Oh Happy Dagger…
Making a dagger from a file.
A friend had this blank for years. It was started by his pal. He told me that he wanted to make or have it made into a finished dagger so he can return it to its original creator as a surprise. Maybe there is a little romance in the fact that he has carried it around all this time. I get sentimentally attached to objects myself, so this project interested me.
I’m all in when I think there is a little history or romance in a project. I spent a little quiet time with it last night and here is where we got:
The blank was still hard as diamonds when I got it, so it went in the forge and got annealed. After, I ground the sides flat just enough to put the purple layout dye on it, scribe a center line, and begin to layout the tang.
More to come soon as I can get back into the shop.
Happy Making,
Jim
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February 27, 2012 at 10:25 am
i like these one you have anything on a small edc. blade