New blade from Flatwoods Forge

[Spots]

Well, I forged one out to keep for myself, but after several inquires, I sold it. Now I made this one for myself. I call it the primtive warfighter.

8" blade, 4" handle. 1095 bar stock, 1/4" thick, 1 3/4" wide. Oak slab handles, 1/4" thick, attached with epoxy and copper rivets. Blade is convex ground, has a sharpened back edge. Point is a spear point for strength. Unless somebody buys it, this one will find a home in my camping and bugout gear. Yes I realize the front rivet is lower than the rear, I drilled it wrong.







Sent from the backwoods of Nowhere

[UncleJak]

"Hey! That front rivet is lower than the rear..." 

Just kidding, looks like an awesome blade! 

[jcj]

What he didn't say is that he drilled it wrong on purpose so he'd have good reason not to sell that one. :D

[rhyfelwr]

What kind of copper are you using for rivets? I use mostly #6 ground wire.

[Spots]

Copper leather rivets from an amish tack shop. Forget the diameter but its the larger ones. those are 1 1/4" long. Might be 1/4" shank or so? Ill look next time I'm out at the shop. And I may have left it slightly flawed to make it easier to keep jcj. lol