Old rasp found in a barn + hickory from Arbuckle Mountians = ugly knife

[randallss7]

Here is a ridiculous knife I made from an old rasp I found kicking around in an old abandon barn, and a hickory stave I cut a few years ago to make a bow, but it twisted while I was letting it dry in attic of shop. I'm not sure about this thing on one hand I think its cool, on the other hand I'm not sure I would ever use it, I'm not sure I could keep my pants up with it strapped on it weights about 4lbs. After heat treat I couldn't get all the junk out of the old file so I threw it in the sand blaster and hit it with some coal slag, the end result is unique so I went with it.

10" total length
5 1/2" blade, at 3/8'' stock thickness
handle is Oklahoma grown Hickory, "nothing like a nice piece of hickory"

 

[TerryMiller]

You know, I'm not normally a "knife" person and only use something of that size when camping, but that knife just seems to reek of Awesomeness. The texture on the blade and the Hickory handle compliment each other.

Good job. Love it.

 

[7ucky7]

Man I can't stop looking at it. That's a really badass blade. I'm in love.

 

[tulshoot]

beautiful...very nice work!

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Think it is a work of art. Very nice.

 

[gearys 5600]

Very nice work..

 

[MyMonkey]

Sweet! Nice work.

 

[bigchuck83]

very nice looking knife

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Pure awesomeness!!! Great job!

 

[Kozmos]

That's cool! Kind of a rat rod knife. I like it.