my new project what you think

[bigdaddys8ball]

this is my new battle axe that i drew up i got the blade design from a episode of ancient aliens on the history channel in a cave estimated to be around 8 to 12 thousand years old they found some artifacts one was a knife all i seen was the blade so i drew it out and studyed it for a week to decide what i could make of it and here is what i came up with remember it was just one blade i had to work with i think im going to use black walnut for the handel and aint decided what pins eather brass or steel let me know what you think thanks everybody and here is a few that ive already got done

[bigdaddys8ball]

sorry everybody but the axes that i build are about seven inches long most of them anyway

[Miller Bro's]

Those are you did a very nice job on them

[miss8ball]

hello everybody im bigdaddys8ball ( hootie ) wife these little battle axes that he makes he is very proud of them he does every bit of them by hand he uses a dremel to cut the saw blade that he makes them out of hand sands them to a mirror shine then he attaches the handels and sits and sands for hours by hand i my self aint into knives like he is but i think that these littls axes are awsome they have a real midevil look to them and they are all his design he sits and just draws stuff up untill he gets the one he likes then he builds it so come on everybody let him know what youns think it will mean alot to him thank you stacie

[popedandy]

Very nice work.

[FRJ]

They are great!
I'd like to see a big ol' three footer.

[orvet]

Very interesting. That newest design in intriguing.

You mentioned aliens, & it got me to thinking, if the bottom of the blades were on a pivot so that the blade striking trips a mechanism that causes the back of the opposing blade to strike the back of the striking blade just a fraction of a second after it hits initially it would be like a second blow, a force multiplier if you will.
It would add a second blow while the object struck is still vibrating from the first blow, causing more damage than a single blow.

Anyway the idea was strange (alien) enough that it flashed through my somewhat alien (strange) mind.
Wait, I think I have a simple solution to this; a sliding weight on a bar between the tops of the two blades, (though you may have to redesign them a bit so there is more travel for the weight). Centrifugal force from the swing would take the weight to the non-striking blade side and the deceleration from the blow would bring the weight down on the back of the striking blade adding a second smaller blow a split second later.

Humm…..


Interesting designs. Keep making them.
I am not sure what the market would be if you decided to sell some, but I have seen custom axes and tomahawks at knife shows. The ones I have seen seem to sell well, should you ever decide to go that route. Make lots of them, as I find the more times I repeat a process in knife making the better I get at it and the better results I get in a shorter amount of time.

Nice work!

[bigdaddys8ball]

thanks everybody i do have a few of these little axes that i have made what i look for in design is what would scare me if it was comming at me the newest design came from a singel blade that i looked at for a week befor i came up with the design that i stuck with in the old cave they found a knife and thats the blade of it i didnt get to see the handel and the dark part is wood with pin thats what the blade looked like 8 to 12 thousand years ago

[Jeffrey]

Nice work! I love ancient aliens!