Page 1 of 2
My first Bowie knife
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:24 pm
by pratik_mahale
After making few small knives this is my first attempt of a big one
Total length is almost 12” & Handle length 4”
Specially took very much effort in making the Brass Bolster
Bowie.jpg
Handle-1.jpg
Handle-2.jpg
Handle-3.jpg
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:34 am
by kshitij
The appeal of big brutish knives has got you too
Cool bowie-cleaver
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:41 am
by airgun_novice
Dear Pratik,
One word for your creration - "laa-jawaab". After polishing the blade thoroughly it will be a delight to behold (and hold, if you let me
)
regs
A.
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:15 am
by essdee1972
God Pratik!! This is awesome!! Jim Bowie himself would have been proud to use this blade!!
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:06 pm
by kshitij
@pratik,
What steel have you used for this one? It doesnt seem to have come off a saw blade.
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 12:19 pm
by pratik_mahale
Thanks guys
Yes kshitij it’s not a saw blade I brought this raw knife and gave a Bowie shape
Not very hard metal easy to work on it
Need to be harden but unfortunately don’t have any resources to do it
@AGN
There are lots of hammer marks on it some are very deep not possible to remove it
Next I will try with the car pata which you gave me long back
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:33 pm
by kshitij
If it was already a knife before you gave it the bowie shape, it should already have had some kind of heat treatment. The only way to find out is to put it to use
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:49 pm
by TC
Lovely job Pratik,
Love the Old West look. John Wayne carried one like this in one of his famous movies.... it was on protecting a fort.... can't remember the name right now.
TC
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:51 pm
by pratik_mahale
Thanks TC
@ kshitij
You can’t drill a hole in saw blade using normal drill machine because it was harden but this knife metal was very easy to drill & very easy to file
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:00 pm
by pratik_mahale
Some pic of original knife
Original Knife.jpg
After cutting.jpg
Final shape.jpg
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:30 am
by astronomy.domaine
nice one Pratik!
can u elaborate a bit on the bolster? what starting material (brass plate??) did you use, tooling details etc..
cheers
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:10 am
by pratik_mahale
Yes used 4 mm thick brass plate for making Bolster
first drills the holes use needle file so the tang can go in perfectly than used dremel cutting wheels & sanding band to give the shape. Also used three 6 mm round brass rod as rivet in wooden handle & I put 6 layers of red cloths between wood, tang & bolster gives very nice impact
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:39 am
by brihacharan
Wow!!!
Great job Pratik
Can see a lot of hard work --after seeing the original raw blade
Congrats man
Briha
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:39 am
by pratik_mahale
brihacharan wrote:Wow!!!
Great job Pratik
Can see a lot of hard work --after seeing the original raw blade
Congrats man
Briha
Thanks Sir
Re: My first Bowie knife
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:59 am
by kshitij
pratik_mahale wrote:Thanks TC
@ kshitij
You can’t drill a hole in saw blade using normal drill machine because it was harden but this knife metal was very easy to drill & very easy to file
Pratik,
I doubt it is the drill machine that matters. Use a hard carbide tipped drill bit to drill the saw blade steel and it should work.
As for the hardening, cant it be done on a normal fire in a metal box? May take longer to reach the desired temperatures but it should work just fine right?