"bhujaali" transformation
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:15 am
i had earlier posted a picture of this "bhujaali" that i had purchased from a village market in jharkhand.
there were discussions on putting a handle on it so that it could be used as a chopper/camp knife. i then decided not to make it into a camp knife because it was too long (blade > 11") and shortening the length would mean the blade losing those beautiful curves.
i have finally decided on something else. shall keep the final product as a suspense for now and let the pictures do the talking. this will be a very slow WIP...so bear with me
some action shots of using an angle grinder. the sparks are an indicator that the material is somewhere between category C and category D material (refer below image) (A) Wrought iron(B) Mild steel(C) Steel with 0.5 to 0.85% carbon(D) High-carbon tool steel(E) High-speed steel(F) Manganese steel(G) Mushet steel(H) Special magnet steel
the blade's current shape (not final)
i have finally decided on something else. shall keep the final product as a suspense for now and let the pictures do the talking. this will be a very slow WIP...so bear with me
some action shots of using an angle grinder. the sparks are an indicator that the material is somewhere between category C and category D material (refer below image) (A) Wrought iron(B) Mild steel(C) Steel with 0.5 to 0.85% carbon(D) High-carbon tool steel(E) High-speed steel(F) Manganese steel(G) Mushet steel(H) Special magnet steel
the blade's current shape (not final)