Bear "Fun", "Jungle" Tools, Ideas and Special / Member Projects

It DID cross an ocean to get to you.

 

It was suppose to be in an Air Plane, not towed as bait for a Great White.

 

Waves must have been pretty big then...

 

The sharks are off the east coast,... It was perfectly safe...

 

Ouch!

 

@Bear Nice work, i may just have to start fiddling on some steel myself lol

 

Yup... @Pineknot ... can be pretty relaxing... give it a try and let me know if you need any help...

Yikes @HK_User ... that's pretty bad .... you're right... I try to package well... just for those situations.... glad the contents were ok....

Well here's what a Monkey does when he has some time and is waiting for some new belts to grind with... these just need a bevel ground in and then the fun of heat treating

3 different heads... 3/8ths 5160 high carbon steel

one with the finger grooves on one side will fit the cs handle...

one with finger grooves on both sides is going out after I grind the edge and heat treat... they want to drill and finish to fit their own wood handle...

the third with grooves on one side and a nub at the top, has an extra long handle (last picture)... nub is for securing with paracord in an "X" fashion if the fittings are lost... the longer handle will not be fit to cs handle but drilled to fit stainless fittings and should be easy to rehandle in the field ... or use in a pinch as is...

Having some fun with these...
Polished them up nicely... better to do it now... makes finishing them tons easier....

Hope you all are having a great Sunday!

Take Care and God Bless,

Bear

 

Wow! Purdy...

 

LOL @Hanzo ... What?... these ugly old things?... heck I just farted and these came out... wiped them off and voila!

Seriously though... trying to stick to my make it "good enough" and that's "good enough"... want amazing fit and finish along with performance to boot... pm @BTPost and get the contact info for his two Master Bladesmith friends... you will not be disappointed.....

Thanks for the kind words buddy...

Bear Out!

 

What is a Chinese style butcher knife? InquirING minds wish a picture of said mysterious knife

Beautiful work bear. do you wrap your Christmas presents like that too? If you do I'll hire you!

 

I always called you a tough ass. Guess it is literal...

There are different shapes and sizes. Mine is a lot like this one.

Chinese Butcher Knife by Hanzo posted Jun 28, 2015 at 21:06

 

Aloha Monkeys,
Had some time and the belts came today... so ground in the bevels ... ready for heat treat...
I realize... not everyone wants a cs poly handle... so the one on the right and the one on the left may be left straight instead of tapered to fit the poly handle... easy enough to fit to a hickory or other handle with either my stainless set up or your own from the local hardware store...
If anyone want's pick up just the head and wants to fit their own handle... let me know...
Have a great week Monkeys!
Take Care and God Bless,
Bear

 

@Hanzo. You weild that when you cook O.O.

 

Aloha Monkeys,
Heat treat all done... file skates across the edge like it should and no cracks in the edges after some fine sanding with 320 grit.... getting ready to temper...
Heat treated the polls as well... after a discussion with @Hanzo
The double grip and single grip with holes are now spoken for...
These will be the last of these... on to other projects
Thanks for looking...
Have a great week all!
Take Care and God Bless,
Bear

 

Yes ma'am.

 

They are really nice! And if @Bear stacks two of them together like a double bit axe, you can signal for batman...

 

Aloha Monkeys,

Quick update... tempering is all done... won't post pics as you have see that before here.... I'll post some of the finished one before they go out

All 3 of these are now spoken for and will soon be off to new homes....

Have a great Wednesday all!

Take Care and God Bless,

Bear

 

Aloha Monkeys,

These are done...

Pics of the heads... tried to get the HAZ (heat affected zone) or Hamon on the blades...

These will be in the mail in the morning...

The two hole head will go out to a member with the two cs poly handles... oh and the CS trench hawk head.... forgot to take a pic of it mounted... but will do that in the morning...

The big one with 3 holes is also going out with the CS TH head all out of those now...

Thanks for following along... on to the next project

Have a great week everyone!

Take Care and God Bless,

Bear

 

@Bear, check in. Making sure you are still alive in this heat AND your workshop. Wife says in the 90's.