I just finished w/ my zebu style knife. It used to be a machete that I had from the PI. It's made from an auto spring. I put a big chip in the blade that made it hard to sharpen. So, off with the chip. It feels good. I think it's a keeper.
Zebu-ete
I just finished w/ my zebu style knife. It used to be a machete that I had from the PI. It's made from an auto spring. I put a big chip in the blade that made it hard to sharpen. So, off with the chip. It feels good. I think it's a keeper.
Last edited by rebel; 05-05-2009 at 09:53 PM.
Nice rebel!
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Nell, MLT (ASCP)
I like it, Looks like it would be a useful tool to have with you in the woods, Nice job.
Nice work Rebel.
Nice Rebel, what did you use to cut it down?
"A person is not finished when they are defeated.
A person is finished when they quit."
I started with a plasma cutter. Then a belt sander. Followed up with a file.
Nice job rebel. It looks a little like Tops Knives Smoke Jumper.
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The Meat Cleaver From Hell
Jokeing, A very nice looking blade there rebel.
That ain't no stinkin Cleaver from hell.Originally Posted by Tony uk
This is!
"A person is not finished when they are defeated.
A person is finished when they quit."
Now that's one heck of a meat cleaver.......with a back scratcher too.
GW, who made that battle axe?
The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth. What befalls the Earth, befalls the sons of the Earth.
Chief Seattle
Bear Clan
That ain't no stinkin Cleaver from hell.
This is!
Meat cleaveing on a industrial scale
That's great!
I've got a couple of used brush mower blades I'm thinking about using. They're about 3/4" thick. Any ideas?
With something that thick, just about anything you want. Leave it thick - make a hawk. Forge and hammer - sword.
Scott Richardson and Aki Yamamoto and their son Kai own CARIBOO BLADES.
http://www.caribooblades.com/homepage.html
They live and work in isolation, in Boreal Forest, on the edge of the Chilcotin plateau in central British Columbia. They are just real great people, if you read all the areas of their site and read their diary (blog) Fireweed, you will get to know them. How they subsist out there, will help explain what it takes.
Scott the blade creator, Aki the sheath maker and artist, Kai just supervises and helps out where he can. They live really off the grid, and have started a great blog about their lifestyle called Fireweed (it's a diary with pic's), a great read for all.
http://aki-and-scott-fireweed.blogspot.com/
They recover sawmill blades that are used in the Cariboo/Chilcotin, British Columbian mills, that's what their tools and blades are made from. The handles are made from British Columbia moose, elk, and deer antler, or selected local hardwoods.
They've been living now in the Boreal Forest on the edge of the Chilcotin plateau in the central British Columbia bush since 1997. Just good honest people.
Their types of Steel page is (like the other pages, and the Fireweed Diary) really worth the time to read so you know the great quality steel that will, and is guaranteed to last a lifetime, and the sharpening of any of their tools is on them.
http://www.caribooblades.com/qualitysteel.html
"A person is not finished when they are defeated.
A person is finished when they quit."
GW thanks for the info. Those folks make some GREAT knives from what I see. I think I found my next knife.
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