foundation
ABS
Makes me wanna cut somthin.
cool one indeed... will tell Jimmy about it when I go down there, hopefully early week.
Thanks for all the comments guys. Holding this thing makes me feel like a little kid. I just want to run around chopping stuff up!!
I finished up the shoulder rig for it today.
It has multiple carry options and lashing locations.
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that leather work is off the chart!
Now we need some action photo's. She' a beauty by the way.
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Nice work Ben. I want to chop with it.thanks for sharing.
Chris
Wow!
I'm with Lin, makes me wanna chop through some heavy brush and clear a path just lookin at it. Love it, and the sheath is killer too. Great work.