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Bush knife
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:43 pm
by w2dodge
Made this knife at home for my p.w. To keep it in the truck with some of my tools...5160 steel I hope..I heat treated as so...she holds an edge so far after chopping that block of hard wood and some cardboard
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:50 pm
by Colibri
Did you make that out of a section of truck leaf spring? That's just about the manliest thing I've ever seen. Where's Tim Allen when you need him? Seriously nice work man!
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:55 pm
by w2dodge
thanks..yep truck spring...alot of work but it was fun....
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:16 pm
by TwinStick
THAT is wayyyyy cool !!!
I am a HUGE knife guy. 5160 ROCKS for a knife blade. It is a steel that can cut other steels, literally !!!
Not 5160 but they used to have a video of 5160 doing the exact same thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB4wLoso-BY
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:51 pm
by 2wagons1driveway
That's effin awsome!!!!
X2 on the manly comment! So cool! I'm guessing extremely time consuming
Sent from Canada
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:29 pm
by w2dodge
thanks guys...twin i watched most of Miller bros videos they make some excellent blades..i cut bunch blanks from a leaf spring from a n.y.c garbage truck..was at the dump at their mechanics shop took apart the leafs from a complete pack they didnt need.. heat treat is important im still learning ...2wagons i took apart a treadmill and took the motor so i can make a 2x72 belt grinder...angle grinder a files take too much time...and bevels dont come out perfect..
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:51 pm
by adeluca73
Holy shit that's bad to the bone & super creative & talented . I suck.
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:29 am
by TwinStick
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:28 pm
by w2dodge
Twin those are nice...here's my next project...almost 7/16 inch thick
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:54 pm
by TwinStick
You makin' that for Paul Bunion ???
I have an Ontario knife made by Justin Gingrich, It is a Ranger Signature Series, made from 3/8" S7 tool steel. It is my most expensive knife to date @ $150.00, quite a few years ago. Don't let anyone tell you that thick knives can't be shaving sharp either. That one i have literally can curl a single piece of hair.
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:21 am
by w2dodge
TwinStick wrote:You makin' that for Paul Bunion ???
I have an Ontario knife made by Justin Gingrich, It is a Ranger Signature Series, made from 3/8" S7 tool steel. It is my most expensive knife to date @ $150.00, quite a few years ago. Don't let anyone tell you that thick knives can't be shaving sharp either. That one i have literally can curl a single piece of hair.
Lol. Not yet,I got those pieces so I'm gunna have fun with them,fab some different blades. Chopper,some for the kitchen and then some. We got hit with some snow so I'm going to try to finish up at work if I can. Here's where I'm at with this one
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:37 pm
by TwinStick
Super cool !!!
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:18 pm
by w2dodge
finished this blade this wknd....52100..
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:04 pm
by Mule
Amateurs.
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 9:28 am
by adeluca73
w2dodge wrote: ↑Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:18 pm
finished this blade this wknd....52100..
continue to impress man, love it....are you selling these?????
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:26 pm
by w2dodge
Thanks adeluca....maybe when I retire...I need some more equipment...hardness tester...heat treat oven..I'm just using simple steel for now...and testing them...time consuming...
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:35 pm
by Mule007
w2dodge wrote: ↑Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:18 pm
finished this blade this wknd....52100..
Nice looking knives!! Good work
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:05 am
by w2dodge
thanks
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:13 am
by TwinStick
BEAUTIFUL work.
You need to make a batch of choppers & etch the "POWER WAGON" logo on it & to get around the "copyright" bullshit, just etch the year of the PW of the people who buy them from you; example: 2008 Power Wagon, for mine. Just a thought, you do great work.
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:16 pm
by w2dodge
Thanks Twin...my first blade I tried to etch a winch hook..it came out so.so....I'd love to make some for us ..just have no time right now...here is couple I'd make over the winter...a replacement blade for my bonecollector and kitchen knife is 52100...and the chopper is o1....
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:04 pm
by TwinStick
LOVE me some choppers. I have quite a few. That looks almost like a competition chopper. Latest one I have been eying up is this:
https://www.smkw.com/tops-el-chete-knif ... rta-handle .............Awwwww, damn you
....now i just found another !!!
........
https://www.smkw.com/tops-el-chappo-cleaver
Love me some cleavers too.
Re: Bush knife
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:11 pm
by w2dodge
nice ones...I gotta finish these blades...a lot of grinding