some new stuff

[Scott Roush]

A Habaki Hunter with stabilized redwood lace burl handle. The copper habaki was cold forged for a precise fit and soldered together.  This is a traditional japanese fitting found on swords.  They are fun to make but a pain to fit.







A couple of my typical hunters...



And some japanese style cutlery. The top one is gnarly cleaver forged from a lawnmower blade.  Doesn't hold an edge that well but it sure cleaves.  The bottom is a deba paring knife with cold forged brass handle:

[3Feathers]

Nice work Scott,getting better every time.You have made some real beauties lately.....How you doing knifeman??

[mater]

Nice knives. How do you get that rough finish on the unground part? Also, Ive found all mower blades are not equal. Snapper and simplicity blades have worked very well for me. They do hold an edge when treated like 1095.

[Scott Roush]

Thanks... I wasn't even that concerned about the lawnmower blade.  I just did it for kicks since I could see that is already basically shaped like a cleaver.  But this stuff doesn't seem like 1095.  It feels like it has some kind of heavy alloy in it... not sure what I mean by that.

[sticshooter]

Looks awesome scott.<><

[skullworks]

Nice stuff!!!!! How did you do the blade collar on the asian one?

[Nala]

I really like that top hunter.  Really great looking knife.  What's the specs?

Nalajr

[Scott Roush]

Thanks everybody....

Skull... that collar is called a habaki.  It was cold forged from copper plate that I hammered down to about 1/8".  I then stamped the middle of the piece with some steel of the same spine width and the cold forged the piece around to fit.  It's a very traditional method. There are several tutorials on line... I can try to dig them up..

[elk ninja]

Very nice looking.  I like that one a lot!

[Steve Nuckels]

Scott, I like them all, however the first is very nice and gorgous wood, and the copper habaki balances the knife.

Steve
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Potomac Forge

[Ray Hammond]

Yeah I like the look of those a lot.   And also that you try different styles

Many might not get how much effort is involved in working on something new to you - big tip of the hat Sir!

[Scott Roush]

I appreciate that Ray... I'm still so new to this business that EVERYTHING is new!