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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: bushman on December 22, 2011, 01:12:11 am

Title: Hafted Blade
Post by: bushman on December 22, 2011, 01:12:11 am

Here is that smaller blade from my other post hafted up. I used a piece of scrap oak for the handle, spruce pitch and charcoal for the mastic, and sinew with Knox glue for the binding. For the finish all I did was I burnished it with my hands and let the natural oils from my skin soak into the wood. I still got to burn my initials/identification mark into the handle and make a sheath for it. Thanks for looking.
Bushman
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00909.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00910.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00907.jpg)

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: Pappy on December 22, 2011, 08:29:26 am

Looks deadly,nice work. :) :)
  Pappy

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: cowboy on December 22, 2011, 02:00:31 pm

Great looking knife bushman!

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: Will H on December 22, 2011, 10:00:03 pm

Very nice :)
~Will

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: bushman on December 25, 2011, 12:45:27 am

Thanks for all the replies, means a lot coming from you guys. I’m very happy with how it turned out. I got the sheath all done for it. I will take a picture of it tomorrow when I get a chance. I’m going to give it to my parents for Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone.
Bushman

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: bushman on December 31, 2011, 08:19:36 pm

Here are a few pictures of the sheath I made for the knife. I wet formed it around the knife, let it dry, then sewed it with sinew. If you are going to wet form a leather sheath to fit a knife, make sure you wrap the handle and hafting area with cellophane wrap and tape the ends because if you don’t the wet leather will stain your knife handle.
Bushman
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00921.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00917.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00918.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00919.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00920.jpg)

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: bushman on December 31, 2011, 08:26:01 pm

Here is another knife I made for a friends birthday the other day. Lesion of the day: Do not try and wet form a leather sheath on a flat surface, you will snap the blade in half, lesion learned. O well, now I got 2 arrowheads out of one blade. I made a new blade and used the old hafting and hafted up the new blade to that handle, that’s the new blade in the pictures. Thanks for looking. Happy New Years Eve everyone.
Bushman
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00912.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00913.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00914.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00922.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00923.jpg)
(http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae111/bushman2222/DSC00924.jpg)

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: bowtarist on December 31, 2011, 10:34:51 pm

Nice work Bushman.  You been busy.

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: bushman on January 04, 2012, 02:25:22 am

Thanks bowtarist and everyone for the replies. I enjoyed making those a lot.
Bushman

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: mullet on January 04, 2012, 11:19:43 pm

Those are great looking, you do good work.

Title: Re: Hafted Blade
Post by: bushman on January 05, 2012, 01:57:04 am

Thanks mullet, those are the first two I have ever made.
Bushman