Swamprat
27-12-2010, 11:48 PM
Well, Mrs. Swamprat has been after me to make a knife for her so I fixed this one up for her for Christmas. It is made from an old file that I picked up somewhere. It was pretty heavily rusted and you can still see where I left some of the rust pits in the blade. Thought it would add a little character to the blade. Not to worried about it affecting the strength of the blade as this is meant for a kitchen knife, though I think it could handle some serious bushcrafting chores. It is fairly stout. I will have to get the measurements up later, can't remember off the top of my head.
Anyway, couldn't quite make out the brand of file, the last 5 letters were atkins. and it was also marked silver steel under that. For the handle I used an old bamboo cutting board and a brass bolster. I didn't use pins in the handle for this one. See how it holds up. If it were going to see more abusive use I would have pinned it along with the epoxy. Sorry for the bad pic. Can't find the cord to hook the camera to the computer, so used camera phone.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu302/IsraelW/photo-9.jpg
Anyway, couldn't quite make out the brand of file, the last 5 letters were atkins. and it was also marked silver steel under that. For the handle I used an old bamboo cutting board and a brass bolster. I didn't use pins in the handle for this one. See how it holds up. If it were going to see more abusive use I would have pinned it along with the epoxy. Sorry for the bad pic. Can't find the cord to hook the camera to the computer, so used camera phone.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu302/IsraelW/photo-9.jpg