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Post by pease on Dec 18, 2012 8:54:59 GMT -5
This is an old trick, to make a Hudson Bay camp knife. The trick is to go yardsaling and start with a good meat cleaver. This one cost me one buck. I will show you the steps involved. Bear in mind, my shop has metal grinders, and two belt grinders. One of the belt grinders is a 36" rougher and the other is a 72" for finish. They make quick work out of this. You can do the same thing with a small hand belt grinder and stones...just gonna take longer. Here is the cleaver marked out. I use a cutoff wheel on my hand grinder to shape the blade. Blade shaped Handle finish shaped ready for hand sanding...blade edge shaped and sharpened. First coat of Fieblings medium brown stain. Two coats of tung oil applied. I will hand polish the blade later, should take about 10 minutes. Elapsed time to this final picture was 47 minutes...
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Post by hillbilly on Dec 18, 2012 10:01:18 GMT -5
Great 'photo tutorial,' Pease!
I've made a pile of those over the years. Belt sanders make the job a lot faster and easier, but anyone with a hacksaw, a file, and a little sandpaper can do the same thing, if they are patient.
Nice work!
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