I went to bump the old thread and found it locked... thought I'd post some pics of a project I started today while waiting for the insurance adjuster to show up.
Started with an old mower blade, and whittled a blade out with a hacksaw, angle grinder, and file.
Just need to figure out how I should put a good edge on it; go through the normalizing, hardening, and tempering process; and come up with a nice hardwood handle. I might get my buddy to whittle out an aluminum crossguard on his new mill too...
.45ACP for scale reference...
Anyone else made anything interesting? Any guys from the old thread finish their projects?
Started with an old mower blade, and whittled a blade out with a hacksaw, angle grinder, and file.
Just need to figure out how I should put a good edge on it; go through the normalizing, hardening, and tempering process; and come up with a nice hardwood handle. I might get my buddy to whittle out an aluminum crossguard on his new mill too...
.45ACP for scale reference...
Anyone else made anything interesting? Any guys from the old thread finish their projects?