Beiträge von ErikM

  • Taurus 30

    2 x 15 = 30.....


    I finished another pair of Taurus 15's.


    All steel parts are hardened O1.
    Finished with black Gunkote and a green micarta handle.
    These will also get a Martinsheath.




    Enjoy!

  • Taurus 21

    A special Taurus with Desert Ironwood handle.
    Blade length 21 cm.
    Overall length 33cm.
    As usual I used O1 for the blade guard and pommel.
    All steel parts are hardened and coated in black Gunkote.
    This knife will get a Martinsheath.






    Enjoy!

  • Taurus 15

    Thank you all for your nice comments!




    The Taurus is not a full integral, I usually make them like this:





    The Taurus has the about the same bolster as the knife above but with a separate guard added behind that. Wich leaves much more room for a tang that is much stronger than possible on a conventional knife.




    This is the tang before tapering the tang, the size of the tang is 12 mm thick by 18,5 mm high. ( see below )







    This is a topvieuw of the tang before tapering. ( see below )







    This is the tang after tapering the tang and flattening the back side of the bolster, the size of the tang is still 12 mm x 18,5 mm measured against the bolster. ( see below )







    Guard, handle and pommel fitted. ( see below )







    Hardened and partially finished all steel parts. The blade is differentially hardened. ( see below )





    Testfitted before final finishing, etching my logo, beadblasting and coating. The end of the tang is still 7,5 mm x 9,5 mm where it goes through the pommel. ( see below )







    Knife finished and assembled, tang peened. The peening is the strongest way of fixing a handle, it has been done for over a thousand years so it must be good.







    Knife finished. 8)







    I hope this gives you more insight on the construction of this knife. It is not the easy way but it leaves much more room to make the strongest construction possible.




    Thanks for looking!




    Erik

  • Taurus 15

    Zitat von Beisser

    erik,
    nice knife you made there. i like it. did you learn from andrew jordan? it is very near to jordans fighting knife series.


    cheers
    Arne


    Arne,



    I have made a knife with Andrew 3 or 4 years ago. I am not familiar with his fighting knife series, I have only seen his Military series.


    Andrew actually gave me the green micarta you see on this knife but I can assure you that's the only thing ( and the peening of the tang ) that is the same.



    I'm glad you like it.


    Thanks for the compliments!



    Erik

  • Taurus 15

    Thanks Licky67!



    Forgot to add:The smallest will have a lower guard as Micha suggested, I already designed it that way.



    Erik

  • Taurus 15

    Thanks Micha,


    I planned to blue it but I loaned my Gun-Blue to a friend, I'll get it back Sundayevening.


    The weight is about 355 gram on my old kitchenscale.


    Thickness is 6,4 at the beginning of the bladen tapering to 1,5 just behind the tip.


    Thanks for your compliments!




    Erik

  • Taurus 15

    Hi all,



    This is something different from me.


    Blade guard and pommel made of O1.
    Guard and pommel also hardened.
    Black Gunkote coating ( thanks Toni!).
    OD green Micarta handle.


    Bladelength 15 cm.
    Overall length 27,8 cm.
    This knife will get a sheath made by Martin Swinkels.



    There will be 12 cm, 10 cm and damascus versions of this knife in the near future.


    Thanks for looking!










    Merry Xmas!

  • Upswept integral

    O2 with a Desert Ironwood handle.


    Blade length 8,5 cm.
    Total length 20,5 cm.


    These are my first knives with a makersmark.









    Hope you like it!