Some knives I made lately

[Peter Larsson]

One of the one on the picture finished:

 

[Peter Larsson]

The handle is darker in reality than on the picture.

 

[perttime]

One of the one on the picture finished:
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That is an unusual blade design. I mean the back of the blade near the tip. Why did you make it that way?

 

[Peter Larsson]

I don't make blades my selves.
It is a Swedish made blade and I have seen more and
more blades like that.
One use is to lift the coffee kettle out of the fire.
It could also be that it gives a bit better angle when
opening upp game.
Or else it is just a cool design!

 

[Ravensview]

Those are beautiful looking knifes!

 

[Peter Larsson]

Thank you!

 

[edward]

outstanding as usual!!!

 

[edward]

ive bought 4 of peters knives,used paypal,no problem,no cost,just need his e mail,and he needs yours.

 

[Peter Larsson]

A beaver skiner:
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[Peter Larsson]

And a few new :

Some 375 H&H for comparison.

 

[edward]

i do love your knives.beautiful.

 

[Peter Larsson]

Thank you!

 

[Peter Larsson]

And the two last ones:

 

[edward]

beautiful!!!

 

[Peter Larsson]

Finished three beaver tail knives today:

Maybe more odd than beautiful!
The blades are hand forged laminated carbon steel.
That method have been used here sins we started to use steel.

 

[bruce moulds]

peter,
I believe the Vikings brought that technology back from places like Constantinople,
they travelled along rivers from Russia, overlanded their boats into other rivers, and down into the black sea.
their swords made this way were superior to those of the Britons and French at the time, making them deadly in their raiding and invading.
where the arabs/turks learned how to laminate steel who knows.
bruce.

 

[bruce moulds]

further thought on viking blades.
the laminated blades they made were in the iron age.
at that time, bronze swords were superior to basic iron ones, but iron was cheaper to make and repair.
the forging process required to make laminated blades, unknown to people at the time, introduced carbon into the blades, making them more like steel, far superior to iron.
of course modern technology can put a known amount of carbon into iron to make a repeatable alloy of whatever is required for the job.
hand forging laminated steel produces a variable product, possibly inferior to factory made steel.
in the days of the Vikings, if your sword did not bend or snap and your enemy's did you were probably the survivor.
this was never a problem with knives, as they did a different job.
today, quality steel of a known alloy mix is probably a superior material to make good consistent blades from, particularly with modern controlled heat treatment.
an interesting aside regarding metal development is the battle of Agincourt.
we are led to believe that the English won due to use of the English longbow.
this is far from the truth, as the English arrow heads, knwn as bodkins, were soft iron, and mushroomed or bent when they hit French armour plate.
this is because French, german and Italian armour makers had evolved forging to introduce carbon into iron, and their plate was very tough.
the French knights actuall got stuck in the mud and were drowned by their own knd walking on them or were killed by English archers using mallets.
bruce.

 

[Peter Larsson]

And some more:

 

[Peter Larsson]

Not knives but two small axes I just made:

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

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Beautif custom hunting knives.