Take down fixed blade build

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:48 am

I built this knife after the style of a Japanese take down knife. It is my one interpretation of such. Overall length is 12”, and it is forged from a piece of harvesting farm equipment.
As forged.

Preliminary grinding and sanding.

Filing the shoulders.

Clay backing as I am going for a soft spine and hamon.

The hamon is less pronounced than I desired, but it is there faintly.

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:49 am

Shaping, soldering, and texturing the fittings.

Mortised wooden handle fitments.

Laquer, leather, and silk finish it up.

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:55 am

Take down...

Steve Warden · Post by **Steve Warden** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:41 pm

Very cool! Thanks for sharing, Tony

Doc B · Post by **Doc B** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:51 pm

Wow, Tony! That's gorgeous!!!

Meridian_Mike · Post by **Meridian_Mike** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:04 pm

WOW... great job Tony!
Very interesting to see how you used the clay to keep the spine of the knife cooler than the rest. Very cool.

2 thumbs up my friend!

doglegg · Post by **doglegg** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:41 pm

Tony, I don't think of you as a guy that likes to forge as a hobby but I think of you as a blade smith. Wow is that a gorgeous knife.

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:52 pm

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:41 pm Very cool! Thanks for sharing, Tony

Thank you, Steve.

Doc B wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:51 pm Wow, Tony! That's gorgeous!!!

Thanks Doc. Much appreciated.

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:04 pm WOW... great job Tony!
Very interesting to see how you used the clay to keep the spine of the knife cooler than the rest. Very cool.

2 thumbs up my friend!

Great, Mike. I love learning and attempting the different processes.

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:41 pm Tony, I don't think of you as a guy that likes to forge as a hobby but I think of you as a blade smith. Wow is that a gorgeous knife.

Floyd, thank you sir.

Colonel26 · Post by **Colonel26** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:04 am

Wood Tony! That’s very impressive.

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:40 am

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:04 am Wood Tony! That’s very impressive.

Thank you sir.

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