Indians For Guns

Hi All,
Had this bowie/machete project in mind for some time, based on the gargantuan knifes used in movies "crocodile dundee" and the "predator"(one with Arnold). Finally found an agreeable piece of spring steel and got to work. I've scaled the knife to overall 14.5 inchs (blade 9.5 inches+5inch grip) and tried to balance the COG slightly forward from the hilt to amplify its chopping ability.
The grip is wood and epoxy over a true full tang.
here are a few pics of the blade at this stage (blade cosmetics are pending)
Comments and suggestions are most welcome...!

cheers

That's a KNOIFE bro!

Great work!!

One question, what do you use to cut the profile? I was trying something similar, just couldn't get a "belly"! It ended up looking like those Roman swords in Asterix comics!!

Hell you managed to do a recurve. Amazing amazing work !!!!!... The file works very neatly done.... some brass pins and bolsters would have made this complete....

Regards
Moin

Hi astronomy.domaine!

Great work bro
Am sure after the 'cosmetics' they will look awesome ....brass bolsters & rivets etc....
Like the blade profile & contours!!!!
Yes man... you got a "knoife' there... a la Crocodile Dundee
Briha

Crocodile Dundeed! Awesomeness achieved!

Thanks essdee1972, moin, briha sir and caracass77..,!
I watched crocodile Dundee as a kid and the only thing I could remember from the movie was the sequence "that's not a 'knoife',,, this is a 'knoife' "..! As it happened, I got to see the film again at a friends place recently and it was reaffirmed that the knife and this sequence was indeed the only things worth remembering...
All else was...,well, 80s cinema at its cheesiest best.!

@Essdee bhai, I usually cut the initial profile in straight lines keeping it quite angular and then work in the bevel and curves freehand using a hand grinder...

Great work done on this machete.
I would definitely would like to craft the same for me.