Most of half a year's worth of forged blades

[Stormcrow]

It's been a busy year, and difficult to keep up with everything. Here's some of what I've been building. It's all 80CrV2 steel with various cord wraps impregnated with marine epoxy and sheathed in Boltaron. I like to focus on getting geometry, balance, and ergonomics right without playing around too much with materials.

Apologies beforehand for the massive wall of pictures.

Mini-parang.

miniparang01 by James Helm, on Flickr

Barong.

barong01 by James Helm, on Flickr

barong02 by James Helm, on Flickr

Ko-katana.

kokatana01 by James Helm, on Flickr

kokatana03 by James Helm, on Flickr

kokatana04 by James Helm, on Flickr

Wakizashi.

waki03 by James Helm, on Flickr

waki04 by James Helm, on Flickr

Sasquatch for scale.

pose03 by James Helm, on Flickr

Carcass splitters, two big, two small.

carcasssplitter01 by James Helm, on Flickr

carcasssplitter05 by James Helm, on Flickr

carcasssplitter06 by James Helm, on Flickr

Sasquatch for scale.

carcasssplitter03 by James Helm, on Flickr

Another barong.

barong by James Helm, on Flickr

An elvish forester's blade.

forester by James Helm, on Flickr

Snake chopper.

snakechopper by James Helm, on Flickr

Orange and black bush sword and companion small recurve.

orangeset01 by James Helm, on Flickr

A tenegre bush sword.

tenegre01 by James Helm, on Flickr

tenegre02 by James Helm, on Flickr

 

[Stormcrow]

A prototype for an upcoming project. Obviously not a cord-wrapped handle on this one, but TeroTuf slab handles with stainless steel flared tube rivets.

ed01 by James Helm, on Flickr

ed02 by James Helm, on Flickr

ed03 by James Helm, on Flickr

Taco Ninja for scale.

ed04 by James Helm, on Flickr

Another carcass splitter.

carcasssplitter01 by James Helm, on Flickr

A tiny tanto.

tanto01 by James Helm, on Flickr

Sasquatch for scale.

carcasssplitter04 by James Helm, on Flickr

A lamb splitter with TeroTuf scales.

lambsplitter01 by James Helm, on Flickr

lambsplitter02 by James Helm, on Flickr

lambsplitter03 by James Helm, on Flickr

Sasquatch for scale.

lambsplitter04 by James Helm, on Flickr

A small-ish camp chopper.

campchopper01 by James Helm, on Flickr

campchopper02 by James Helm, on Flickr

A small-ish ginunting.

ginunting01 by James Helm, on Flickr

ginunting02 by James Helm, on Flickr

Another small-ish camp chopper.

campchopper03 by James Helm, on Flickr

campchopper04 by James Helm, on Flickr

And finally, a decent-sized bush sword that went to a good repeat customer. I could picture Professor Smolder Bravestone picking this up in the bazaar while outfitting for an expedition in Jumanji. :mrgreen:

bushsword01 by James Helm, on Flickr

bushsword02 by James Helm, on Flickr

And now I feel tired. This is a good bit (not all) of half a year's forged blades (not mid-tech). And, of course, I have any number of projects currently underway.

 

[Dusty One]

A lot of Great looking work....Really like the cord wraps !

 

[Just a random dude.]

I want that tiny Tanto.

 

[fitzo]

I definitely dig your style, sir!

 

[REK Knives]

Wow those are some beautiful blades!! Great job man, love the cord wraps especially.

 

[Sean Jones]

Nice work! So that's what a Sasquatch looks like.

 

[Timothy La Combre]

Very nice. Any tutorials on how to tie that string guard?