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Astalo In reply to CaptainPhlenbotinum [2012-11-25 23:00:28 +0000 UTC]

Blade is forged from carbon steel, and almost sharp like razorblade. Guard is made from bronze with "lost-wax casting method" and handle is made mainly from birchwood. (Brown part is heat coloured in the owen) There is also some brass and leather plates between the handle parts and also one low carbon steel endcap where i peened the tang.
Interior of the sheath is carved from plywood and i coated it with black leather and also tanned the cow skin by myself. Sheath fitting is made from 3 mm steelplate and that buckle from brass.

It was the first knife what i made from real carbon steel, so i wanted to make also much as possible by myself, so only the dyeing colour, glue and that black yarn what i used for sewing the leather were some kind of factory made stuff.

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CaptainPhlenbotinum In reply to Astalo [2012-11-26 06:48:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow.

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Astalo In reply to Gadgetsmith [2009-04-23 10:23:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, but at least that handle design is very different, what i have seen in Jambiya knifes. [link]

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Gadgetsmith In reply to Astalo [2009-04-26 01:28:09 +0000 UTC]

I have seen that exact same Jambiya for sale in catalog that has recently been mailed to My residence!

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