Zombie meat cleaver - Started my KITH

[Stormcrow]

Forged this out today. Steel is 5160, blade is around 12", the hole is 1".

I think I'll use neon lime paracord with black for the Turk's heads to wrap it. There was a discussion on Zombie Squad about why all of the zombie-themed merchandise on the market today uses lime green, and the conclusion was it must be a color the zombies can't see.

 

[franklin]

sweet going to be watching this one.

 

[TacticallySharp]

It's a wild thing!!! I will be following this all the way to the living (dead) end.

 

[Stormcrow]

Thank y'all! I'm going to take this one with me to a knife show in a couple of weeks and put it up for sale. If it doesn't move, it'll go into the KITH. If it does, I'll build another one. Either way, someone here's getting a cool zombie cleaver.

 

[standingbear]

Nice.

 

[Lagrange]

Love to see it with the wrap.

 

[messerist]

That just screams "Zombie Butcher!"

 

[jonathan creason]

Way cool, James. I have a feeling you'll be making another, that one will be jumping off the table.

 

[rhinoknives]

That's a cool looking Malaysian style Parang,
Seen lots of livestock chopped into dinner with almost that exact pattern, Does the job quickly.

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com

 

[Stormcrow]

The cleaver is in the kiln going through its first tempering cycle now. Here's what it looked like before triple hardening in canola oil:

 

[One]

That's a cool one James.

 

[Stormcrow]

Here it is with zombie-appropriate handle wrap, an edge that shaves hair nicely, and a few "zombie skulls" for testing later on in the weekend. Video eventually.

 

[TacticallySharp]

Very nicely done. In true Zombie Colors! Those zombie heads are in for some great fun with the chunks a flying!

 

[Church & Son]

I'm feeling a little....anxious....very nice...

 

[Stormcrow]

Got my good camera back rolling (battery was just low, letting it sort of do things but not really) and snapped some better pics.







The coconut test video is uploading on Youtube.

 

[Stormcrow]

[video=youtube;3Oux7P0fbhc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oux7P0fbhc[/video]

 

[Gary Miller]

good testing. learning is fun,messy and loud.

 

[rhinoknives]

I thought that the reason all the zombie weapons have toxic neon green was that's a zombies favorite color so they are baited to the kill?

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com