Its been 8 months since I started this project, and I finally finished putting it together last night.
Although much of that time has been spent on research, and man I've learnt a LOT along the way.
Everything from building a forge and hollow grinding to heat treatment and blade geometry.
The 7/8 blade is an old Nicholson Bastard file I picked up at a garage sale. The scales are midnight acrylic, S/Steel washers on NiAg pins.
I intentionally left some of the markings from the original file around the tang, to make the origin of the blade more obvious.
All of this was done with a fairly simple setup, most of the hollow grinding was actually done on my 5 inch bench grinder.
Haven't taken it to the hones yet, but I'm really looking forward to my first shave with this baby.
Although much of that time has been spent on research, and man I've learnt a LOT along the way.
Everything from building a forge and hollow grinding to heat treatment and blade geometry.
The 7/8 blade is an old Nicholson Bastard file I picked up at a garage sale. The scales are midnight acrylic, S/Steel washers on NiAg pins.
I intentionally left some of the markings from the original file around the tang, to make the origin of the blade more obvious.
All of this was done with a fairly simple setup, most of the hollow grinding was actually done on my 5 inch bench grinder.
Haven't taken it to the hones yet, but I'm really looking forward to my first shave with this baby.
Cheers
Grant
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