Here are a couple scalping knives I made last week. Steel is 1075 with tapered tangs and peened pins. The handles are Pau Ferro.
Loving that ball grip knife. How long is the blade?
It gladdens my heart to see people making well-researched and accurate reproductions, like those in the original post. So much of the kit you see these days, and maybe especially knives, is based on speculation, assumption, "reenactorism," or pure fantasy. However, I see nothing to fault in those two knives, and everything to praise.
I might add that the finish, and particularly the coloration on the blades, is very appealing.
Well done, brother!
Notchy Bob
Really fine work!Here are a couple scalping knives I made last week. Steel is 1075 with tapered tangs and peened pins. The handles are Pau Ferro.
@Runewolf1973 can certainly answer for himself, but I do know one way to do it, and this is the way I make wedge cuts in axe handles when fitting them:How did you fit the tapered partial tang to the handle? That is, how did you get a tapered cut in the handle for the tang to fit?
THANKS- I have been trying to figure out how to do the job for a long time. I may be wrong but I think some of the originals may have have the sides sprayed out a little- I've never seen an original and
I want the one on top. Do you take S&H Green Stamps?Here are a couple scalping knives I made last week. Steel is 1075 with tapered tangs and peened pins. The handles are Pau Ferro.
I want the one on top. Do you take S&H Green Stamps?
S&H Green Stamps were huge back in the 1960s and 70s, guess you're too young for that.........I've never even heard of green stamps before. Is that a US thing? For now this is just a show and tell thing for me. I am actually trying to build up some inventory to do a trade show where I live, so selling off my knives now means I won't have anything to take to a show. I will try my best to pump more of these out here soon and hopefully have some up for sale in the near future.
I for one am old enough to remember those!S&H Green Stamps were huge back in the 1960s and 70s, guess you're too young for that.........
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