My Wasteland style knife builds

[NCLivingBrit]

Every so often I get the urge to make a scavenged style knife. I don't have any way to make my own so I use carbon steel Mora blades, because you can shave God with those things.




This one is a 4" Mora blade in a deer metatarsal I got off ebay, with copper wire and medallion, epoxied jute and a super crude sheath I made with a kydex liner so the scrap leather doesn't booger up the copper. Decorations are from my bits box.

My stuff is crude, but that suits me fine. It's put together with a few files and a sander, my ham fists, needles and fake sinew and though the results aren't slick they make me glad I made something.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

This is the next one. Skully is the same size blade as the picture above. The next one is going to be a little bigger.

 

[opaul]

You have a unique style - I like it. You might want to check out Jantz knife supply. They have a nice selection of exotics. I really like their giraffe bone.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

You have a unique style - I like it. You might want to check out Jantz knife supply. They have a nice selection of exotics. I really like their giraffe bone.

That stuff is bloody murder to work, like whittling steel lol

 

[cold1]

Smokey mountain knife works has some pre-made blades that just need handles and guards. Might give you some verity in designs.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

Was feeling crafty so I did some work on this big boy. Ignore the splotches on the blade, I'm out of isopropyl to clean off a tiny glue stray.

Copper pipe cap on another elk metatarsal handle. Twine wrap, I'm out of epoxy for setting it and my torcch died too, so time for a trip to Walmart for supplies.

That odd bump in the twine around the cap is something I'm trying, a sort of index hump/guard to stop me sliding forward onto this this razor sharp seax blade during use. The wrap fits my hand like a glove so I got it right, but only time will tell if it does what I want.

Trying to decide if I want to add anything else, may try and carve/engrave some decoration on there, not sure yet.

 

[Bull Durham]

Looking good Brit. I like the work.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

Looking good Brit. I like the work.

Thanks. It's sort of "what would someone with no idea what they are doing make?"

 

[NCLivingBrit]

Since I can't work on my gun project, I did the epoxy and a little copper wire wrap to round things out. I polished off some offl the crud and blotches on the copper cap. Next I need to make a kydex press to make a liner for the sheath.



The twine formed a nice contoured grip and after the epoxy got into it, it gives a nice positive feel that won't slip easily.